http://phandroid.com/2013/07/10/t-mobile-jump-details/
Tmobile new jump program looks pretty sweet. A new phone every 6 months awesome. I wonder if they'll be getting the note 3.
I just left Tmo for crappy data service, I only had 2G. So if you're serious about making the switch do a little research about the data services they offer in your area(s). I will say the have awesome customer service, but like all carriers going to the store for support in useless.
tfaulk88 said:
http://phandroid.com/2013/07/10/t-mobile-jump-details/
Tmobile new jump program looks pretty sweet. A new phone every 6 months awesome. I wonder if they'll be getting the note 3.
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what that artilce doesnt mention is that you forfeit whatever youve payed on the old phone including the down payment.
to get the note 2 on tmo you have to put down 100 dollars. then make a 20 dollar a moth payment every month on the financing of the phone. after 6 months, youve payed a total of 220 dollars. plus the extra 10 dollars monthly for the jump program. so now your at 280 over the course of 6 months.
to get as new phone, you have to trade in the old (6 month old) handset, plus pay the new down payment of 100 dollars and the cycle starts over. over a year your paying a total of 560 dollars. thats on top of your monthly service price.
sounds like a rip of to me. what are they going to do next? offer leases on phones?
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edit, i was wrong, the note 2 is 170 dollars for the down payment, add an extra 140 to whatever i said earlier.
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what that artilce doesnt mention is that you forfeit whatever youve payed on the old phone including the down payment.
to get the note 2 on tmo you have to put down 100 dollars. then make a 20 dollar a moth payment every month on the financing of the phone. after 6 months, youve payed a total of 220 dollars. plus the extra 10 dollars monthly for the jump program. so now your at 280 over the course of 6 months.
to get as new phone, you have to trade in the old (6 month old) handset, plus pay the new down payment of 100 dollars and the cycle starts over. over a year your paying a total of 560 dollars. thats on top of your monthly service price.
sounds like a rip of to me. what are they going to do next? offer leases on phones?
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edit, i was wrong, the note 2 is 170 dollars for the down payment, add an extra 140 to whatever i said earlier.
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This plan only works if you upgrade and can afford to shovel the money every 6 months as its less money to this rather than buy the phone outright every six months. And especially how they do no contracts anymore.
If your life most people and can wait its not worth it.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
This plan only works if you upgrade and can afford to shovel the money every 6 months as its less money to this rather than buy the phone outright every six months. And especially how they do no contracts anymore.
If your life most people and can wait its not worth it.
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if you own your phone outright, you can sell it for almost as much as you bought it for new if you only keep it 6 months.
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if you own your phone outright, you can sell it for almost as much as you bought it for new if you only keep it 6 months.
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That is true but thats if you find the right person and if anyone wants it either
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What has not yet been mentioned is that the $10 extra a month includes insurance coverage. This is only about $2 more than if you paid for it directly so this is a worthwhile plan if you must have a new phone every 6 months.
As has been mentioned earlier, switching carriers means that you must check how the coverage is in your home, work, and play area. Otherwise it does not matter how good a deal you get.
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I just checked and for me tmobile is a better deal overall. Biggest thing is having to pay full price for the phone. But it's worth it. If I switched my bill would be about $45 less and I would get an average of 6-12 mbps on hspa+ with great coverage here in my area. Plus my friend just picked up a couple of lte towers in the area that aren't officially announced. Right now on 3g my Sprint data on average never gets above .16 mbps. It's sad. Even on lte tmobile hspa+ is just as fast or faster. Plus I actually get a signal inside a building. I'm done with testing. As soon as I can leave Sprint I will.
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I switched from Sprint to T Mobile.
Very happy.
Cheaper and 100x faster data
Used to get 1.5mb dl speed on Sprint, now I get normally 28mb dl speed normally.
If you're in a good T Mobile area, I fully recommend.
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Man im really stuck between a rock and a hard spot. I've been with sprint for like 13yrs but the service has really gotten crappy over the years. 3g is barely usable if at all but 4g has been popping up in small sections around town. Should I stay and wait for the soon to be upgraded network or bail for the already proven and contract free Tmobile network?? Decisions decisions....
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Im in the same boat. Tmo would be cheaper for what looks like the same coverage, faster throughput and would allow for world connectivity.
