I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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Not sure where you are, but this site helped me a lot when I was doing research on carriers in my area.
http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare-carriers/united-states/worcester/worcester-january-2013/
I took a quick glance there... and it looks pretty bad.
Compared to my area:
http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare-carriers/united-states/sacramento/sacramento-december-2012/
T-Mobile coverage/service is great here.
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it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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i agree, i live in kentucky and i easily use about 6-10gb a month and not having to worry about a data cap is lovely. i have been in a few spotty areas before but for the most part ive always been able to make calls and i havent dropped one yet. ive tried straight talk att here before i went to tmobile and while i did like att service the capped me at 1.5gb and i was only 1 week into the service.
id say look at the places you will be going most and see if tmobile has the coverage there and see if youll be ok with it first, if so make the jump, i did and i havent looked back yet.. im on the $70 unlimited no contract plan
T-No works well in all cities I go to and I have been with them for 7 years or so... check their coverage maps. They are very accurate ...
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My wife and I made the switch from Veriz to T-Mob a few months ago.
There is one big overriding rule. In big population centers... T-Mob is just fine. Building penetration is not as good as Verizon though. Driving around through the lesser populated areas (outskirts and countryside), there is very little (read: none) T-Mob data coverage.
We live in Charlotte, NC and here I am completely happy with the service (data speeds are excellent). But just outside of the metro area, I am roaming. On a trip back to Iowa, the only place we had T-Mobile data was around Des Moines. Outside of Des Moines, we were roaming the whole time (even in Iowa City with population over 80,000).
You can roam with voice and text, and that generally works fine.
You can roam on data (small monthly allowances... depends on data plan) but speeds are very (read: painfully) slow.
But, for us it made sense... It saved us over a thousand dollars a year.
My two cents: If you spend your time in big cities... I'd go for it (or at least try a monthly pre-paid plan). There will be a drop off in coverage compared to verizon, but it is completely tolerable in my opinion.
If you live in (or spend a lot of time) in a small town, or you are on the highway, don't do it if you need data.
I'm really happy with T-Mobile coming from sprint. I live in south Florida and I get full bars almost everywhere I go. Data speed is just awesome I get between 8 to 14 mbps. Compare to sprint in a good day 750 kbps. And plans start at $30 which is what I have!
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I live in Brooklyn, NYC and tmo has been great....well at least to me. Building penetration is lacking, but I can live with that! My speeds are usually great and the $30 data plan takes care of my needs...so for me its perfect!
I live jus north of Boston, Lynn to be exact and have great service. I work in Needham(out skirts of Boston) which I also get great service. My wife's family lives in the south shore (brockton) where the coverage is not so great. I go to the cape every year and the service there is not so great. Both those areas are mainly switching from E to 1 bar on H. Hope this info helps you. Good luck.
Also my wife and friend have att and they get good service jus about everywhere. I don't know how the data speeds are for att but they have better coverage and more expensive than T-Mobile.
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it depends on where in MA for instance, in the western MA thinks performs well however west Worcester county(ware/w. Brookfield) it's more challenging
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Lakeville. Its a little southwest if Boston close to Middleborough
And thank you everyone for all the info! I think I can deal with a little less coverage.
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I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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I'm on the south shore and recently switched from vzw to tmo. Factually, the network is worse but there hasn't been a time when I couldn't use the phone. Data speeds are fine and I'm not missing messages or calls. My low usage(save for data) didn't justify the exuberant cost that vzw charges and the limits were annoyingly restricting.
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I made the same decision as you last month and here is what I did.
I bought the n4 and the T-Mobile 30/month plan while I still had my Vzw account. I then tested the network and data in my two week return period Google gives. I then decided it was good and canceled my Vzw account.
Once I canceled Vzw and was on tmobiles 70/month unlimited plan, I started having issues that I personally couldn't live with. Tmobiles data speed are excellent (7-42mbps) however their signal is very spotty and my phone was constantly dropping to edge. I could live with this because of the cost savings, however when i noticed I was getting delayed text (sending and receiving) and phone calls not going through, I really started regretting Vzw which was always solid for me. T-Mobile tech support reminds me of the Citibank commercial "this is Peggy" and it sucks!
I then switched to att cause I love the n4, and was able to sign up contract free which I love. Their speeds are a lot slower, but their coverage is very solid. This is when I started actually becoming angry that the n4 didn't support lte since att has lte in the area and tmobile doesn't.
