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HD2 - Best Network?!

Hi there
My t-mobile contract ends within few weeks and I really want the HD2! My early upgrade offers were reallly bad, so I wait what they offer when the contract actually ends.. BUT - if I switch to other network... please let me know:
***Is there any difference in unlimited internet between T-Mobile (its fast on my Web&Walk!), Virgin, Vodafone?
***Customer service... Im really been happy with T-Mob, I had bad exp with Virgin but that was years ago... what you think?
***Any other plusses having HD2 with certain network?
Thanks guys and girls!

It depends on where you live and on the signal of where you are, there isn't a BEST NETWORK for a phone.

Yes- it's no good getting a cheap deal but finding yourself with no signal!
Mobile Internet: They all still advertise 'unlimited' but they all impose a fair usage policy.
Virgin, T-Mobile and Three have 1GB FUP; O2 say theirs is genuinely unlimited but they reserve the right to throttle the accounts of those they consider abusing the service; Vodafone and Orange both have a limit of 500MB.

but vodafone don't charge you when you go over 500mb unlike orange
I would say go with which ever network doesn't have the iphone clogging up the network but they all seem to have them now

fz9999 said:
but vodafone don't charge you when you go over 500mb unlike orange
I would say go with which ever network doesn't have the iphone clogging up the network but they all seem to have them now
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or you can actually use because they have the signal they advertise..
I can't wait to leave vodafone now, because I've found their coverage to be so bad, despite shown as getting 3g and told it was a temporary fault I find coverage at home to be poor to non existent, and 3g spots to be much smaller than stated often losing coverage outside any halfway decent sized town..
VF Customer service (business) are very good in my experience, until a complaint gets passed onto the network team when they start to come up with every excuse known to mankind.
Seriously tempted to just use my spare "3" payg sim when the contract runs out as I get full coverage and it's cheaper, and I get coverage 99% of the places I travel.

O2 work out quite a bit more than the others - you pay £100 for the HD2 on a £35/month contract, with 600 minutes talk and 1000 texts (if you order over the internet - 500 texts if you do the deal in store). This comes with the Unlimited Web bolt on (which normally costs £7.50), but this is limited to 500mb. And it seems you are charged if you go over this.
I've never dealt with O2, so my apologies if the info is wrong, but this is how I'm finding it.
I'm going to give mobilesphonesdirect a ring, to see what they can do the HD2 for as an upgrade on Tmobile. Tmobile want £340 for me to upgrade, or I can cancel and take out a new contract with m.p.d and pay £93 for the phone for £25 a month. That's £13 more for the phone than Virgin, but we're still not sure if Virgin throttle the data speeds more than Tmobile.
Final note - I'm more interested in the Internet on the phone, then texting with actual phone calls far behind. I talk to my misses enough in the house...

Towserspvm2000 said:
Final note - I'm more interested in the Internet on the phone, then texting with actual phone calls far behind. I talk to my misses enough in the house...
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I'm with Vodafone on their £20/month sim-only deal and worryingly I've found signal to be better where I live (which is advertised as variable outdoor coverage on their 3G map) than where I work (which is advertised as strong indoor 3G), so don't rely on their 3G coverage map service as the gospel truth.
I can achieve decent download rates via 3G, typically 150-200kbps which I guess equates to a 5mb broadband link, not too shabby.

Order a load of free pay and go sim cards from the different networks and try them out in the areas you frequent all the time.

H2D2 said:
I can achieve decent download rates via 3G, typically 150-200kbps which I guess equates to a 5mb+ broadband link, not too shabby.
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??? 5Mb (megabit) = roughly 5000Kb so your 150-200Kb is way, way under that!
Your speeds are consistent with a fair 3G signal. HSDPA should give about 1200Kbps (= 1.2Mb or thereabouts) in real life though that will depend on proximity to the cell site, cell congestion etc.

