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Hey there, I just wanted you option on something. This guy post this thread about how it is BS that Sprint charges an extra $10 a month for the phone, about how Sprint is charging for the phone and not the service.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750280
Here is what I think about the $10 extra a month:
Sprint charges $10 a month for 4G.. And if you think about it you are not losing totality. You may not have 4G yet in you area, I know in Felton, Delaware where I live there is not yet 4G. But for every $10 we put in extra every month... It helps them put up more 4G towers. And the more towers the better coverage we will get. I may be wrong, but you need to think about it from more of the positive side. And besides, When you bought the phone you knew there was a $10 a month extra charge. But you still bought it. Anyways. I want to know what you guys think about all of this.
If Sprint takes my 10 bucks/month and builds more 4G coverage, then so be it. Let those who want the service help pay for that service. The extra 10 hurts, I know as a grad student but if that money improves my 4G service then I will be happy.
nukedukem said:
If Sprint takes my 10 bucks/month and builds more 4G coverage, then so be it. Let those who want the service help pay for that service. The extra 10 hurts, I know as a grad student but if that money improves my 4G service then I will be happy.
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Yeah, I just confirmed this with Sprint!
why didnt you just post this in that thread instead of creating a new one asking the same thing thats being discussed ... makes no sense
snapcallem said:
why didnt you just post this in that thread instead of creating a new one asking the same thing thats being discussed ... makes no sense
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Why don't you stop trolling?
Anyway I don't mind the $10/month because I paid way more with at&t. I actually never scanned for 4G and don't plan to but I believe NJ doesn't have it yet
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gqstatus0685 said:
Why don't you stop trolling?
Anyway I don't mind the $10/month because I paid way more with at&t. I actually never scanned for 4G and don't plan to but I believe NJ doesn't have it yet
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trolling? you dont agree its annoying having 8 different threads all asking the same thing ... and he linked the thread in his post
Sprint has said many times over that the $10 is NOT for 4G but rather a surcharge for using the phone itself - in other words: hardware.
Even though I do agree the logical reason is for 4G. I just wished Sprint would come out and say this.
mcbrided said:
Sprint has said many times over that the $10 is NOT for 4G but rather a surcharge for using the phone itself - in other words: hardware.
Even though I do agree the logical reason is for 4G. I just wished Sprint would come out and say this.
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The problem is they can't say it is for 4G since everybody will not be able to access it.
Hardware is the thing that everybody will use...this way you don't get people complaining about the 4G fee when they don't have 4G. (legally, you are not allowed to charge for a service that is unavailable to a customer.)
Just my .02. This topic never ends...
its a stupid charge no matter how you spin it and when you read this sprint webpage about the limits on 3G despite their plans saying "unlimited" you see why they charge an extra $10. It's not about how much the extra fee is, or being scrooge or any of that, its paying extra for something you should already have.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/4G_coverage_popup.shtml
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trolling? you dont agree its annoying having 8 different threads all asking the same thing ... and he linked the thread in his post
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Yeah trolling well stop coming in those threads easy
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IceCreaMan said:
its a stupid charge no matter how you spin it and when you read this sprint webpage about the limits on 3G despite their plans saying "unlimited" you see why they charge an extra $10. It's not about how much the extra fee is, or being scrooge or any of that, its paying extra for something you should already have.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/4G_coverage_popup.shtml
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That's for the Aircards, Over Drive and MiFi, not for the phone data usage.
Now check your data usage history for the last 6 months and compare them with your current usage (since the evo) and you will provably notice that you are using more data than before, I went from using about 1Gb per month to over 4 Gb this past month. Not sure if this is what Sprint calls Evo features but if the $10 is due to the increase on network load and it is going to give me a better network I'll pay with no problem, not to mention that I am paying $80 less per month for 3 lines than what I was paying with At&t for two lines and getting more.
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That's for the Aircards, Over Drive and MiFi, not for the phone data usage.
Now check your data usage history for the last 6 months and compare them with your current usage (since the evo) and you will provably notice that you are using more data than before, I went from using about 1Gb per month to over 4 Gb this past month. Not sure if this is what Sprint calls Evo features but if the $10 is due to the increase on network load and it is going to give me a better network I'll pay with no problem, not to mention that I am paying $80 less per month for 3 lines than what I was paying with At&t for two lines and getting more.
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Thank you for clearing that up. When thread was started about a month ago, dealing with this $10 fee, I mentioned that broadband cards are limited to 5 GB. If you can catch 4G on a broadband card, then it is unlimited. Trust me, I hit the 5 GB cap using a 3G broadband card
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That's for the Aircards, Over Drive and MiFi, not for the phone data usage.
Now check your data usage history for the last 6 months and compare them with your current usage (since the evo) and you will provably notice that you are using more data than before, I went from using about 1Gb per month to over 4 Gb this past month. Not sure if this is what Sprint calls Evo features but if the $10 is due to the increase on network load and it is going to give me a better network I'll pay with no problem, not to mention that I am paying $80 less per month for 3 lines than what I was paying with At&t for two lines and getting more.
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i had at&t previous to the evo and my 4g coverage in atlanta is not all that good. For daily use, i only get great 4g coverage at the office but i don't need it there as we have dual DS3's pipes. Its still the same thing as the placebo effect, we assume they will add more 3g/4g towers because we pay an extra $10/m. i don't expect them to add more 4g towers in atlanta before adding even one 4g tower in Orlando, fl. I also need them to add more cell towers so i can have better coverage with just 3g cell service...
