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I will be travelling to Manitoba Canada for a couple of months this summer and I am looking for a prepaid data plan. I have searched the web but did not come up with anything so far. Since I have noticed a few Canadians on this forum I would appreciate if somebody would give me some suggestions.
Thanks
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I will be travelling to Manitoba Canada for a couple of months this summer and I am looking for a prepaid data plan. I have searched the web but did not come up with anything so far. Since I have noticed a few Canadians on this forum I would appreciate if somebody would give me some suggestions.
Thanks
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My suggestion is travel to a different country, or avoid using data in Canada.
I'm not aware of any prepaid data plans that Fido or Rogers offers.
These are the only two GSM providers in Canada that will work with an unlocked GSM phone (They're actually the same company).
www.Rogers.com (They do Cable TV, etc, so select they're mobile wireless)
www.Fido.ca
Safe Travels!
tedkopp said:
I will be travelling to Manitoba Canada for a couple of months this summer and I am looking for a prepaid data plan. I have searched the web but did not come up with anything so far. Since I have noticed a few Canadians on this forum I would appreciate if somebody would give me some suggestions.
Thanks
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Actually, since you'll only be staying with us for a couple of months, it might be better to check with your local provider and see if they have any 'international roaming' plans. If I understand the way things work correctly, ROGERS/FIDO will simply pass on any roaming charges to your home provider, who will then charge you...
Unfortunately, I don't believe there is any way in Canada to get a 'pay as you go' SIM card including data that's anywhere near reasonable rates.
Thanks guys for your help.
I do have a prepaid sim with Rogers but I cannot figure out what they would charge for data. Their customers service is unbelivably bad.
I did check with Swisscom and the best deal I could find so far is 125 sfr or approx. 100 cad$ for 200 MB/month.
If anybody has more suggestions please let me know.
Thanks again.
Rogers data rate for pay per use is CAD$ 0.05/KB
You can get roughly 2Mb for your CAD$ 100.
Welcome to our nightmare...
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/w...t10=paygo_rates&setLanguage=en&setProvince=MB
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Rogers data rate for pay per use is CAD$ 0.05/KB
You can get roughly 2Mb for your CAD$ 100.
Welcome to our nightmare...
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/w...t10=paygo_rates&setLanguage=en&setProvince=MB
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Wow, Swisscom would charge me 100 times less in Canada than what Rogers would. And they go through Rogers!!
You guys should sign up with Swisscom !! http://www.swisscom-mobile.ch/scm/kd_datentarif-en.aspx
When I travel in Italy I can get 1GB with Tim for approx. 30 Cad$ !!!
Sorry I don't mean to make you guys feel bad but I always thought that North America was the leading edge on technology.
I was living in Canada when cellphone started to come out at an affordable price and in Europe they were still a luxury item. Now it seems it's the other way around.
hmm, this is indeed interesting to me too.
I'll be travelling to ontario for a short time, probably more often somewhat soon.
The data is not too big a deal, I plan to go pretty much only to places with wifi, and otherwise, AT&T gives me USD$0.015/KB data - cheap enough for a quick check of something.
However, having something with which I can call for relatively cheap would be great...
With any prepaid (I am not going in often enough to use a monthly plan) plan, can rogers beat that data rate or USD$0.79/minute phone calls? The website is hideously annoying to use... I thought I too might ask a canadian.
Hmm, did some research on Fido:
1. It never makes sense to use their data unless you use A LOT of data (a lot being a lot for a day when you're cutting back, not a lot for a month or so).
2. It always makes sense to get their prepaid service for voice - compare either CAD$0.50/minute or [CAD$0.60/minute with CAD$0.30/minute nights + weekends + CAD$1/day] with USD$0.79/minute.
Good thing I have a simunlocked kaiser lying around with nothing much to do
In my country, Indonesia, is extremely cheap, just $ 0.0001/Kb data
bmw2320 said:
In my country, Indonesia, is extremely cheap, just $ 0.0001/Kb data
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Canada phone companies are all bloody ripoffs, I hate it
stepw said:
Rogers data rate for pay per use is CAD$ 0.05/KB
You can get roughly 2Mb for your CAD$ 100.
Welcome to our nightmare...