NeilM said:
??? 5Mb (megabit) = roughly 5000Kb so your 150-200Kb is way, way under that!
Your speeds are consistent with a fair 3G signal. HSDPA should give about 1200Kbps (= 1.2Mb or thereabouts) in real life though that will depend on proximity to the cell site, cell congestion etc.
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Fair enough, I'm just relating to real-world conditions where 5mb broadband doesn't equal anywhere near 5000kbps My 18mb broadband connection only achieves 1mb/s download speeds for example

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Virgin piggyback off T-mobile?
So does this mean that if t-mob throttle the usage, the throttle is also applicable to Virgin Mob customers?
I used to be with Virgin and the coverage was great, now with Vodafone and was always told about their superior coverage compared to other networks.
I have to say I'm sadly dissapointed, I often find it drops out completely. Even in the city centre where you'd assume coverage would be good, I often get "cold" spots with no signal, yet 25m down the road I have full HSDPA signal..... weird.

bdb25 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Virgin piggyback off T-mobile?
So does this mean that if t-mob throttle the usage, the throttle is also applicable to Virgin Mob customers?
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That's what it seems, although we are trying to see if Tmobile restrict and throttle the Virgin side of things even more...
See this thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=615643

O2's data limit is actually 1GB per month, they just don't like to tell people.
If you negotiate a bit with T-Mobile you may be able to get onto their 3GB/month tariff at not much (if any) extra cost. (When I was buying I had a choice between 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB/month or 1000 minutes, 500 texts and 3GB/month at the same price).
T-Mobile handset deals generally work out cheaper than other networks, but there are hidden extras: you have to pay for Voicemail calls (they don't come out of your minutes) and you don't get any free MMS messages at all (while O2, say, counts an MMS message as four SMS messages from your allowance).
One thing that irritates me about T-Mobile is that they don't support EDGE, which means if there's no 3G signal you drop straight to basic GPRS speeds. Back when I was with O2, if there was no 3G signal there was still a chance you could get EDGE, which is substantially quicker than plain GPRS.
I'd advise any buyer to be wary of mobilephonesdirect - their after-sales service is simply shocking, so if your phone develops a fault you may not get a replacement unless you're willing to take legal action.

Just to add to the previous post,
Vodafone and Virgin Mobile also charge you for MMS messages

Virgin mobile seem to cap data speed at about 384kbps.
Most of them cap the speed.
In fact I tried m.speedtest.com in a vodafone store and the phone refused to load the site.
My vodafone account got defrauded and they charged me for calls which were obviously fraudulent - masked number to US/canada at over £1 a minute that appeared as 121 on my bill....on the 29th of the month every month since November.
So I'm not happy with their idiocy but it forced me to try T-mobile.
I've found that in most places T-mobile works better than vodafone - I seem to have a 3G signal in more places and more consistently. however, that means that my E65 only lasts barely a day....With vodafone's 3G constantly dropping most of the time I was on 2G...haha, funny that!!
I think the 2/2.5G signal of vodafone is better. The 3G T-mobile signal is better. At least where i go. T-mobile reaches deep into the basement of my law school, whereas vodafone could only reach 2feet into the area.
Vodafone pluses:
includes voicemail to mins
Much cheaper fixed rate roaming not per minute
Robust 2G network
competitive plans.
T-mobile plusses:
1GB data
Much better 3G network.
-ves:
Charge for voicemail
Expensive roaming.
Less good 2G network.
Quite expensive tariffs and phones.
Virgin pluses:
Cheapest deal with mins+phone for free without going ot reseller.
T-mobile network
-ves:
unknown newbie - reseller.
Data capped at 384.

I was on a T-Mobile Combi 30 + W'n'W for £35 a month (18 month contract, 600mins/unlimited txts) plan, when it came time to upgrade a fortnight ago they wanted £70 for the phone, which I would happily have paid. Fortunately they didn't have any in stock at the time. I say fortunately as another rep called me back about a week later and proposed I go on the Flext 35 for 18 months, which has a £180 per month allowance (plus internet) but the phone is free, since I never use anywhere near my minutes, or send millions of txts it's a good plan for me, plus free HD2!
The phone comes without any T-Mobile graffiti on it thankfully, and since HardSPL was released, the stock branded T-Mobile ROM lasted all of an hour.

Also really depends in which country you reside.
Vodafone NL never warned me for over-usage, while I had months exceeding 500MB PER SESSION.. Never heard from them.
Speed is about 1mbit/s here at home. Signal is good in most cases. On the highway I usually get 2mbit/s.

May be slightly off topic but anyone else using this phone with Virgin and having issues with connection?
Mine says 3g sometimes but then reverts to H or even G. Also having issues at work where coverage is supposed to be good but there are times I'm not getting any signal at all. Did try the sim in anoether phone and the signal was strong so wondering if its the phone.
Thanks in advance!