Well... I pulled the trigger canceling my family account with FIVE phones, 3 evos and 2 epics. It took me a bloody four hours to restock the thunderbolts with apps but it looks well worth the trouble. Man I really hate leaving sprint after a decade but their bloody network is falling apart. My home is still not on their coverage map for ANYTHING.. we had to roam just to talk and data was useless. The thunderbolt appears a bit brighter than the evo and perhaps a tiny bit snappier... I am able to use my 8x8 voip app on verizon 3g that never worked on sprint...nice benefit. Five phone family plan it looks like will cost $35-$55 MORE each month than Sprint..however.. with Sprint I was paying for service I did not have..not just the 4g but basic voice! The evo was great when visiting Atlanta or Vegas but was still hampered by Sprint's network everywhere in between. Sense is updated a bit on the thunderbolt.. that is cool... and I must have been the only guy using the stock carbon fiber background because it is missing...
Pass on any Thunderbolt specific questions... I am far more loyal to HTC/android than to a carrier.
I hope you enjoy the TBOLTS
I am VERY close to pulling the same trigger.
Just curious, why would you stay with sprint for 10 years if your coverage sucked?
I'm next - will be pulling the trigger in the next day or two. Sprints network is killing me. It's like going into a bar, paying for a beer and getting nothing. Every day....
IMiLL102911 said:
Just curious, why would you stay with sprint for 10 years if your coverage sucked?
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i was just about to ask that same thing, i would've jumped 10 yrs ago haha . Enjoy it though! at least you didn't jump ship for some senseless reason
Good decision but what made you keep it for a decade if their service was horrible?
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wiltok said:
I'm next - will be pulling the trigger in the next day or two. Sprints network is killing me. It's like going into a bar, paying for a beer and getting nothing. Every day....
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that's the story with Verizon around here, you actually roam on sprint if you have a verizon phone in my apartment.
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I'm so jealous, wish I could do the same
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I returned my gtab yesterday I loved everything about sprint for the almost 30 days I had it but the dial up speeds are a deal breaker I am on tmo now and enjoying real 4g speeds it seems sprint is just ignoring network issues and obviously its making customers jump the ship... very sad
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Man, if I had put up with them for ten years, I sure as hell would have waited a few more months and gone with one of the dual cores coming out.
IMiLL102911 said:
Just curious, why would you stay with sprint for 10 years if your coverage sucked?
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excellent question... I used to travel quite a bit and it really was not an issue... we have been in our home 15 years... BEFORE verizon purchased alltel our sprint phones would roam on the alltel tower behind my home and all was made for love... in fact.. it was blazing fast, voice was fine, etc. starting about twelve months ago data started crawling at 5k if at all... it was like 1990! My investigation apart from sprint's lame excuses led me to find that the alltel roaming agreements with sprint were no longer honored by Verizon as they had been in the past... in short, verizon would allow voice and email only as bandwidth is throttled so much that little else can be obtained.. then a few months after data dropped out voice started flaking out... remember.. ALL this is on roam as there is ZERO sprint coverage.. has always been zero sprint coverage at my home... so I guess it was Verizon's purchase of Alltel that killed Sprint for me.. I hope this answers your question... it has be a long and tortuous year as information from Sprint was not actionable.. they even sent me a free router type thing to boost my signal but after it failed to work they admitted even it would not work at my location since zero connectivity to any of their towers could be effected... originally Sprint support had said all I needed was dsl and it would work over that but then said it still had to contact a tower... there are only 4.5 million people in my state so I guess our market is too small for Sprint
I am curious about your plan and pricing. $35 -$55 difference per month is a lot less than I was able to calculate out when I was looking at switching to verizon. Can you share some of the plan details? I may need to revisit.
spaziod said:
Well... I pulled the trigger canceling my family account with FIVE phones, 3 evos and 2 epics. It took me a bloody four hours to restock the thunderbolts with apps but it looks well worth the trouble. Man I really hate leaving sprint after a decade but their bloody network is falling apart. My home is still not on their coverage map for ANYTHING.. we had to roam just to talk and data was useless. The thunderbolt appears a bit brighter than the evo and perhaps a tiny bit snappier... I am able to use my 8x8 voip app on verizon 3g that never worked on sprint...nice benefit. Five phone family plan it looks like will cost $35-$55 MORE each month than Sprint..however.. with Sprint I was paying for service I did not have..not just the 4g but basic voice! The evo was great when visiting Atlanta or Vegas but was still hampered by Sprint's network everywhere in between. Sense is updated a bit on the thunderbolt.. that is cool... and I must have been the only guy using the stock carbon fiber background because it is missing...
Pass on any Thunderbolt specific questions... I am far more loyal to HTC/android than to a carrier.
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Welcome to the TB nation lol. Honestly if the data didnt get atrocious over the past few months I wouldnt have switched but pretty glad I did. I only pay about $20 more a month than I did with Sprint. Still have my sprint line for now though.. thinking I may put a tablet on it.
corynat said:
I am curious about your plan and pricing. $35 -$55 difference per month is a lot less than I was able to calculate out when I was looking at switching to verizon. Can you share some of the plan details? I may need to revisit.