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/w...t10=paygo_rates&setLanguage=en&setProvince=MB
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I have a friend who has to travel to Canada frequently for work (from the US). He has a work blackberry on ATT, and he just got a $3000 bill for data usage during a 3 day trip. I think he said it was $15/MB.
Hi. Sorry to dig this topic, but my question is very similar and I don't know if I could create a new thread with the same subject.
I'm from Brazil but I usually travel to Toronto once a year, so I'm used to buy Prepaid SIM Cards to use in my cellphone, but this time will be the first time I will go with a 3G Smartphone (French LG Optimus 7 - WP7). So my doubt is all about prepaid data plans
I was browsing Fido website and I saw the "Unlimited Mobile Browsing" for 10 bucks a month, but isn't clear for me if this pack is unlimited only when I am using the cellphone's web browser or if it's valid for Apps, Mail, Push, Bing Maps et al. too.
Someone more familiar with the Canadian providers could help me with this issue?
PS.: I need a prepaid plan because I will stay for a month only.
Thanks
I need something similar as well, I'm actually Canadian, but a friend is going to be here for a couple of weeks, and was asking... any help would be nice
I would also be interested on Canadian prepaid data plans.
There is a mention of prepaid 500MB data plan on Rogers website:
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-products/plans
But I can not find any info on how much does it cost .
Yeah, plans tend to suck in Canada. You can get pretty cheap ones from Mobilicity/Wind Mobile, with "unlimited" data (5GB, after that they may or may not throttle your speeds). Not sure how their prepaid works though.
I just bought a Bell prepaid tablet plan a few days ago for my Nexus S, seemed like the best I could get from the big three, Bell/Telus/Rogers. No voice in the plan, but I just use Google Voice for that anyway. It's $15 for 250MB, $20 for 500MB, or $35 for 5GB.
EDIT: Plus $5 charge for the SIM card.
Bell plan sounds reasonable. I guess I will have to cancel after 30 days in order not to be charged again. Is it freely available for walk-in customers for overseas?
Any other suggestions, which would include voice, would also be much appreciated.
Right, you just cancel before 30 days end.
Mobilicity/Wind/Videotron are probably the best you can get in terms of price. As an alternative to the Bell one but with voice, you might be able to go with something like Koodo, which has fairly cheap voice plans (starting at $15), and the data kinda scales ($10 for 100MB, $15 for 200, $20 for 300, $25 for 500, $30 for a GB). That's not pre-paid though, just no contract.
Not really sure how it works for walk-in customers / non-residents. I believe the first three I mentioned have prepaid you can just buy, not entirely sure though. Bell did make me sign up as a customer even though it's prepaid, but that might be because I wanted it activated in-store. Maybe find a Canadian friend to sign up for you and then cancel soon after?
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Yeah, plans tend to suck in Canada. You can get pretty cheap ones from Mobilicity/Wind Mobile, with "unlimited" data (5GB, after that they may or may not throttle your speeds). Not sure how their prepaid works though.
I just bought a Bell prepaid tablet plan a few days ago for my Nexus S, seemed like the best I could get from the big three, Bell/Telus/Rogers. No voice in the plan, but I just use Google Voice for that anyway. It's $15 for 250MB, $20 for 500MB, or $35 for 5GB.
EDIT: Plus $5 charge for the SIM card.
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This sounds sweet. Some help if you would though please:
They mention a $35 activation fee on sim card packages (which cost more- $10 at kiosks). Did you get around that?
Did you activate sim online, by phone, in person? Any tips on IMEI to use?
Thanks!
whitebreadstyle said:
This sounds sweet. Some help if you would though please:
They mention a $35 activation fee on sim card packages (which cost more- $10 at kiosks). Did you get around that?
Did you activate sim online, by phone, in person? Any tips on IMEI to use?
Thanks!
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Nevermind, all sorted!
Phone rep activated without IMEI, and no activation fee because it's prepaid.
I'm now running a Bell Atrix on the Bell tablet ($35/5gb) plan. Since it's a Bell phone to begin with, I think things were a little more seamless. No need to manually enter APN's or anything like that.