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Im in the same boat. Tmo would be cheaper for what looks like the same coverage, faster throughput and would allow for world connectivity.
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What are you doing and what plans?
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What are you doing and what plans?
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Have an unlimited 1500 minute fam plan right now with 3 phones. ~$180 in the end after taxes and 1 protection plan, 19% corp. discount.
For TMo it would be around $145 for the 3 phones, unlimited 4g data/txt/talk and 1 protection plan, 15% corp discount.
I like the idea of having a GSM/world phone. I will be traveling OCONUS next month and would like to be able to pop in a prepaid SIM into my GN2. I was going to do the GSM mod, but it's more work than I want right now. LTE has started rolling out where I live (boston area). Even though its quick, 20+ Mbps, its spotty and Sprint coverage in the area is slim. I've been less than impresses with sprints service, data, and customer service the 3 years I've been with them. I just need to find a way to get my iPhone 5 on my plan off without paying ETF.
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Have an unlimited 1500 minute fam plan right now with 3 phones. ~$180 in the end after taxes and 1 protection plan, 19% corp. discount.
For TMo it would be around $145 for the 3 phones, unlimited 4g data/txt/talk and 1 protection plan, 15% corp discount.
I like the idea of having a GSM/world phone. I will be traveling OCONUS next month and would like to be able to pop in a prepaid SIM into my GN2. I was going to do the GSM mod, but it's more work than I want right now. LTE has started rolling out where I live (boston area). Even though its quick, 20+ Mbps, its spotty and Sprint coverage in the area is slim. I've been less than impresses with sprints service, data, and customer service the 3 years I've been with them. I just need to find a way to get my iPhone 5 on my plan off without paying ETF.
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Well you might want to check online as they offer different promotions. I was quoted for 226 after taxes, for 3 lines all have insurance all would have S4's and talk text data all Unlimited.
to compare apples to apples, Sprint would be 310 that for unlimited everything including minutes for landlines as well.
Currently we pay 222.30 for 1500 shared, unlimited talk mobile to mobile, unlimited data, all insurance on all 3 lines. With 15% discount.
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How good is T-Mobile's LTE? Better than Sprint's?
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How good is T-Mobile's LTE? Better than Sprint's?
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Thats a given. They just did the fastest speeds and att was at 66Mbps and Tmobile was at 62, VZW around 58 to 60 can't remember and sprint at 32.32Mbps top speed lol.
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Thats a given. They just did the fastest speeds and att was at 66Mbps and Tmobile was at 62, VZW around 58 to 60 can't remember and sprint at 32.32Mbps top speed lol.
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Cool thanks man, I guess I will have to figure out if T-Mobile has LTE here around DC so when my contract is up I can switch over so I can get whatever the next Nexus phone with LTE will be.
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Cool thanks man, I guess I will have to figure out if T-Mobile has LTE here around DC so when my contract is up I can switch over so I can get whatever the next Nexus phone with LTE will be.
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Pretty much all of DC is covered under 3G 4G LTE all of which has a very strong connection from their coverage map
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Pretty much all of DC is covered under 3G 4G LTE all of which has a very strong connection from their coverage map
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Awesome, thanks for checking, guess it's T-Mobile time next year! :highfive:
Just made the switch Friday, and I must say I am thoroughly impressed. I tried to wait for sprint to come around and upgrade their junk. I'm not waiting another 1-2 years for reception in buildings. I went this route...
http://www.pocketables.com/2013/07...t-you-out-etf-free-but-good-luck-trying.html
There are a few other sites that helped with the process but pretty much u have to really want it and be willing to fight for it.
I now have a S4 and I think I like it better... Sans TW of course. And just as a tease a couple speed tests.
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I no longer need to be tethered to wifi. These speeds are better and faster than my Internet. Charter says they're the fastest Internet in the nation, but not in my house
My bill is $30 cheaper. 4 lines. 2 S4's with unlimited data, and jump! insurance/upgrade program. 1 Nexus 4 with 2GB data and fully insured. (dad's fone) And one basic ($30 at Walmart) flip fone for mom with unlimited calls, txt, and anything else that line comes with.
Customer service is great. They also threw in a free case for my wife's S4 and dad's N4. That's because when I went online to see what kind of service and deals they offered, the N4 was suppose to come with a wireless charger. But when I went to the store they did not have any.