I work in north attleboro ma and this is just my 2 cents. I personally travel for work sometimes and really didn't want to run into no coverage zones with T-Mobile and not be able to roam. Att is not as good as Vzw, so only time will tell. Worst comes to worst I sign on with Vzw again in the future and get their latest and greatest, would have lost unlimited data regardless. Let me know if you need any more advice
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I hate how Verizon doesn't support gsm phones, I can't upgrade my plan without loosing my unlimited data, and I can't activate any of the manufacturer version of a device because they only support CDMA.
How is everyone's satisfaction with T-Mobile? That's the only carrier I can go to and I'm in Massachusetts. If anyone can give me a good idea on what the difference in service is like that would be great.
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I live in Boston, work in Cambridge - T-Mobile is a beast!!
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why dont you try Solavei its basically is t-mobile no contract for $50 unlimited talk , text, data! and if you dont like you can always go back to verizon
www.solavei.com/SignUp?un=benjaminbribies&from=Invite
Yep. Moved to T-Mobile! Loving it. Love my nexus 4 too
T-Mobile has 4g in my area but hspa+ is fast enough for me. And I always have enough service to send calls and text. Whereas on Verizon it was spotty and only worked some of the time.
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Wise move... Enjoy T-Mobile on the N4! Cool
Month to month, no contract sounds good to me.
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Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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Depends on which prepaid you are going for. I left my unlimited data since I could save a hell lot more money with prepaid. (around 40 dollars a month)
I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.
I'm leaving sprint with their unlimited data
.I work at a t mobile retailer and will probably use T-Mobile prepaid and get the phone..
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You should really make sure what type of coverage/data speeds you'll be getting on T-Mobile or AT&Ts networks before you make the jump. We all want the N4, but unfortunately, it's just not going to be viable for some people.
Cheers
I have a Straight Talk ATT Sim coming as well as T-Mobile Prepaid. I will try both and see. I only have the coverage maps to go by and a few friends. I live in Spokane Washington so if anyone knows about that area let me know!
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Go t mobile that way you get hspa 42
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I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.
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I did this same thing about three months ago. Between me and my wife we are saving about $100 per month for smart phone service. I wont argue that Verizon is the king as far as coverage goes but they are just too proud of their services and they are punishing long term loyal customers which I won't stand for.
I would say we are receiving about 90% of other service we had with Verizon for about half the cost. It was a no brainer for me. Even with the etf, I'm already saving money!
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Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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Not going pre paid but going to t-mobile unlimited.
Straight Talk looks good but I keep hearing about strict data policies. I use like 1 gig a month usually. Its the 100 MB a day that seems limiting. Occasionally, I need that.
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Straight Talk looks good but I keep hearing about strict data policies. I use like 1 gig a month usually. Its the 100 MB a day that seems limiting. Occasionally, I need that.
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Its more like 2gb a month. I don't put much stock in the 100mb a day thing because I've busted that bunches of times with no reprocussions. YMMV.
If data is a concern, get a T-Mobile sim if their coverage is good in your area. I read all the time about people using 5-7gb a month without being throttled.
I actually have a T Mobile sim coming as well. That 30 dollar plan looks awesome. I just don't know if I can do 100 minutes and how their coverage is.
I keep reading that pre paid plans do not have roaming either, does anyone know what that actually means? For example, what if I leave my state and I go to another city that has good coverage with the same prepaid carrier is that considered roaming?
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Eddog4DROID said:
Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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I am doing this. I have a plan for me and the wife. My contract is up in January so ill be buying a Nexus 4 in late december to test it out/port my number before my contract ends effective 2/2. If all is good my wife will be making the transition as well. Right now we pay $150 for our plan through Verizon for 700/unlmtd/unlmtd. We only use like 100 minutes a month so im paying for the data/messaging... all of which I cant use data inside my home, so its Wifi only, and messaging at home hardly works anyways... wifey stays home with the baby and only uses like 100mb a month on the data package.......
All said and done I cannot believe I didnt make this switch earlier. Ill be saving over $900 this year alone incl the cost of the devices. Cant beat that..
That said - Anyone interested in a Galaxy Nexus in Mint condition (I mean mint.. its a Refurb that just got sent to me last week and rebuilt 2 weeks ago, not a knick or scratch) or a RAZR Black 16gb
Anyone in SE Michigan using T-Mobile $30 plan? Checking the coverage map looks very sketchy once you get off the e-ways.
AT&T used currently, so Straight Talk is an option, but use hardly any minutes so the T-Mobile plan looks enticing, but do travel a bit to the UP and Minnesota which looks like it would be hit or miss on coverage compared to AT&T/Straight Talk.