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I had a 22% "employee" discount with Sprint but that only applies to the base charge not the $10 4g penality nor the 19.95 or whatever it was for phones 3-5. Verizon is currently giving me 9% discount.. guess it works the same way... I will know for sure once I have the first invoice in 30 days or so..
corynat said:
I am curious about your plan and pricing. $35 -$55 difference per month is a lot less than I was able to calculate out when I was looking at switching to verizon. Can you share some of the plan details? I may need to revisit.
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I cant speak for family plans, but for me it was pretty much like this.
Sprint
450 Minutes Everything Data 69.99
Premium Data 10.00
Tep 7.00
Total 86.99 + taxes a month
Free any mobile
I dont talk on the phone much, avg about 100 mins a month even WITH free nights, unlimited mobile etc
Thats with 4G I cant use
Verizon
450 Minutes Talk and Text 59.99
Unlimited Data (LTE Included) 29.99
Tep 6.99
Dont use visual voicemail, never have but its 1.99 on VZW.. ive always used Google Voice
Free calling to VZW customers (about 80% of which most people I talk to have)
Total 96.97 a month plus taxes
So on avg I pay about $10-20 a month more for my VZW line than I do with Sprint. Listening to people on here youd think id be paying $40-50 a month more per line but I dont. Thats why I dont get why people keep harping on the fact of how much more expensive VZW is when its really not even that much of a difference. For $10-20 more a month I get more coverage, faster data and a wider phone selection. It is what it is.
Individual lines sure, our family line with zerizon was 70 more per month.. and that was with one smart phone. We now all have smart phones. Big difference here.
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brownhornet said:
Thats why I dont get why people keep harping on the fact of how much more expensive VZW is when its really not even that much of a difference. For $10-20 more a month I get more coverage, faster data and a wider phone selection. It is what it is.
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$120-$240 a year is significant. That's more than I pay for a years worth of Comcast internet.
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I cant speak for family plans, but for me it was pretty much like this.
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There is a large difference for family plans unfortunately. I thought we were switching last summer till I started comparing numbers. What you have to take into account is that for a family plan VZW charges you the $30 data fee PER PHONE. Sprint charges that $30 data fee once for the entire family plan.
It adds up extremely quick.
And when you're in an area that gets just as good of Spring coverage as Verizon, it's kind of a no brain-er. Shoot, I'm posting off of the 4G wi-fi tether from my phone right now.
brownhornet said:
I cant speak for family plans, but for me it was pretty much like this.
Sprint
450 Minutes Everything Data 69.99
Premium Data 10.00
Tep 7.00
Total 86.99 + taxes a month
Free any mobile
I dont talk on the phone much, avg about 100 mins a month even WITH free nights, unlimited mobile etc
Thats with 4G I cant use
Verizon
450 Minutes Talk and Text 59.99
Unlimited Data (LTE Included) 29.99
Tep 6.99
Dont use visual voicemail, never have but its 1.99 on VZW.. ive always used Google Voice
Free calling to VZW customers (about 80% of which most people I talk to have)
Total 96.97 a month plus taxes
So on avg I pay about $10-20 a month more for my VZW line than I do with Sprint. Listening to people on here youd think id be paying $40-50 a month more per line but I dont. Thats why I dont get why people keep harping on the fact of how much more expensive VZW is when its really not even that much of a difference. For $10-20 more a month I get more coverage, faster data and a wider phone selection. It is what it is.
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Enjoy your "unlimited" data while it lasts. You know it won't. Expect a premium data fee or 4g fee like the EVO had. Now all Sprint smartphones have it.
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brownhornet said:
I cant speak for family plans, but for me it was pretty much like this.
Sprint
450 Minutes Everything Data 69.99
Premium Data 10.00
Tep 7.00
Total 86.99 + taxes a month
Free any mobile
I dont talk on the phone much, avg about 100 mins a month even WITH free nights, unlimited mobile etc
Thats with 4G I cant use
Verizon
450 Minutes Talk and Text 59.99
Unlimited Data (LTE Included) 29.99
Tep 6.99
Dont use visual voicemail, never have but its 1.99 on VZW.. ive always used Google Voice
Free calling to VZW customers (about 80% of which most people I talk to have)
Total 96.97 a month plus taxes
So on avg I pay about $10-20 a month more for my VZW line than I do with Sprint. Listening to people on here youd think id be paying $40-50 a month more per line but I dont. Thats why I dont get why people keep harping on the fact of how much more expensive VZW is when its really not even that much of a difference. For $10-20 more a month I get more coverage, faster data and a wider phone selection. It is what it is.
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A couple things you didn't mention:
Sprint's nights and weekends start at 7pm, Verizon is either 9:01 or 9:31 can't remember which
Another value added feature is Sprint navigation. I am aware that you can just use Google navigation but in many cases the Sprint nav is better. With Sprint it's included, with Verizon it's $9.99/month per phone. I realize you can get a Verizon plan that's only slightly more than Sprint but I feel that if you're going to compare, you should compare apples to apples.
I'll be at 10yrs Sept. 1 and I've gotten too used to yearly upgrades that I wouldn't consider going to another company. My question for the OP: Why didn't you just call them up and ask for an Airvanna for free? I have one even though I don't really need it, my service is good.
Update:
I got a coupon code to get the phone + 1 Month of service for $100. Comes with 30 day money back if you don't like it.
"There’s so much more we have to show you. So visit, look around. Oh, that $99 offer we told you about? To get it, use the code welcome19 to join before November 27, 2011 at 11:59 pm ET."