Once again, the website to top up / check balance is mobile.mselfserve.ca/tablet/login.htm -- NOT the one on the self serve app (which is where the phone rep sent me incidentally). It was quite obviously the wrong page because there was no $35 top up choice and no mention of tablets.
Thanks, people in the thread, for your tips.
Now, I know there are lots of threads on this already and I took a few minutes skimming search results and didn't find this answered.
Basically, I was hoping to switch myself to the $10 internet plan on T-Mobile rather than paying the $25 internet plan. I bought my phone unlocked from Google.com and not subsidized through T-Mobile. However, when I asked to switch to the other plan, they asked me for my IMEI number on my phone.
Has anyone else been asked for their IMEI when switching to a different data plan? Do they actually have a database of the existing N1 IMEI numbers or are they simply trying to build one? Would I be better off grabbing an old Razr and giving them that IMEI then switching back to my N1?
Lots of questions! Haha.
Anyway, if anyone could shed a bit of light on this I would very much appreciate it.
No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.
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No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.
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Confirmed--when I got my N1 and switching from a BB plan to an Android plan.
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No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.
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Confirmed--when I got my N1 and switching from a BB plan to an Android plan.
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Hmm.. I was under the impression that this was solely for subsidized phones which they already had IMEI's for.
So, in the end, you're stuck paying the extra cost for the Android version of Web even if you bought it unlocked then huh?
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Hmm.. I was under the impression that this was solely for subsidized phones which they already had IMEI's for.
So, in the end, you're stuck paying the extra cost for the Android version of Web even if you bought it unlocked then huh?
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Pretty much--don't know what to tell you I bought the phone outright since I didn't want to kill my plan to be forced on the N1 T-Mobile individual plan for at least 4 months...and I was forced to go onto the $25/mos plan from my $20/mos BlackBerry plan.
EDIT: They didn't ask me for what my IMEI number was though. In T-Mobile's system it will probably say I still use a BlackBerry device
The IMEI numbers update automatically in the system on a 2 day lag. So whatever phone you use today will reflect in their system on Saturday. As far as the $10 data plan, it will not work. It should say something to the effect that "you don't have the proper provisioning" or something like that. Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way
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The IMEI numbers update automatically in the system on a 2 day lag. So whatever phone you use today will reflect in their system on Saturday. As far as the $10 data plan, it will not work. It should say something to the effect that "you don't have the proper provisioning" or something like that. Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way
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I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it. When you get laid off, not so much.
Nedlinin said:
I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it. When you get laid off, not so much.
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Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.
Wow, some people are douchebags.
Re: T-Mobile Data Plan?
Now, I know there are lots of threads on this already and I took a few minutes skimming search results and didn't find this answered.
Basically, I was hoping to switch myself to the $10 internet plan on T-Mobile rather than paying the $25 internet plan. I bought my phone unlocked from Google.com and not subsidized through T-Mobile. However, when I asked to switch to the other plan, they asked me for my IMEI number on my phone.
Has anyone else been asked for their IMEI when switching to a different data plan? Do they actually have a database of the existing N1 IMEI numbers or are they simply trying to build one? Would I be better off grabbing an old Razr and giving them that IMEI then switching back to my N1?
Lots of questions! Haha.
Anyway, if anyone could shed a bit of light on this I would very much appreciate it.
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I am currently using a 5.99 plan on my nexus. fast 3.5g internet for really cheap price. it works just fine. they have my imei. they know I am using the internet like that but they don't do anything about it. by simply putting in the epc.tmobile.com apn you'll get full internet on any plan. but this only works for the nexus. no other android phone can use this because tmobile provides the phones not Google.
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I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it.
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Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.
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$15 more a month over years adds up. and in this economy money is hard to come by. no need to flame the guy.
Henchman said:
Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.
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I appreciate your input but I need my phone.
@Carbon: did you give them your Nexus's IMEI number or a different phones? Also, did you buy yours unlocked or subsidized?
carbonfiber1 said:
I am currently using a 5.99 plan on my nexus. fast 3.5g internet for really cheap price. it works just fine. they have my imei. they know I am using the internet like that but they don't do anything about it. by simply putting in the epc.tmobile.com apn you'll get full internet on any plan. but this only works for the nexus. no other android phone can use this because tmobile provides the phones not Google.