T-Mobile's HSPA+ is faster than Verizon LTE. I wish T-Mobile had the coverage Verizon did though.
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T-Mobile's HSPA+ is faster than Verizon LTE. I wish T-Mobile had the coverage Verizon did though.
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H+ is such a sketchy network compared to LTE though. Very inconsistent and can be literally polar opposites in terms of data speeds in one spot to ten feet away. From my parking spot at work to the door I go from 8down to 1down with no obstructions. Same can be said in my house. With an LTE phone I don't see those kinds of fluctuations.
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I actually have a T Mobile sim coming as well. That 30 dollar plan looks awesome. I just don't know if I can do 100 minutes and how their coverage is.
I keep reading that pre paid plans do not have roaming either, does anyone know what that actually means? For example, what if I leave my state and I go to another city that has good coverage with the same prepaid carrier is that considered roaming?
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No that's not considered roaming. I used my gnex on straight talk at&t & postpaid t-mobile. Here is an example of roaming: when I go upstate, there is literally no tmo coverage. In those areas (about 3 hrs north of westchester county in ny), my postpaid tmo account will roam onto at&t. At that moment, I am a tmo customer roaming onto at&t. If I were on tmo prepaid, I would not get any service at all. I would not roam onto at&t. However, on my straight talk at&t sim, I had service up there. Data speeds are slower that tmo, but there at&t has a bigger footprint.
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I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.
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You will need a new Sim, or have to cut your old one....
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Eddog4DROID said:
Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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I did just this about two weeks ago. I went with tmobile $50 unlimited and cut my bill in half. I'm really sorry I didn't do it sooner to be honest. I paid my ETF, but that's ok because I'll make it up in like 3 months of having a lower bill. It was worth it to me, because verizon's anti-consumer nonsense was really starting to bother me, and their customer service has never been great in my experience.
Coverage with tmobile has actually been pretty good in Indianapolis. However, I'm currently on an Iphone 4 and can only get edge speeds as the network farm isnt done in my area. I really like the iphone a lot, considerably better than my incredible 2, though I will probably grab a nexus 4 when it comes out, if only for variety. It's nice being able to pop a sim card out of one phone and into another without the hassle of dealing with locked up, overpriced phones.
Do it, but you might want to think about keeping a spare phone around in case you have to have your nexus 4 repaired. an older android im sure would be fine, assuming it's a model with decent build quality that can stand the test of time.
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No that's not considered roaming. I used my gnex on straight talk at&t & postpaid t-mobile. Here is an example of roaming: when I go upstate, there is literally no tmo coverage. In those areas (about 3 hrs north of westchester county in ny), my postpaid tmo account will roam onto at&t. At that moment, I am a tmo customer roaming onto at&t. If I were on tmo prepaid, I would not get any service at all. I would not roam onto at&t. However, on my straight talk at&t sim, I had service up there. Data speeds are slower that tmo, but there at&t has a bigger footprint.
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Tmo prepaid has voice/text roaming, just not data roaming.
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Hi guys...
I am stoked for this N4 to come into my hand.
which carrier would be a better choice for me?
I live in NYC. thanks.
T mobile you will get much better speed than att
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What he said^^^^
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T-Mo for speed is probably the best.
However for (possibly) a better look at coverage, may I suggest looking at the Root Metrics Coverage Maps or the Sensorly Coverage Maps. They're based on user submitted tests and data that offer a much better look at where reception is good or bad.
T-Mobile is spending a lot of the money ATT gave them to beef up their network. T-Mobile wants to be a viable competitor again. Their Hspa+ is about 3-4 times faster than ATT. With those things said I chose T-Mobile today. In addition to everything I said they also have truly unlimited 4g and they are cheaper.
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it is based on your location, tbh...
Maybe some NYC XDA people will comment on their experiences with both here...
Depends on location. T-Mobile worked great for me and speeds were incredible for HSPA+. But the problem with me was I had no reception in crucial areas, kinda suck if you can't receive calls text at home or some areas at work.
Att allows you to use their post paid plans without signing a contract. And you can try T-Mobiles $30 100 min, unlimited text and data and only be down 30 of it don't work out
I just signed up for this great cell phone company and thought everyone has the right to know about it, Here is a link: Solavei They are giving great deals right now like a free phone after 5 months of on time payments and first month free. Or bring your own unlocked phone, then if you invite people you can get your phone paid and even earn extra money for each person you bring to your service. Let me know if you have any questions.