Towserspvm2000 said:
O2 work out quite a bit more than the others - you pay £100 for the HD2 on a £35/month contract, with 600 minutes talk and 1000 texts (if you order over the internet - 500 texts if you do the deal in store). This comes with the Unlimited Web bolt on (which normally costs £7.50), but this is limited to 500mb. And it seems you are charged if you go over this.
I've never dealt with O2, so my apologies if the info is wrong, but this is how I'm finding it.
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Hi im new here, thought i would register as i have my new leo coming 2morrow, cant wait. I ordered a hd2 from o2 today, unlimited txts, unlimited web, 600 xnet mins free phone 18 month contract for £35pm. had to ring up and say i was going to leave if they couldent match the deal they were very friendly. t-mobile and voda do the same sort of deals on dialafone n places like that.

Duddy1986 said:
Hi im new here, thought i would register as i have my new leo coming 2morrow, cant wait. I ordered a hd2 from o2 today, unlimited txts, unlimited web, 600 xnet mins free phone 18 month contract for £35pm. had to ring up and say i was going to leave if they couldent match the deal they were very friendly. t-mobile and voda do the same sort of deals on dialafone n places like that.
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Welcome to the group!! Hope the phone is what you want. You will be in for a steep learning curve, but this is the best forum group to ask questions in.

What is the most Android friendly carrier / plan in Canada (Ontario)?

I'm going to help a friend go phone shopping this week. She asked for my help because I work in the wireless industry in the states. I last helped her 3 years ago and about blew a gasket because of how different (costly) the plans were. I haven't really done research on the Canadian carriers in a while and would like a bit of help. She is interested in a Android device because she sees all the things my wife and I do and use on our devices.
So I ask, who has the best deal for data voice and txt with decent coverage in Ontario?
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I would also like to know that.

Not sure this is the response you want but we (my wife and I) went with Blacks Photo (yes they sell phones) and hooked up with Telus. Our plans are pretty cheap with 1 gig data, 200 anytime minutes and unlimited texting i believe. She got the galaxy s and I got the htc desire hd. Pretty much satisfied.
Peterborough, Ontario.
It was mainly refreshing because they didn't try to sell you stuff as a Phone Store, but as a store that ALSO sells phones (and didn't have all the sales pitches/buzzwords/etc to distract from the sale).

Bell has the best phones by far, plans are average. Koodo has the best plans, but mobilicity and virgin are right below it, and they have better phones.
Edit: oh ya and wind mobile is probably the same as koodo, but they have better phones, in fact they just got the optimus 2x.

I'm with Windmobile. Living in Oshawa. My plan is unlimited data, unlimited call, unlimited international text, call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail, call display for $40/month. Beat that!

bb_cicamica said:
I'm with Windmobile. Living in Oshawa. My plan is unlimited data, unlimited call, unlimited international text, call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail, call display for $40/month. Beat that!
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Wind has such a small calling area though. Rogers has it $30 6gb plan back till the end of september!

maximumreality said:
Wind has such a small calling area though. Rogers has it $30 6gb plan back till the end of september!
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I second the Rogers recommendation if you are looking at a contract.
I believe that they are not the place to go for pay per use (was told by friends...details unknown to me).
Reasons I like Rogers:
6 GB data plan
They don't seem to care or charge more for tethering
Very good coverage
Decent Customer service (compared to Bell or Telus)
Reasons was Rogers are not perfect
Phone selection is not great.
3 year contracts (I would prefer 2 year as this is a better representation of how long people keep phones in good condition).
I am also a long-time Fido customer (now belongs to Rogers) and still like some of their plans.
I hope this helps

I agree for Rogers $30 for 6gb is good
But the fees for the minutes and other services are way to expensive.

bb_cicamica said:
I'm with Windmobile. Living in Oshawa. My plan is unlimited data, unlimited call, unlimited international text, call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail, call display for $40/month. Beat that!
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Im on wind and pay 35 a moth for all that

(LTE) Free 200mb data for LIFE from T-Mobile Announced!