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Interesting to know more how you were able to achieve the $5.99 plan
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Interesting to know more how you were able to achieve the $5.99 plan
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From what I have been able to find out, if you had the old $6 T-Zones, you were able to be grandfathered in when they cancelled the service. The cheapest net they offer now is the "Phone First/Web2Go" internet which is $10 a month. Essentially the same thing just 4$ more.
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From what I have been able to find out, if you had the old $6 T-Zones, you were able to be grandfathered in when they cancelled the service. The cheapest net they offer now is the "Phone First/Web2Go" internet which is $10 a month. Essentially the same thing just 4$ more.
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Thanks for the reply, interesting they do grandfathering
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Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way
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Good analogy. However, people don't get rich by spending money. If you can find a way to pay less, you do it. Some people made a financial stretch to afford the N1 and now cannot afford to pay for a premium data service.
Data service is data service and should not be dependent on device. At least I see it that way.
Hey, I'm all fur finding ways to pay as little as possible.
But let's not pretend an extra $15 is breaking the bank.
Hello, I just cancelled my cable TV after realising u rarely watch the 200 channels available.
And all the network channels i can get using a $15 pair if rabbit ears.
HD, .5.1
Next to go is the phone. Experimenting with magic jack this month.
All I want to pay for is high speed internet.
I'll save at least $120 a month
I think the grandfathering is BS because when I first got my G1 I had T-Zones on my old v3 and they made me switch to the newer data plan. To clarify, they had to do it because of activating the phone, so I don't know if you just buy it outright and don't tell them it could work.
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@Carbon: did you give them your Nexus's IMEI number or a different phones? Also, did you buy yours unlocked or subsidized?
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I got my phone unlocked. I didnt give them my IMEI, they automatically know it once your sim card is in the phone. Ive had the 5.99 tzones plan for a while now, but this article should help you out http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5381...ed-data-for-5-99-works-wiphone-and-nexus-one/
edit: this comment by a user might also be helpful.
"as an alternative, i was able to set this up without customer service's help. this was more than a year ago when I setup tzones to work on my treo 650. the trick was that i had an old phone sony ericcson t300 that i had purchased back in 2000 or 2001. I keep it around because if i have an emergency where my phone or my wife's phone stops working i can transfer the sim card quickly to a working phone to make/receive a call. So here's what i did:
setup my sim card in the t300.
make a call or send a text message; long enough to let the t-mobile servers detect that I have switched phones.
log in to t-mobile.com
verify that my phone is now detected as a t300. if not, click on the "not my phone" and change it.
next, adjust service plans, t-zones appears on the list.
add tzones to your billing cycle. make any additional changes you need to make.
save the settings.
change your sim card back to the original phone.
setup the phone for t-zones service"
T-mobile has two data plans.
1) Data plan
2) Sidekick data plan
They have a ton of different pricing for number 1) , the $10 smart web, the $15 dollar smartphone plan, and the $25 android plan.
(I'm not even including all the grandfathered plans like t-zone/t-mobile shadow/blackberry,etc)
The point being they are all the same, they use the same servers, they are all unlimited, so If you can manage to get any of those plans on your bill you will have full 3g/HSPA speed internet on your phone, regardless of what phone it is.
Will this work like the Nexus One on a tmobile internet for $10 if I bought a unlocked version? Like if I can change the mms settings..
If you try the the cheaper data plans not meant for smartphones for an unlocked Nexus S, please write here to tell us how it goes and if it works or not.. Thanks!!
We'll find out on thursday.
My wife called T-mobile last week and they said they discontinued the "smartphone/non-smartphone" unlimited web distinction. They said basically, if you use less than 200 mb/month, you pay $10/mo, if you regularly go over 200mb, you pay $30
harveydent said:
My wife called T-mobile last week and they said they discontinued the "smartphone/non-smartphone" unlimited web distinction. They said basically, if you use less than 200 mb/month, you pay $10/mo, if you regularly go over 200mb, you pay $30
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Alot of people are grandfathered in.
I have the $5.99 T-Zones plan. Hope this works. Seems like non branded android phones are the only ones to work on these legacy plans
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I have a Nexus One and I switched to the Unlimted web for phones for 10 dollars a month just before they took away the subscription, but my phone keeps reverting back to the damn 30 dollar plan?