Found this over at fatwallet.com (http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1136530/)
Here is what is posted there:
The service will require a special Android-based phone. Calls and SMSs will be routed via VOIP when on wifi and via cell towers otherwise.
Read more at Techcrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/31/republic-wireless-an-android-po...
Read more at Gigaom:
http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/republic-wireless-to-launch-19-voic...
Company website:
http://republicwireless.com/preview/
Summery:
The phone will primary use wifi for voice and texting and if no wifi is within range it will jump over to the Sprint network for voice, texting, and 3g data (no data cap). I guess you will need a CDMA android phone. Not sure yet if you have to buy a special phone from them but I'm sure someone will come up with a rom to flash to a Sprint android phone.
If this is all true it would be great to have one phone number, text, and unlimited data for only $19 with VoIP! I'll sell my G2x and find a phone that will work on this in a heart beat.
Let me know your thoughts.
I think I'm going to get one. If the phone if just an LG Optimus maybe someone can help me dump the ROM and flash it to a normal Sprint Optimus so you don't have to buy there phone.
From what I've read, you need a phone with special hardware sold by Republic, and judging from the picture on the website, it's probably going to be the LG Optimus S/V.
If it pans out and works like they say it will, I'd considering switching from Virgin Mobile. I'm already using the Optimus V, so it wouldn't be that much of a change for me.
I wonder how much they are going to charge for the phone?
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It's a gambe. Watch it go under in weeks.
chrischoi said:
It's a gambe. Watch it go under in weeks.
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Bandwidth.com isn't a fly-by-night company...I'd wait to get the details before dismissing them outright...
C_Rab said:
Bandwidth.com isn't a fly-by-night company...I'd wait to get the details before dismissing them outright...
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I'm switching over this week I have faith they will last and the optimus one is pretty similar to my virgin mobile V
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Bandwidth.com has been awhile for now. I'm sure they will keep it afloat for awhile before they shut it down.
BUT, I have a feeling it will be relatively well. But I want to see their off-Wifi plan in details more.
Anyone know exactly which model this is?
nosit1 said:
Bandwidth.com has been awhile for now. I'm sure they will keep it afloat for awhile before they shut it down.
BUT, I have a feeling it will be relatively well. But I want to see their off-Wifi plan in details more.
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from there website:
How much cellular usage is too much?
It depends. Even assuming 0% wifi usage, for example, you could consume 550 minutes, send 150 texts, and download 300 megabytes of data without crossing the community’s fair use threshold. Everyone's usage patterns will be different, but we're confident you’ll be amazed at how little cellular you actually use when you have a phone that makes it easy to leverage the power of your Wi-Fi networks.
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Thats not bad AT ALL! of course i don't have the $200 for a new phone, but I do have a sprint branded lg optumus. I hope there is going to be a way to flash over our own phones.
delawaresace said:
from there website:
Thats not bad AT ALL! of course i don't have the $200 for a new phone, but I do have a sprint branded lg optumus. I hope there is going to be a way to flash over our own phones.
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You pay a hundred if you emailed them before today! I did
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I'm thinking about getting this for a friend who's going to be more broke than a LMAFO record.
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Couldn't you do this same thing with GrooVeIP, and a cheap pay as you go Boost Mobile plan?
tekkguy said:
Couldn't you do this same thing with GrooVeIP, and a cheap pay as you go Boost Mobile plan?
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$19 vs $55 a month. Maybe by a pay per day plan and some minutes with a few megs of data.
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$19 vs $55 a month. Maybe by a pay per day plan and some minutes with a few megs of data.
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The pay as you go plan is 50 cents/day for unlimited web, only on the days you use it. It's 20 cents per minute for voice calls, but if you froze the dialer (or never used it) and didn't give out the Boost number, voice would never get used.
Since GrooVeIP will work over 3G or Wifi, your max cost per month (after phone and GrooVeIP) would be $15.50.
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The pay as you go plan is 50 cents/day for unlimited web, only on the days you use it. It's 20 cents per minute for voice calls, but if you froze the dialer (or never used it) and didn't give out the Boost number, voice would never get used.
Since GrooVeIP will work over 3G or Wifi, your max cost per month (after phone and GrooVeIP) would be $15.50.
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Sounds like a pain in the ass compared to Republic Wireless's option just to save $3.50 a month. Why do people love there iphone so much? It's easy.
The current phone offering and Sprint network is a deal breaker for me, however.
schoeds said:
Sounds like a pain in the ass compared to Republic Wireless's option just to save $3.50 a month. Why do people love there iphone so much? It's easy.
The current phone offering and Sprint network is a deal breaker for me, however.
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The irony is that Boost uses Sprint too.
schoeds said:
Sounds like a pain in the ass compared to Republic Wireless's option just to save $3.50 a month. Why do people love there iphone so much? It's easy.
The current phone offering and Sprint network is a deal breaker for me, however.
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Yeah it's a pain ... I'm just saying the idea isn't new. Only the implementation is.
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Listening to tnt yesterday Tom said data is unlimited as long as you don't use more than 300MB per month.
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Listening to tnt yesterday Tom said data is unlimited as long as you don't use more than 300MB per month.
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Limited unlimited?
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Limited unlimited?
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Yup and if you go over and don't get back to their allowed usage within a certain time frame, you get dropped.
My 3 contact is about to expire and I'm seriously considering using giffgaff. £12/month gets you 250 mins, unlimited Web and texts. 3 is good and very fast but the cover is non existent in a few places. Just asking for people's opinion on gifgaff and if it's worth a look.