From the press release via Droid Life-
" T-Mobile is the only major national wireless provider to make tablets affordable, connected and mobile right out of the box. There’s no bait and switch, no trial period and no strings attached. T-Mobile is the only national wireless provider to offer tablet owners up to 200 MB of free 4G LTE data every month for as long as they own their tablet, even if they’re not yet a T-Mobile customer.[iii] It’s really as good as it sounds – 200 MB of free data on T-Mobile’s nationwide 4G LTE network. That means each month customers can send approximately 800 Instagram photos, more than 2,500 emails or stream 200 minutes of music – all for free."
This is a great perk for those of us with the LTE Nexus 7 and another reason to get one if you havent already. Just thought Id share the good news. :laugh:

Well you should train your retail store employees. They just told me only the first month was free.
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It looks like you'll have to wait until November 1st. From Engadget's article on same-
"As of November 1st, the no-charge bandwidth will be available for the lifetime of any tablet on the network; customers who pay for data will get the 200MB on top of their existing caps. The company is simultaneously launching a tablet trade-in program that will discount new devices when shoppers bring in old slates, even if they're WiFi-only."
really happy about this. :laugh:

This will be sweet
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so long as i am paying for an expensive phone contract, i will not ever consider an LTE tablet contract as well. If only we could get this is england, it would be great.
What i wish someone would do though, is allow you to buy a second sim if you have an LTE phone contract. If i can tether my tablet to my phone, why can't they just create a system where you can have two sims, linked, and share your monthly data allowance between the two.

That's exqc ly what at&t and Verizon are doing with their plans in the US. The way only problem is that they've priced them so high it only helps if you have many devices. They also don't allow tethering. You generally have to install a 3rd party ROM for that.
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hughlle said:
What i wish someone would do though, is allow you to buy a second sim if you have an LTE phone contract. If i can tether my tablet to my phone, why can't they just create a system where you can have two sims, linked, and share your monthly data allowance between the two.
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That's widely available here in Germany. I don't use it, because my phone operator has a good entry level offer (unlimited SMS, unlimited calls in my network and another one, 100 minutes into any network and 300MB UMTS data, after that it is locked to 2G speed) for 18€ per month. 300MB is fine for my smartphone usage. But upgrading to 1GB even adds 10€ per month, going to 3GB doubles the cost. But in theory if I had more data volume, I could add another SIM card to that plan and use the data on all devices.
But it was easier and cheaper to get a heavily discounted contract from another operator (Telekom) which has a better network for data and it costs me 14€ per month for 5GB LTE volume.

Wrngway said:
That's exqc ly what at&t and Verizon are doing with their plans in the US. The way only problem is that they've priced them so high it only helps if you have many devices. They also don't allow tethering. You generally have to install a 3rd party ROM for that.
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That's not exactly true. We switched just my wife's phone to the family share plan and it was the same price as paying for the lowest amount of data + minutes + sms. On the share plan she now has unlimited sms, unlimited, calls, and 1GB of data as compared to 400 minutes, a small block of sms, and 300 MB of data. Not to mention before she did not have tethering and now she has tethering already included. Switched one device and we're already seeing savings.
So, for the same price we got: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited SMS, 3 times the data, and tethering included (a service we didn't get before). So how is this AT&T pricing too high?
Now if we add my Nexus 7 on the plan it will be only $10 more a month and I will share 1GB of data with her. I don't find that to be priced too high at all. Either way, I'll be taking my free data from T-Mobile and just tether from my phone when I run out.

If i wanted just 200mb from my current provider, it would cost me £2 and would only be available for 24 hours. If i want the data available for a whole month i could get 1gb for £10. It is a joke.
I looked into it in the UK for my provider (02) and looks like they do allow this shared data thing, but only if you have a business contract with them.
LTE tablets are just not going to succeed so long as they are requiring people who already pay for a data plan on their mobile to pay for a data plan on their tablet as well. I will just tether, because name a situation where you have your tablet at hand, but not your phone.

sola fide said:
That's not exactly true. We switched just my wife's phone to the family share plan and it was the same price as paying for the lowest amount of data + minutes + sms. On the share plan she now has unlimited sms, unlimited, calls, and 1GB of data as compared to 400 minutes, a small block of sms, and 300 MB of data. Not to mention before she did not have tethering and now she has tethering already included. Switched one device and we're already seeing savings.
So, for the same price we got: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited SMS, 3 times the data, and tethering included (a service we didn't get before). So how is this AT&T pricing too high?
Now if we add my Nexus 7 on the plan it will be only $10 more a month and I will share 1GB of data with her. I don't find that to be priced too high at all. Either way, I'll be taking my free data from T-Mobile and just tether from my phone when I run out.
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I suppose it depends on your situation. I haven't had to go out shopping in a while, but I'm grandfathered into a Verizon Unlimited data plan for roughly $125/mo for two smartphones. I'm stuck in contract until Aug 2014 for now.
For a Verizon share plan, we'd spend roughly $15 more for both phones and 4Gb of data (we use more than 2Gb combined)...assuming they apply our employee discount to the entire account. Adding a tablet is another $10 and we don't need mobile tablet access every month.
If I had to shop now, I'd look at Net10 with AT&T access for 2 phones for $85 and 2.5Gb of high speed data each. Then with the money saved I could get a prepaid tablet plan when I need it from whomever had the best rates at the time.
Of course if you can tether your phone, which I can do with my GS3 right now, then your data might as well be pooled and an extra sim is just a matter of convenience.
I'm hoping things in the US are starting to change for the better. It seems like a racket compared to rates available in Europe.