How do you stop that?
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I have a Nexus One and I switched to the Unlimted web for phones for 10 dollars a month just before they took away the subscription, but my phone keeps reverting back to the damn 30 dollar plan?
How do you stop that?
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T-mobile should not force you onto the $30 plan, they may block you on the EPC APN, but if you switch to internet2.voicestream.com it should work on $10
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Das-mobile is correct but then mms is messed up and you somehow need to add two apn's which someone will help if it works.
Aaron Y. said:
Das-mobile is correct but then mms is messed up and you somehow need to add two apn's which someone will help if it works.
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I was a new customer last month when I got my MT4G and I asked customer care nicely and they switched me to the $20 unlimited data on both my lines.
I am just curious: How expensive are flatrates in the US?
And how expensive are prepaid-data-flats?
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I was a new customer last month when I got my MT4G and I asked customer care nicely and they switched me to the $20 unlimited data on both my lines.
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thats different, the old plan was $20 for unlimited text and internet
Im sure it will work... I don't see why not.
FWIW, I just checked on my nexus s, and the 5.99 tzones plan is working for internet access just like it did on the nexus one...so I think the $10 internet plan should work too.
Just make sure you buy the full price phone...or else they will require you to pick up a more expensive web plan.
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FWIW, I just checked on my nexus s, and the 5.99 tzones plan is working for internet access just like it did on the nexus one...so I think the $10 internet plan should work too.
Just make sure you buy the full price phone...or else they will require you to pick up a more expensive web plan.
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lets see for how long, even on my vibrant it worked for a couple hrs before it shut off, hopefully it does
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lets see for how long, even on my vibrant it worked for a couple hrs before it shut off, hopefully it does
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Yeah, on phones that are tmobile branded, like the vibrant or the G2...you're going to have that problem.
Found out about a site that ships the Note to the US for a decent price (compared to eBay prices at least), but currently paying $40 for my phone on Simple Mobile...I can't imagine paying for a full-price AT&T plan for a phone.
Anyway, would it be possible to get a GoPhone prepaid plan for it? Like, the 10-cent/minute plan, plus 200 messages for $5, and 500MB data for $25? I see mention that you can't use it for smartphones, but I've read on a few forums/topics of people using smartphones with AT&T's prepaid plan...just wondering if anybody has experience with the Note specifically.
And if the prepaid plan isn't possible, is there any other cheap plan available for the Note in the US (midwest/Chicago specifically)?
Search this forum for "att gophone". BOOM there is your answer.
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Search this forum for "att gophone". BOOM there is your answer.
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Thanks, I couldn't find it when I searched with some other terms...good to know that it works, and hopefully it's permanent and not going to switch over to a more expensive plan at some point like I heard is possible.
Off topic but can you let us know what store you're ordering the Note from.
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Off topic but can you let us know what store you're ordering the Note from.
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check the other threads in this forum ... I got mine from handtec.co.uk for about £445 (version with Polish carriers startup logo).
ATT no longer offers 200 text messages for $5 a month. They only offer pay per text and unlimited for $20 a month.
From what I understand the Pre-Paid plans will NOT work on smartphones. But what will work is a iPad SIM Card using a adapter, that way you can use data only(I use this in my iPhone 4)
You simply change the APN to "Broadband" from "wap.cingular"
So you would be paying $25 a month for 2GB's and $10 for each additional GB. I have a 3g unlimited iPad SIM Card, woot! ha, can't get those anymore.
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check the other threads in this forum ... I got mine from handtec.co.uk for about £445 (version with Polish carriers startup logo).
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I was specifically asking OP because he stated he was getting it at a decent price I already checked pricing on the different threads.
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magus57 said:
Found out about a site that ships the Note to the US for a decent price (compared to eBay prices at least), but currently paying $40 for my phone on Simple Mobile...I can't imagine paying for a full-price AT&T plan for a phone.
Anyway, would it be possible to get a GoPhone prepaid plan for it? Like, the 10-cent/minute plan, plus 200 messages for $5, and 500MB data for $25? I see mention that you can't use it for smartphones, but I've read on a few forums/topics of people using smartphones with AT&T's prepaid plan...just wondering if anybody has experience with the Note specifically.