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Me personally would go with giffgaff great value plus chance to earn credit
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I did this swap 3 months ago and it has been great to be able to get signal everywhere again I would definitely recommend switching to giffgaff.
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Thanks guys, do you mainly get a 3G signal? How is coverage compared to three? Is 2G usable?
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I'm on giffgaff, and yeah, the prices are phenomenal. But if your not happy with 3s reception, you won't be best pleased if you switch. As you probably know, giffgaff uses O2, and they (along with Vodafone) are the worst provider for signal. I hardly ever manage to make a phone call while out and about without it cutting out. Id study o2's coverage map to make sure your area has coverage before making the jump.
EE or Virgin are your best bet signal wise. Im in the haggeling stages with Virgin atm, and so far, I've got them down to £8 for a 30 day contract, unlimited texts, unlimited data, and 1200 minutes.
As I say, check different networks coverage, then ring round making demands. You'll be surprised what you get if you ask!!
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Suck it and see buy a tenners worth of credit and see how you get on .
As GiffGaff are O2 it is something i would check first via the coverage maps for O2 network just in case of blackspot where you use the phone .
jje
When my Contract ended with T-mobile last year, I switched to Giffgaff & tbh couldn't be happier.
O2's Signal in my area is brilliant 5 bars H+ 98% of the time, even when i was in the remote part of the Lake District i still got a good signal.
I pay £15 per month for 400mins unlimited text & internet, all my smartphones from now on are bought Sim Free, already have the money stashed away for the Galaxy S IV next year. :good:
Great feedback dudes, I've ordered a free GG simcard, can I realistically use this to determine the strength of the signal as a test before I think about moving (I don't trust coverage maps that much - bad experiences)
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Yes you can. Please put me as reference so I can earn some points. My user name is a675432100
Thank you
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I have gone from giffgaff to 3 and i have no regrets!! I got sick of outages and poor internet speed
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Yep, try Giffgaff and see what the signal is like. Three have been excellent for me though, £24 a month for unlimited texts and internet plus 900 mins anytime minutes and 5000 three to three minutes, got my galaxy s2 with it for free as well. Sold it when the S3 came out.
GiffGaff is awesome Everytime my contract runs out i use giffgaff for awhile, This gives me time till a new device comes out or is released. And the best part is there is no contract to sign. You top it up every month on your own term. So if you don't top up then no minutes which is fine with me.
Best part is you always get Unlimited data. But be aware that they do not take kindly if you tether and download torrents and etc. You will have you sim suspended and ordering another one to your address is hard. Unless of course you email them an apology letter and say you will never do it again. Then they will give you a second chance.
Lol why do i know this because i was the one who tethered all day and downloaded 129.9GB worth of data LMAO!!
Other then that their price plans are awesome ranging from 5 to 20quid i prefer the £20 one as i need the minutes..
Signal is awesome for me no drops we always get full bars here in UK/London or east London where i live. Never had an issue with signal..
Meemo23 said:
GiffGaff is awesome Everytime my contract runs out i use giffgaff for awhile, This gives me time till a new device comes out or is released. And the best part is there is no contract to sign. You top it up every month on your own term. So if you don't top up then no minutes which is fine with me.
Best part is you always get Unlimited data. But be aware that they do not take kindly if you tether and download torrents and etc. You will have you sim suspended and ordering another one to your address is hard. Unless of course you email them an apology letter and say you will never do it again. Then they will give you a second chance.
Lol why do i know this because i was the one who tethered all day and downloaded 129.9GB worth of data LMAO!!
Other then that their price plans are awesome ranging from 5 to 20quid i prefer the £20 one as i need the minutes..
Signal is awesome for me no drops we always get full bars here in UK/London or east London where i live. Never had an issue with signal..
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I don't think I could go with GiffGaff after this, but £20 and a fair usage policy and no tethering?
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I don't think I could go with GiffGaff after this, but £20 and a fair usage policy and no tethering?
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Nope you can tether but if you do too much they will send you a horrible email lol.. Then your sim gets blocked out. You can download 30gb they won't say anything i do that all the time but after 30gb i think they get suspicious.. But it is my fault at that time i didn't have net at home i was waiting for my bt package to arrive. And i watch alot of films and tv shows plus i upload 24/7.. Seeing it was unlimited i took advantage. So you can't really blame giffgaff. They do not offer you a service for you to connect to your pc and use it like normal internet. You're slowing everyone down. Well at least that is what they told me..
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Nope you can tether but if you do too much they will send you a horrible email lol.. Then your sim gets blocked out. You can download 30gb they won't say anything i do that all the time but after 30gb i think they get suspicious.. But it is my fault at that time i didn't have net at home i was waiting for my bt package to arrive. And i watch alot of films and tv shows plus i upload 24/7.. Seeing it was unlimited i took advantage. So you can't really blame giffgaff. They do not offer you a service for you to connect to your pc and use it like normal internet. You're slowing everyone down. Well at least that is what they told me..
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But if they cut your sim off at all its not an unlimited connection, I'm actually surprised they are allowed to do that. If your gonna call it unlimited make sure it's unlimited no charges, cut off or throttle if your gonna do any of the above its actually limited even if it's 30GB its still a limit.