Solavei
Click on the link and sign in to my guest book and I will be happy to answer any of your questions
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Do they throttle?
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Compares its to other throttled carriers and says it is unlimited does not mention throttling anywhere in the open on their website. Looks awesome plus amazing coverage.
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I wanna say it was 4GB but I think they changed it.
I believe it is actually 5GB of data that I had read on their site somewhere. It's listed.
If this worked where i live...
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If this worked where i live...
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This company piggybacks on Tmo's network.. as far as I know they do not have 4G or HSPDA coverage.. they operate on GSM and UMTS alone from the users I have spoken with. Seems like a decent way to go, especially if your in an urban area with good/great existing Tmo coverage.
*Maybe Tmo will allow them to also piggyback on the newly purchased 'Metro PCS' LTE.. *fingers crossed*:fingers-crossed:
Where i live only verizon and if i walk about 5 minutes back down the road us cellular works...
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Does anyone here use the att mnvo Net10? I'm looking to switch out from tmobile and straight talk is out of the question now how is the service? How is the customer service? How was the porting time?
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Data is completely useless for me, so is their customer service. The only way to speak to anyone is to send them an email and wait for them to call you in a day.I hold a signal just fine and have tried all the apns I can find but its impossible for me to even get close to my 1.5GB limit when I can't even load a web page or refresh my weather. Gophone was much better for me and that's what I'll be going back to. I've heard gophone has less coverage than post paid att contracts, but I can't notice any less coverage where I am. I should note that these are only mine and my wife's experience, it might work awesome for you.
Ugh why couldn't straight talk just be available instead! Would make life so much easier!!
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I was in the same boat. Att's gophone isn't bad if you are ok with using VoIP if you use more than 250 mins. If you find something else that works really good for you, I'd love to know, just so I have some usable options.
Well my experience was the opposite I think att sucks in Miami, dropped calls and data is slower and now you have a data cap no thanks. Only problem I see with T-Mobile and this is even on my postpaid is data is fast but sometimes you try to connect to something and it just never goes and times out. CS told me its because whenever someone requests internet you get pushed to the back of the list and best thing is to turn data on and off again. It sucks I know but att is worse in my experience and way better than sprint.
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I appreciate the input... Here in new Haven ct att is awesome though, which really influences my decision... I love the T-Mobile speeds but the coverage is garbage at best...
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St and n10 are owned by the same company I hated both of them so I went to tmobile
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I'm seriously jealous of you tmboile guys, I was with them for 5 years and loved em, there's no coverage here though
I am doing this because i have seen many negative reviews for NET10 and would like to share my experience...Just ported over from the T-Mobile $30 plan to the net10 $50 unlimited plan for both my lines last night at around 6pm. Bought the sims at best buy for $15 (3 pack - 2 at&t, 1 micro and one regular, and one regular T-Mobile one) and the unlimited for two lines card ( I believe it was $90 there)... ported over my lines and took all of a half hour to port... Had to call customer service a few times with questions (once was my fault as I accidentally used the T-Mobile Sim instead of the at&t Sim) and they were super helpful. The service is fantastic, not one dropped call or dead zone and I'm getting 2-3 Mbps, which is a fine trade off from T-Mobile. I could get 12 mbps with T-Mobile but never had any service indoors.
I give net10 two thumbs up so far... Will update with any new info or bad news.
Edit: I would also like to say that I traveled the northern corridor of CT today with a branch out to Bristol and almost full bars HSPA the entire time... My battery is in heaven.
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http://www.aiowireless.com/home.html
Has anyone tried this yet? I'm definitely gonna be ordering a sim (theryre only $9.99) and giving it a go next month
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Not available in South Dakota.
What are the rates? It's kind of stupid that they won't even let you shop if they don't serve your area.
EDIT: Ok, the coverage map down the page says they cover my city. When I type in my zip in that map, it locates it fine and I have coverage. When I got to shop for plans and type my zip in, it says they don't cover me. Seems like they need to update/sync their database. Although, I'm getting the same message that I got a few weeks ago about being only in 2 cities at the moment, maybe they just need to update their validator on the page?
Oops, I read on a website that it was available nationwide now, I guess not but the rates are $40 for 250 mb of HSDPA, 55 for 2 GB, and 70 for 7 GB, all with a soft cap to edge data afterwards.
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For 70$ on T-Mobile I can get unlimited 4g and everything elce
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Oops, I read on a website that it was available nationwide now, I guess not but the rates are $40 for 250 mb of HSDPA, 55 for 2 GB, and 70 for 7 GB, all with a soft cap to edge data afterwards.