Verizon-->?

So I just got a notice in the mail today dated Feb 16th that my employee discount for my work is being canceled for my unlimited data plan. I just got off contract last month and it looks like Verizon is trying to get me off this plan. So I'm looking to switch to another carrier. I have two months to do so, more like one now that Verizon sent that letter so late. Anyone know of anything that could maybe meet my needs?
Needs: Unlimited Data, (Or a lot of it ~8GB)
Keep phone. I have a Galaxy note 2 I wish to unlock. (Looking up how to do that if anyone has answers I would appreciate them)
Keep bill below $74, which is what I'm currently paying per month, otherwise I pay about $86.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Verizon is really trying to screw people right now and it's a bummer that this is happening to you. T-Mobile has the best prices and the fastest 4G LTE network from speed tests that I personally have done. I've achieved speeds of over 42Mbps on their network (mind-blowing) and have been with T-Mobile ever since. Their HD voice calling is AMAZING. Crystal clear. And T-Mobile just spent $4.6 billion on upgrading their network and buying spectrum off of Verizon to level the playing field. Now my entire family is on T-Mobile and I have yet to hear a single complaint.
Here's what you would get for $70.00 per month plus tax:
-Unlimited minutes
-Unlimited texting
-Truly unlimited data (no caps, period)
- 2.5GB of hotspot included at no extra cost (and if you want more hotspot it's only $10 more per 2GB increment)
- NO CONTRACT!!! Bring your own phone! NO ACTIVATION FEES! NO OBLIGATIONS!
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I switched to T-Mobile's new bring your own phone plan. Other than getting slowed down to 0.08Mbps after my 1GB of High speed data, it really is unlimited though excruciatingly slow.
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Taking my N6 from Verizon to T-Mobile to Mint Sim, saving my wife and I $130 a month

I hope this isn't off-topic, but I thought I'd share how my wife and I saved a ton by switching our Nexus 6's from Verizon to T-Mobile to Mint Sim.
Here's the background: We were on Verizon, each on 2 gig plans. We had some discount through my corporate job and because we had Verizon Fios (and combined bills, blah blah blah). Our original bill was $156 (taxes, fees, whatever). We wanted to save money so we switched to T-Mobile. T-Mobile was pretty great, and the key factor was they paid our early termination fees (which I think were around $200 each).
T-Mobile was pretty great, mostly because they support wifi calling (because we both had Nexus 6). I work from home, and she's a stay-at-home-mom, so the fact that T-Mobile doesn't have the greatest coverage doesn't really matter to us. Our plan on T-Mobile was $92, and we each had 6 gigs. But honestly, since we're at home, we rarely used more than 1 gig per month.
Then we heard about Mint Sim, a MVNO that sits on top of T-Mobile. We get the same benefits (wifi calling works), but our bills are crazy low. We just pre-paid for 12 months, and that works out to be $26 per month. TOTAL. For unlimited calls, text and 2 gigs each.
So in the end, we went from 2 gig on Verizon to 2 gig on Mint Sim, and saved $130 a month. Since we're at home and have wifi calling, we're always getting 5 bars. The key trick was joining T-Mobile and having them eat our early termination fees. We weren't being malicious: We were on T-Mobile for about 6 months and had no plans on switching until we saw ads for Mint Sim.
Anyway, it's pretty great, especially if you're a low-data user like we are. I don't think we get any of the T-Mobile data benefits (such as how they zero-rate Youtube, Spotify, etc) but who cares.
There are some times when I have to manually switch my settings (Settings -> More -> Cellular Networks -> Preferred Network Type) to be 3g instead of LTE because of coverage gaps here in central NJ. For some reason, the Nexus 6 isn't smart enough to toggle automatically. But you know what? So few people use T-Mobile's 3g network that it's amazingly fast. I routinely get 6-20mps on the 3g network, and most times, just leave it there.