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But if they cut your sim off at all its not an unlimited connection, I'm actually surprised they are allowed to do that. If your gonna call it unlimited make sure it's unlimited no charges, cut off or throttle if your gonna do any of the above its actually limited even if it's 30GB its still a limit.
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Very true i was surprised my self when i got the email and my sim was blocked. They did unblock it after i apologized. To be honest i cannot be bothered to argue with them. As i know i won't be right. Unlimited means unlimited period no point restricting it then calling it UNLIMITED makes no sense..
To be fair to giffgaff it does say 'unlimited mobile web' that means it's unlimited data for use on your phone. It then says tethering is not allowed.
Dont think that they are hiding anything
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Tomo1971 said:
To be fair to giffgaff it does say 'unlimited mobile web' that means it's unlimited data for use on your phone. It then says tethering is not allowed.
Dont think that they are hiding anything
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Fair enough..
Can I topup with say £10 and try it out, then if happy, transfer my current phone number and goto a monthly contract?
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Can I topup with say £10 and try it out, then if happy, transfer my current phone number and goto a monthly contract?
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You can transfer your number no problems, but giffgaff are pay as you go only. Although, I top up via direct debit on the 1st of every month, so it works kind of like a 30 rolling contract.
Giffgaff have been quite lenient with me. I've taken the piss on many occations, but as long as its not constant, I don't think they really care. I've never had a snotty email, even though I've used stupid amounts of data. Exceeding the limited day after day is bound to raise eyebrows regardless of network. Even 3's all you can eat data plan has a fair usage cap, and speeds are significantly reduced if you go over board too often.
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so after 16 years, verizon's deciding to screw me over and take away my 21% discount because of the fact my father retired from a pharmecutial company after 35 years and verizon decided they don't want to give us the discount anymore, despite the fact he's receiving pension benefits etc.
thing is, my case is unique because i'm on a 550 min loyalty plan, and for 3 phones (and me with my unlimited data), we only pay $120 a month. that's a damn good price for verizon.
it wouldn't have stung so bad, bc my mother works for municipal govt, so we were going to apply for 15% and put it in her name..but at the last step they said sorry, you can't keep that loyalty plan, and the price will go up $30 or so to a 700 minute plan...i said, um NO, we use liek 5 minutes a month between the 3 of us, so yea, scrap that, thanks.
so now, i'm being told to jump through hoops to try to keep my discount, which i know it won't work (they want me to contact HR at the company to see if they'll give us an indiviudal 22% retiree discount..but i know they won't) and that i lose my discount the 19th.
so now, i'm pissed. after 16 years of verizon, they constnatly screw everybody over, and i'm done with it..so now i'm considering saying screw it and jumping to ATT or something and paying that ripoff of 90 something a month with limited data just to get rid of crap verizon once and for all.
what carriers are you guys looking to get the G2 on? i was going to get it thursday, but now i don't know if i should even bother, bc who knows if i'll be staying with verizon or not.
any advantages to any other carriers of verizon?
If your strictly looking at price I believe T-Mobile is cheapest but your coverage will likely suffer.. They have the phones already ready to order but aren't shipping it yet.. sprint has a 80 dollar unlimited everything plan here in Chicago for 1 lineup can check ur local market but they won't have the phone till sometime in October... I have ATT which everyone says is the second coming of Verizon but not as bad.. personally never had a problem with ATT cs or service... They are just as pricey as Verizon though.. If u just want the phone now Att is the only option currently.
ATT usually has discount programs as well..check with customer service or the business department.
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If your strictly looking at price I believe T-Mobile is cheapest but your coverage will likely suffer.. They have the phones already ready to order but aren't shipping it yet.. sprint has a 80 dollar unlimited everything plan here in Chicago for 1 lineup can check ur local market but they won't have the phone till sometime in October... I have ATT which everyone says is the second coming of Verizon but not as bad.. personally never had a problem with ATT cs or service... They are just as pricey as Verizon though.. If u just want the phone now Att is the only option currently.
ATT usually has discount programs as well..check with customer service or the business department.
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thing is, even with a discount, the price we pay irght now is so low lol and since my dad is retired, i doubt they'd do anything since he's not a "current" employee, and my current job gives 15% on verizon, but nothing on ATT (i checked for my coworkers.)
honestly, i'd probably stay with verizon bc even without the discount, my phone is literally like $50 a month to just pay to my dad for when he pays the bill..while i've got unlimited data still, as opposed to the standard $90 a month.
thanks for the opinion though..i hear ATT's LTE speeds are faster too...because verizon, where i am, is pretty damn slow. in my house i get like barely 10mbps, and this market has been here for over a year now
I understand that the loss of the discount is discouraging but that is what companies do. I work for a a company that offers different discounts but when you no longer qualify for the discount then it can no longer be applied.
I don't know what city you are in or what other services would be better in your area, but if you can keep your unlimited data I would put pride aside and pay the difference and enjoy the LG G2 on Thursday.
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I understand that the loss of the discount is discouraging but that is what companies do. I work for a a company that offers different discounts but when you no longer qualify for the discount then it can no longer be applied.
I don't know what city you are in or what other services would be better in your area, but if you can keep your unlimited data I would put pride aside and pay the difference and enjoy the LG G2 on Thursday.
