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| my att plan benefits with FAN discount $65 ~ plan including taxes
- 450 minutes + rollover minutes
- 200 texts (dont need unlimited and most of mine goes through iMessage)
-2GB of data
- largest combined faux4g + 4g LTE network in nation
- combined billing discount for my u-verse service
I rarely get dropped calls or unusable data. No need for me to switch  |
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 ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | said by chgo_man99:I rarely get dropped calls or unusable data. No need for me to switch
Same here with AT&T and Verizon. Plus I still have unlimited data on my iPhone 5 on AT&T and have never been throttled. Can't say the same about T-Mobile, Sprint, and Ghettro POS. |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | reply to chgo_man99
Cool Story Bro.
I pay $30/mo for 5GB of data + unlimited texts and 100min of voice (that I dont even use up).
I'll take that $840 over 2 years and buy an unlocked iPhone5 *AND* a Nexus 4.
Thanks! |
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ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | said by tiger72:Cool Story Bro.
I pay $30/mo for 5GB of data + unlimited texts and 100min of voice (that I dont even use up).
I'll take that $840 over 2 years and buy an unlocked iPhone5 *AND* a Nexus 4.
Thanks!
I know. Isn't it??? I get coverage I can actually use in the areas I need it!!! You get what you pay for!!
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1 edit | reply to tiger72
said by tiger72:Cool Story Bro.
I pay $30/mo for 5GB of data + unlimited texts and 100min of voice
So 1 or 2 calls and youre screwed for whole month. 5gb of data on mobile smartphone? You must have no wifi wherever you use phone. I manage to go by 1.5-2 a month just fine even with streaming radio. |
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do you get free tethering and zero data overages?
Do you get to add an additional smartphone lines with data (and unlimited talk and text) for as little as $10 (2nd line is 30, 3rd-5th are 10)
Can you switch to unlimited data for 5 dollars more a month than you are currently paying? (if you so needed)
With this new pricing, 5 lines of smartphone plans get down near 20 dollars a month each. No discount required.
Certainly it's not for everybody, but this is a potential major market disruptor. |
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| I get NATIVE coverage I can actually use. Had I T-Mobile, I wouldn't be left with them for long, since I used to work in Iowa for 1 year where they don't have service. It wasn't some rural area, it was a town of 50k+. Verizon servers it with LTE, At&t with HSPA+. T-Mobile doesn't serve there, instead there is their partner I-Wireless that still blankets it with EDGE, in addition their phone selection is mediocre. Sprint still covers it with EVDO. With AT&T I was able to keep my phone number and service when moving from Chicago to Iowa and keep it again when moving back. |
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 djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
MX
kudos:4
·Cox HSI
·Verizon Broadban..
·Clear Wireless
·Time Warner Cable
·T-Mobile US
| said by chgo_man99:I get NATIVE coverage I can actually use. Had I T-Mobile, I wouldn't be left with them for long, since I used to work in Iowa for 1 year where they don't have service. It wasn't some rural area, it was a town of 50k+. Verizon servers it with LTE, At&t with HSPA+. T-Mobile doesn't serve there, instead there is their partner I-Wireless that still blankets it with EDGE, in addition their phone selection is mediocre. Sprint still covers it with EVDO. With AT&T I was able to keep my phone number and service when moving from Chicago to Iowa and keep it again when moving back.
I wireless is adding tons of HSPA+ and t-mobile now considers it native. (No roaming restrictions and throttling). I go out to the quad cities and it's not bad now.
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tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to chgo_man99
said by chgo_man99:said by tiger72:Cool Story Bro.
I pay $30/mo for 5GB of data + unlimited texts and 100min of voice
So 1 or 2 calls and youre screwed for whole month. 5gb of data on mobile smartphone? You must have no wifi wherever you use phone. I manage to go by 1.5-2 a month just fine even with streaming radio. I use Vonage (free) for easy VoIP calls outbound. Inbound calls I just pay the $0.10/min for the rare months that I go over.
I have 30/5 at home (with wifi) and wifi at work.
However, I do travel quite a bit (for work and leisure) which means i'm at a lot of airports with a lot of downtime. I use Google Music to stream my entire catalog. I watch shows/movies on Netflix. I tether for work (and leisure when my wife is with me). I stay at nicer hotels which, incidentally, don't always offer free wifi.
I'd rather have extra data on my phone than pay for airport and hotel wifi everywhere I go.
And again, wherever I go, I get great speeds on their HSPA+ network. Why on earth would I waste money on ATT or Verizon when I get everything I want for a fraction of the price?
To get the same amount of data (I hit 4GB a few days ago, and still have 1 week until the new billing period begins) on ATT, I'd be paying at least $110/mo. That's for 450min+unl text+5GB data.
I don't go to Schaumberg or Iowa City, or Salina Kansas, or Backwoods, Nebraska. I really see no value in paying for service in cities that I avoid like the plague. Everywhere I go (and everywhere I have any remote *desire* to go to) are covered by T-Mobile quite well. So to me the only difference between ATT and T-Mobile are the 350 minutes and the price. Is 350 minutes on ATT worth an $80 premium each month? Especially considering that the same 350 minutes extra (which I won't even come close to using anyways) on T-Mobile would cost me $35?