DogzOfWar said:
I hope this isn't off-topic, but I thought I'd share how my wife and I saved a ton by switching our Nexus 6's from Verizon to T-Mobile to Mint Sim.
Here's the background: We were on Verizon, each on 2 gig plans. We had some discount through my corporate job and because we had Verizon Fios (and combined bills, blah blah blah). Our original bill was $156 (taxes, fees, whatever). We wanted to save money so we switched to T-Mobile. T-Mobile was pretty great, and the key factor was they paid our early termination fees (which I think were around $200 each).
T-Mobile was pretty great, mostly because they support wifi calling (because we both had Nexus 6). I work from home, and she's a stay-at-home-mom, so the fact that T-Mobile doesn't have the greatest coverage doesn't really matter to us. Our plan on T-Mobile was $92, and we each had 6 gigs. But honestly, since we're at home, we rarely used more than 1 gig per month.
Then we heard about Mint Sim, a MVNO that sits on top of T-Mobile. We get the same benefits (wifi calling works), but our bills are crazy low. We just pre-paid for 12 months, and that works out to be $26 per month. TOTAL. For unlimited calls, text and 2 gigs each.
So in the end, we went from 2 gig on Verizon to 2 gig on Mint Sim, and saved $130 a month. Since we're at home and have wifi calling, we're always getting 5 bars. The key trick was joining T-Mobile and having them eat our early termination fees. We weren't being malicious: We were on T-Mobile for about 6 months and had no plans on switching until we saw ads for Mint Sim.
Anyway, it's pretty great, especially if you're a low-data user like we are. I don't think we get any of the T-Mobile data benefits (such as how they zero-rate Youtube, Spotify, etc) but who cares.
There are some times when I have to manually switch my settings (Settings -> More -> Cellular Networks -> Preferred Network Type) to be 3g instead of LTE because of coverage gaps here in central NJ. For some reason, the Nexus 6 isn't smart enough to toggle automatically. But you know what? So few people use T-Mobile's 3g network that it's amazingly fast. I routinely get 6-20mps on the 3g network, and most times, just leave it there.
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Noice, i was on tmobile paying about 125 for 2 lines unlimited but was using right under 2 gigs on each line. I made the switch to Fi aout two months agao and am now only paying 75. Im pretty satisfied with the service as well.

meatwad0222 said:
Noice, i was on tmobile paying about 125 for 2 lines unlimited but was using right under 2 gigs on each line. I made the switch to Fi aout two months agao and am now only paying 75. Im pretty satisfied with the service as well.
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I was thinking about Project Fi a bit too. (When it first came out, my wife had a non-Nexus phone, so it was a no-go)
I didn't want to sound like a shill for Mint Sim, but I wanted to share my non-Big Four contract success. A lot of people seem to focus on unlimited data, but I'm guessing there's a huge number that don't realize how little data they use (or they could use, if they paid attention). I make my Spotify lists available offline, I use wifi at the gym, etc.
If you don't make many phone calls (I seriously make 10 calls per month?), make lots of texts, don't use much data, how can you justify paying for Verizon?
With Project Fi, do you notice if you have a great signal everywhere (because it's constantly handing off between carriers?)

DogzOfWar said:
I was thinking about Project Fi a bit too. (When it first came out, my wife had a non-Nexus phone, so it was a no-go)
I didn't want to sound like a shill for Mint Sim, but I wanted to share my non-Big Four contract success. A lot of people seem to focus on unlimited data, but I'm guessing there's a huge number that don't realize how little data they use (or they could use, if they paid attention). I make my Spotify lists available offline, I use wifi at the gym, etc.
If you don't make many phone calls (I seriously make 10 calls per month?), make lots of texts, don't use much data, how can you justify paying for Verizon?
With Project Fi, do you notice if you have a great signal everywhere (because it's constantly handing off between carriers?)
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The only issue i have had is at my home, both sprint and t mobile have a hard time in that area. It does switch occasionally to witch one it thinks is better. It doesn't really affect me though because at home im using my connection. Every where else i seem to be good so far.

You should have waited and moved to Sprint with their free promo for service for a year.

drozek said:
You should have waited and moved to Sprint with their free promo for service for a year.
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Your right, problem is my crystal ball is still locked away in my storage shed.