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i'm thinking about it bc of the cheap price i'm paying monthly.
i think at this point, the second verizon tries to take my unlimited away (or does) is when i'll finally leave. their price structure is literally identical to ATT, except ATT gives you 1 more gig of data for the same exact price. that's a no brainer. if they honestly want to keep me, they'll let me keep unlimited data, seeing as i don't use upgrades and i'm buying at full price.
forgot to mention that i use like 7-15 gigs every single month too, lol..
jayochs said:
so after 16 years, verizon's deciding to screw me over and take away my 21% discount because of the fact my father retired from a pharmecutial company after 35 years and verizon decided they don't want to give us the discount anymore, despite the fact he's receiving pension benefits etc.
thing is, my case is unique because i'm on a 550 min loyalty plan, and for 3 phones (and me with my unlimited data), we only pay $120 a month. that's a damn good price for verizon.
it wouldn't have stung so bad, bc my mother works for municipal govt, so we were going to apply for 15% and put it in her name..but at the last step they said sorry, you can't keep that loyalty plan, and the price will go up $30 or so to a 700 minute plan...i said, um NO, we use liek 5 minutes a month between the 3 of us, so yea, scrap that, thanks.
so now, i'm being told to jump through hoops to try to keep my discount, which i know it won't work (they want me to contact HR at the company to see if they'll give us an indiviudal 22% retiree discount..but i know they won't) and that i lose my discount the 19th.
so now, i'm pissed. after 16 years of verizon, they constnatly screw everybody over, and i'm done with it..so now i'm considering saying screw it and jumping to ATT or something and paying that ripoff of 90 something a month with limited data just to get rid of crap verizon once and for all.
what carriers are you guys looking to get the G2 on? i was going to get it thursday, but now i don't know if i should even bother, bc who knows if i'll be staying with verizon or not.
any advantages to any other carriers of verizon?
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My friend, I went through a very similar situation, so hopefully I can help you. My gf and I got crappy reception at work for the past 6 years on Verizon and I finally had enough. Verizon came out to test reception and agreed that it wasn't acceptable so they waived our etf's. I was also with Verizon for 16 years.
We jumped on our friends t-mobile account to try it out and what a mistake that was. Same crappy reception at work and much worse reception overall compared to Verizon. And their building penetration sucks huge donkey balls. I would get LTE in a strip mall parking lot but not 50 feet away inside a store. It was a joke.
I strongly believe that you get what you pay for with t-mobile. And we live in San Diego, which is a major city obviously with t-mobile LTE. It sucked.
We went to AT&T and couldn't be happier! Their reception, LTE coverage, speeds and customer service are unbelievable in our short experience. I'm not looking back at all!
I say make the jump bro! Let me know if you have any questions.
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thanks man! no idea what I'm gonna do but as it stands I'll probably stick with Verizon. my reception is OK and the price point is decent. meh.
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I've been with Sprint the past 10 years, but with my last 2 year contract coming up in 5 days, I'm dropping them. I'm simply tired of their data network always being behind the curve and false promises about it. I'll be moving to AT&T for the G2 and add a line to my wife's iPhone plan.
I have been on Verizon for probably the last 8 to 10 years. In the northwest USA they are hands down the best provider. The widest coverage and the best network speeds. But my biggest issue with them is their need to lock down every new device. I would have jumped ship a long time ago if I wasn't on a plan with my family. Im really hoping there is good development for the verizon version of the G2. I have been using a razr the last 2 years and people have done some amazing stuff with it. Hopefully the dev community keeps it going with the G2.
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so after 16 years, verizon's deciding to screw me over and take away my 21% discount because of the fact my father retired from a pharmecutial company after 35 years and verizon decided they don't want to give us the discount anymore, despite the fact he's receiving pension benefits etc.
thing is, my case is unique because i'm on a 550 min loyalty plan, and for 3 phones (and me with my unlimited data), we only pay $120 a month. that's a damn good price for verizon.
it wouldn't have stung so bad, bc my mother works for municipal govt, so we were going to apply for 15% and put it in her name..but at the last step they said sorry, you can't keep that loyalty plan, and the price will go up $30 or so to a 700 minute plan...i said, um NO, we use liek 5 minutes a month between the 3 of us, so yea, scrap that, thanks.
so now, i'm being told to jump through hoops to try to keep my discount, which i know it won't work (they want me to contact HR at the company to see if they'll give us an indiviudal 22% retiree discount..but i know they won't) and that i lose my discount the 19th.
what carriers are you guys looking to get the G2 on? i was going to get it thursday, but now i don't know if i should even bother, bc who knows if i'll be staying with verizon or not.
any advantages to any other carriers of verizon?
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Old paycheck and photoshop....
Not saying anymore...
WizeGuyDezignz said:
My friend, I went through a very similar situation, so hopefully I can help you. My gf and I got crappy reception at work for the past 6 years on Verizon and I finally had enough. Verizon came out to test reception and agreed that it wasn't acceptable so they waived our etf's. I was also with Verizon for 16 years.
We jumped on our friends t-mobile account to try it out and what a mistake that was. Same crappy reception at work and much worse reception overall compared to Verizon. And their building penetration sucks huge donkey balls. I would get LTE in a strip mall parking lot but not 50 feet away inside a store. It was a joke.
I strongly believe that you get what you pay for with t-mobile. And we live in San Diego, which is a major city obviously with t-mobile LTE. It sucked.
We went to AT&T and couldn't be happier! Their reception, LTE coverage, speeds and customer service are unbelievable in our short experience. I'm not looking back at all!
I say make the jump bro! Let me know if you have any questions.