No thanks. I'll take the $80 savings x 24 months = $1920 and go on a cruise. Actually $1920 covers my two airline tickets to Europe. $1920 is a down payment on a car. Hell, take out the cost of my ($350) Nexus and I'm still ahead $1770 (a SGSIII would cost me $200 for a difference of $150 up front).
And what's the trade-off? That I don't have high speed data when I go camping 2x a year? Edit: And after checking ATT's coverage map, they only have EDGE where I go camping anyways. So yeah, buddy, you bet i'm going to keep my plan and laugh my happy ass all the way to the bank
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| Your spilled out ink over whole screen does not impress me.
T-Mobile coverage is less common than you think. Especially native coverage. You cannot permanently roam on T-mobile partners otherwise you get cut off and those areas are EDGE anyway.
If you were to apply your logic to my exact same life circumstances, you sound like you'd rather prefer to stay unemployed than switch to AT&T or Verizon  because you face moving to area where t-mobile does not serve.
Dubuque, Iowa is home to IBM global delivery center (the other one is in Columbia, MO). Verizon covers it with LTE and att covers it with HSPA+, while I-wireless covers it with EDGE! Another city in this state, (little more urban) Council Bluffs hosts Google data center. Many college graduates go there to start with something and later after year or more they move on and find a similar job in bigger city. Some employees I knew that are older did not have a choice. Since their jobs were consolidated in new area and they were no longer allowed to work from home, they had a choice either to move out with their families or stay and gamble with job search. |
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tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by chgo_man99:Your spilled out ink over whole screen does not impress me. Lol. Why on earth do you think I care about "impressing" you? I care about you about as much as I care about whether wrestling makes it back into the Olympics (ie not at all).
T-Mobile coverage is less common than you think. Especially native coverage. You cannot permanently roam on T-mobile partners otherwise you get cut off and those areas are EDGE anyway.
.THIS GUY.
Doesn't affect me one bit, so why on earth would I care or - worse yet - pay more for something which will never be an issue for me?
If you were to apply your logic to my exact same life circumstances, you sound like you'd rather prefer to stay unemployed than switch to AT&T or Verizon because you face moving to area where t-mobile does not serve.
Dubuque, Iowa is home to IBM global delivery center (the other one is in Columbia, MO). Verizon covers it with LTE and att covers it with HSPA+, while I-wireless covers it with EDGE! Another city in this state, (little more urban) Council Bluffs hosts Google data center.
Many college graduates go there to start with something and later after year or more they move on and find a similar job in bigger city. Some employees I knew that are older did not have a choice. Since their jobs were consolidated in new area and they were no longer allowed to work from home, they had a choice either to move out with their families or stay and gamble with job search.
The golden rule of wireless service is simple: YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary.
What works for you may not work for me. And what works for me may not work for you. If you need more than 100 minutes and you need high speed data coverage in rural areas, that's fine. If I desire lower prices and faster speeds then that should be fine too. I'm quite aware that T-Mobile isn't perfect everywhere. Neither is Sprint. And you bet your ass that Verizon and ATT have their issues too. I never said that T-Mobile was perfect or for everyone. But for the classist people like yourself who believe that T-Mobile is only for the poor, unemployed, and those with bad credit, you might want to look in the mirror first.
I can do the math for myself. And FOR ME, the math works out pretty damn well in MY favor with T-Mobile. And in the end, since it's my money, that's all I care about.
I'm quite literally laughing all the way to the bank.
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3 edits | said by tiger72:Then for all of those people they should happily pay more for ATT and Verizon. I'm not those people though, and frankly neither are most Americans (unless you contend that rural areas are where most Americans are born - contrary to basic statistical analysis
Fact checks disagree with you. No matter what you say T-Mobile is still in 4th place in number of subscribers behind Sprint, At&t and Verizon. And T-Mobile is not really much cheaper than Verizon, depending on plan, for individual the difference is maybe $10-20 bucks a month with more inferior coverage, phone selection and technology.
And don't start with $30 walmart 100 min prepaid plan, cause you're comparing apples to oranges by comparing your prepaid plan to att postpaid plan. At&t and verizon also have prepaid plans that cost substantially less than their postpaid plans. And while we talk about prepaid, the gap in coverage is even greater since t-mobile plan won't work in half of this country with no domestic roaming on at&t or regional gsm wireless carriers.
Its also interesting that your brought up T-Mobile is associated with poor people with bad credit. I said nowhere in my statements that t-mobile is for poor. You brought it up. If people really think its in the same league as Metro PCS or Cricket with a slightly better coverage but also slightly higher prices, I feel sorry for you 
And for bonus, T-Mobile as international carrier ironically does not have international roaming plans for voice and data like VZ and At&t. Standard $15/mb applies if you go with t-mobile. Free calls over wi-fi to your home? Who cares. I'll make calls anywhere cellular over skype for flat $3 a month. Plus I can actually search web, read emails while still keeping my primary phone number active without worrying about paying massive roaming fee when I get home.
Im quite literally laughing all the way to the bank with greater value for my money LOL
Now I am sure this made you happy |
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