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That's pricier than StraightTalk.
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That's pricier than StraightTalk.
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It is but at least you don't have to worry about random throttling, since the data limits are clearly defined. I used to be in st at&t, their throttling is a joke. Ditched them after a month
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For 70$ on T-Mobile I can get unlimited 4g and everything elce
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Of course tmo is a better deal, but in many areas (mine included) at&ts network is waaaay better than tmo.
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Of course tmo is a better deal, but in many areas (mine included) at&ts network is waaaay better than tmo.
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And I can personally vouch for this exact scenario. AT&T covers the entire city of Marshall and all of the outskirts, whereas T-Mobile only covers the "downtown" area. I live JUST outside of downtown and get NO service whatsoever. I told T-Mobile to kiss off and have been using H2O Wireless for maybe a week or so and it's been nothing but pleasurable. The service "just works." I'll definitely be switching to AIO when it's available nationwide because their customer service seems to be state-side, whereas H2O is outsourced and VERY difficult to work with and they have no patience. Definitely crap customer service but hey, you get what you pay for I guess?
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And I can personally vouch for this exact scenario. AT&T covers the entire city of Marshall and all of the outskirts, whereas T-Mobile only covers the "downtown" area. I live JUST outside of downtown and get NO service whatsoever. I told T-Mobile to kiss off and have been using H2O Wireless for maybe a week or so and it's been nothing but pleasurable. The service "just works." I'll definitely be switching to AIO when it's available nationwide because their customer service seems to be state-side, whereas H2O is outsourced and VERY difficult to work with and they have no patience. Definitely crap customer service but hey, you get what you pay for I guess?
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From what I read aio is actually owned by at&t kinda like how gosmart mobile is owned by tmo. So hopefully it will be decent. Even though max DL speeds are capped a 4 mb/s, that's way more than I need just to surf the web or occasionally watch a YouTube video. Plus I'm getting real sick of tmos crappy building penetration & low-latency data connection.
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All right. Old thread, I know but I didn't know where else to ask this and I figured it'd be better to revive an old thread rather than make my own.
I really want to use Aio this coming month (billing cycle ends in a few days) but I'm having troubles finishing my order. As posted earlier, I live in SD, not one of the "beta cities". I can now get into the site, shop plans and devices and whatever. The only problem I have right now is I can't check out. I'm in my cart and I press the "Continue" button, and nothing happens. I don't get redirected, I don't get a prompt, nothing. I'm just wondering if anyone else is getting that problem, or if maybe it's doing another location check, and I'm failing it (because they are either not nationwide yet or they haven't updated this page to reflect that they are). Or maybe they removed the window popup that says I'm not in those beta cities but forgot to remove the actual check?
In any case, if someone has some spare time, could they go to their site, add something to the cart, and try checking out? Just see if you can get to a screen that prompts for a payment method or something? I get nowhere and I want to try their 7gb plan.
And side-bar: OP, did you actually go with this service? How's the quality? Are you satisfied?
I ordered a sim and the $55 plan last night. I've been using straight talk byod for well over a year and it's just slow and annoying. I'd rather pay a little more and hopefully get better speeds.
Who's used it? Comments?
Thanks
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scottx . said:
I ordered a sim and the $55 plan last night. I've been using straight talk byod for well over a year and it's just slow and annoying. I'd rather pay a little more and hopefully get better speeds.
Who's used it? Comments?
Thanks
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I'm in Cape Canaveral Florida, and I switched to AIO for one month and the data speeds were under 1Mbps!!! I called their tech support and they said there was an outage in the area and it would be fixed in a few days, data speeds got up to just over 1Mbps and stayed there for the remainder of my month. I even had my IMEI changed to a 4G phone to see if that was the issue, tried several APN settings, with no luck. I went back to T-mobile. AIO had better coverage but the data was just too slow.
tigertechmi said:
I'm in Cape Canaveral Florida, and I switched to AIO for one month and the data speeds were under 1Mbps!!! I called their tech support and they said there was an outage in the area and it would be fixed in a few days, data speeds got up to just over 1Mbps and stayed there for the remainder of my month. I even had my IMEI changed to a 4G phone to see if that was the issue, tried several APN settings, with no luck. I went back to T-mobile. AIO had better coverage but the data was just too slow.
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T-Mobile here has crap service where I am. Att and all the mvno's they have are the best around here. I don't need super fast speeds, just stability. It will be here Monday says UPS so we'll see.
They shipped my stuff ups 2nd day air for free.
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