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I could have written this same post, with two minor changes. I left Sprint after forever, tried out AT&T, and had a bad experience with them, tried T-Mobile (reluctantly), and boom, perfect service and works everywhere I work and play. Just goes to show you how location dependent different carriers are. T-Mobile loves the east coast. So now I have 2 lines on T-Mobile one unlimited everything, one 500mb for my wife who uses Wifi at home and work and averaged about 100MB per month on sprint for 100 bucks, and I get a 10 percent discount. Victory!
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I could have written this same post, with two minor changes. I left Sprint after forever, tried out AT&T, and had a bad experience with them, tried T-Mobile (reluctantly), and boom, perfect service and works everywhere I work and play. Just goes to show you how location dependent different carriers are. T-Mobile loves the east coast. So now I have 2 lines on T-Mobile one unlimited everything, one 500mb for my wife who uses Wifi at home and work and averaged about 100MB per month on sprint for 100 bucks, and I get a 10 percent discount. Victory!
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I just had a Tmo demo phone. Worked great in my office. Zero signal in my house (OK, I can deal with wifi if I must), zero coverage in my wifes office. That was the last straw.
Outdoors their coverage is fine, but building penetration is a problem area.
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I just had a Tmo demo phone. Worked great in my office. Zero signal in my house (OK, I can deal with wifi if I must), zero coverage in my wifes office. That was the last straw.
Outdoors their coverage is fine, but building penetration is a problem area.
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Must be an east coast thing, I get LTE in a gigantic police station on any floor I'm on. If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to have kept t-mobile as we have no Wifi to use Wifi calling and my phone always needs to work. Outdoors is great, I agree, but as long as I get a bar or 2 in my office I'm okay with that.
I currently have AT&T for my work line and T-Mobile for my personal lines, my wife uses Verizon.
Around my area T-Mobile LTE is fantastic, I pay about $128 a month for 2 lines, unlimited talk, text and unlimited high speed data. That's including the $40 a month payment for the 2 phones (S4,HTC One). I do get a 20 percent discount on my lines thanks to my wife's employee discount from Lockheed Martin. In total I use about 35-40 GB of data and T-Mobile never bats an eye.
AT&T LTE has roughly the same coverage overall but slower than T-Mobile LTE around my parts. Verizon is the slowest but they have the absolute best coverage, we would find signal on my wife's iPhone 5 in the middle of no where when we travel, same place I would be showing zero service for both AT&T and T-Mobile.
Overall, I really do love T-Mobile, I wouldn't have said the same thing a couple years ago but they have massively improved.
well, not like anyone cares lol, but it looks like verizon is gonna give me 15% discount through my mom's work (as she works for govt)
thing is, they kept telling me we had to change to her name to get it..which by doing that would drop my loyalty plan and go into 700 minutes for $30 more.
i finally got a supervisor and they said no, if you validate via email, it doesn't matter, it will just add it on no matter if its your mom or dads discount, bc they're adding the discount bc of the domain, not bc of whos name is on it. only time we'd need to do an AOL is if we had to manually submit with a paystub.
so, i'm gonna get the 15% once i get into work tomorrow and go into my moms email and do it. not bad, i suppose...
and i think i'm gonna just get the G2 on an upgrade. do it on my dads upgrade, then after its activated, put his flip phone back on, and then put my sim in and keep my unlimited data. the proration for 1 day of data will be like, $1, and the only other fee will be the $30 upgrade fee..that's still better than paying 600 i guess lol
now to try to sell my GS4 bc i truly can't stand it anymore..
also a long time VZW customer (gotta be at least 10 years now, if not more). Also on a grandfathered unlimited LTE plan (contract expired already, going month to month). Will probably stick it out with VZW for at least the near future. Around here in the NYC area, t-mobile is abysmal and ATT is not that much better. VZW is clearly ahead of the game in terms of voice reception, so I really have no incentive to switch.
If VZW takes away my unlimited data, I'd probably switch to Sprint, or maybe ATT
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jayochs said:
and i think i'm gonna just get the G2 on an upgrade. do it on my dads upgrade, then after its activated, put his flip phone back on, and then put my sim in and keep my unlimited data. the proration for 1 day of data will be like, $1, and the only other fee will be the $30 upgrade fee..that's still better than paying 600 i guess lol
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can anyone confirm this will work? My plan is also a family plan where one party has a flip phone. If this will definitely work and will not result in my losing unlimited data, I might try it. Otherwise I'm forking out the $600
yeah dude, people do it all the time. the customer service rep even told me there's no charge back for deactivating it. I'm gonna ask the rep tomorrow if he loses commission if i do that... if so i won't do it, and I'll goto best buy since they don't make commission.. if not I'll do it.
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I'm on Verizon and I'm sticking with it. The only carrier I might consider is AT&T, but here's the clincher for me: coverage. Yes, I live in Baltimore/DC area so I could get good coverage from any carrier. However, my family is from a small town (we are talking population less than 1500) an hour and a half away from any city of significance, further from any real metro area. Was up there this past 4th of July and I was pulling down 18Mbps via LTE, and I had that coverage the whole way up there. AT&T just can't match it. They lag in LTE and I'm not optimistic on them because they never had a substantial build out on HSPA. That same town was Edge when Verizon had 3g coverage. Now it is at least HSPA. All I can say is Verizon cannot be touched for coverage. LTE-A is right around the corner, as-is VoLTE, and the G2 will have us covered for this capability.
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