And if the prepaid plan isn't possible, is there any other cheap plan available for the Note in the US (midwest/Chicago specifically)?
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ATT no longer offers 200 text messages for $5 a month. They only offer pay per text and unlimited for $20 a month.
From what I understand the Pre-Paid plans will NOT work on smartphones. But what will work is a iPad SIM Card using a adapter, that way you can use data only(I use this in my iPhone 4)
You simply change the APN to "Broadband" from "wap.cingular"
So you would be paying $25 a month for 2GB's and $10 for each additional GB. I have a 3g unlimited iPad SIM Card, woot! ha, can't get those anymore.
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Prepaid AT&T will not work on American Smartphones because thier IMEI's are in the System. But on an Import Phone, like the Galaxy Note we're buying, it WILL work on prepaid AT&T Non-smartphone plan as long as you don't mention the fact that you're going to be using it on a Smartphone. DO NO MENTION IT or they will not sell you a Sim card just say you're going to use it on a Flip Phone or something ancient.
Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
also would it be worth it to upgrade to nationwide 4g? I'm currently at UCF so if anyone knows that would be awesome!
Thank you in advance!
its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)
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Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
Thank you in advance!
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One of their Monthly 4G plan for $30 (they have two plans for $30) comes with "Unlimited" Data 5Gb 4G, rest is miserably slow. unlimited texting and 100 minutes. I use it, If you don't use minutes that often it's great. I've only went over my 5Gb once, so unless you stream HD videos you should be fine. I listen to slacker almost everyday while i'm at work and have yet to go over.
It's only available if you order the Sim online and activate it on their website, or go to Wal-Mart.
As for the Sim-only plans, the Value Plans, I'm pretty sure they're contract plans. They don't advertise them as being pre-paid.
You just get a cheaper plan because you're not paying an extra $10 a month for getting a $400 for free or whatver.
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its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)
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this is my approach, just left verizon. I have the sim card waiting at home already, will go get a micro-sim on nov 13th, order the phone, wait and win. I utilize google voice, so voice/messaging doesn't matter to me and 5gb will not be "enough" but it'll be ok for the $30 a month
jarjar124 said:
its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)
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Does this include the "4g", and where do you see this deal? I've looked through the Tmobile plans and I haven't seen that one.
Edit:didn't refresh lol
xxquicksh0txx said:
One of their Monthly 4G plan for $30 (they have two plans for $30) comes with "Unlimited" Data 5Gb 4G, rest is miserably slow. unlimited texting and 100 minutes. I use it, If you don't use minutes that often it's great. I've only went over my 5Gb once, so unless you stream HD videos you should be fine. I listen to slacker almost everyday while i'm at work and have yet to go over.
It's only available if you order the Sim online and activate it on their website, or go to Wal-Mart.
As for the Sim-only plans, the Value Plans, I'm pretty sure they're contract plans. They don't advertise them as being pre-paid.
You just get a cheaper plan because you're not paying an extra $10 a month for getting a $400 for free or whatver.
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jarjar124 said:
its 4g hspa+
heres the link..http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
look for web exclusive enjoy
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That actually seems perfect! Thank you so much for your input. This is what I'll go with then
chickut123 said:
Does this include the "4g", and where do you see this deal? I've looked through the Tmobile plans and I haven't seen that one.
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its 4g hspa+
heres the link..http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
look for web exclusive enjoy
chickut123 said:
Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
also would it be worth it to upgrade to nationwide 4g? I'm currently at UCF so if anyone knows that would be awesome!
Thank you in advance!
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since you are a new customer to t-mobile, go to t-mobile website and click on free phone thn signed up with a post paid plan. you will get a free samsung galaxy S2, and buy the N4 from play store he he he.
So you getting a free phone with the same plan, this is what I am doing
Red Wolf said:
since you are a new customer to t-mobile, go to t-mobile website and click on free phone thn signed up with a post paid plan. you will get a free samsung galaxy S2, and buy the N4 from play store he he he.
So you getting a free phone with the same plan, this is what I am doing
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I don't want a contract, but thank you for the suggestion!