Bottom line I'm, ecstatic about the change and the difference in value. I would have made the switch if I had to pay the same or slightly more. Good luck to all regardless of your decisions.
Thanks for reading!
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I called account services today to see how much ETF would be for me and my wife. They said i would have to pay $650 for both lines. I told them how bad service was in my house (100KBS download) and they did the unexpected. I will no ETF fee!!!!! All i have to do is send them my sprint phones(NS4G, Galaxy Nexus). As soon i hung up and my data kicked back on i had email from sprint explaining no Charges as long as i send the phone back within 2 weeks of cancelling and they even gave me a shipping label. I couldnt be happier. Now the question is who do i switch to??
TMobile Prepaid
$30 : 100 minutes, 5GB 4G Data, Unlimited Text/MMS
Yeah what the above said. Buy a Galaxy Nexus at the play store for $349 and with that plan, and watch yourself save hundreds a year.
How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
tgyberg said:
Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
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lucky go tmo on sept 5 unlimited back
I have been debating on doing this for a few months now. Sprint reliability has steadily decreased in my area over the past several months and I am about fed up with it. Good to hear you were able to get out ETF free.
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Check out the prepaid options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I moved from Tmo to VZW back in April and couldn't be happier. VZW has the best data coverage in America hands down, but as you correctly pointed out, you're going to pay for it. In the end though, it's a good value for your dollar if having reliable data at a decent speed damn near everywhere is important to you.
The straw that broke the camel's back with T-Mobile for me was when they limited data roaming on my plan to 100MB/mo and just cut it off at that without so much as the option of paying for overage. I travel to places where Tmo has no service. In those areas my phone would roam on AT&T, but streaming radio alone would eat up the 100MB roaming allowance. Screw that. I was a Tmo customer for 11 years.
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Verizon is a great deal for me an my wife, because both of our families and most of our friends are on it so we go through like 20 minutes per month. Otherwise, I would probably go prepaid. Just look up some coverage maps to make sure they work in the places you need it.
Wife and I were on Sprint up until January, then I got a letter in the mail saying I was roaming too much...When I called to ask about it I was somewhat annoyed because the wording of the letter was basically telling me they didn't want my business...upon asking them if I should take my business elsewhere we were released form our contract that we had just renewed 10 days before. On top of that we got to keep our phones, which we sold on Ebay (and Iphone that she had and an epic touch) Thank you Sprint...I will say they do have very nice customer service compared to Verizon, always willing to help and not sell you something.
Just my 2 cents...
Chris
You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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I'd read into the prepaid thread a bit. The 2GB limit isn't a hardline cap that they turn off your data at that point. Its more of a common wisdom that's been determined over time from people relaying back their monthly usage and experiences. There's nothing in Straight Talk's ToS that says they cut off at 2GB.
Depending on your market (# of ST users, market saturation, etc.) and usage that month, you may or may not be throttled at the 2GB-3GB range. I've heard lots of stories of people staying around 3GB just fine, and a few (but still some) reporting 5GB or more. It really is market dependent. YMMV for sure.
Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
Duce HD2 said:
How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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I told them I don't have home internet so airrave would be useless. I also told them I had full bars just slow data speed.
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Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
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Not just Sprint. You'll see the same from carrier X to carrier Y. Then next week from Y to X. People just like to make threads.
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You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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I'm in Chicago, I get over 4. So where do you live?
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I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
living just north of Chicago, i have great signal pretty much everywhere and LTE, so I'm lucky in that aspect. plus i use a ton of 4G data
So I am not planning on leaving, but i know if i had crappy service I'd be looking elsewhere.
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Probably switching my 5 lines to Straight Talk. 2 unlimited and 3 on the lower level. It will save me a nice chunk of change, and upgrade my service. Never had Wimax, and will never have LTE. I just beg Sprint every month for the usable 3G that I had 20 months ago. We aren't on a "list" to get anything. They are forcing my hand
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jamarious34 said:
I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
Never. The service is serviceable but the unlimited data for the price is unbeatable.
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
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Does the AirRave cause you to get dupe SMS' or anything? Mine was acting all nutzo.
I don't plan on leaving. I have Spotty 4G around Indianapolis but the price blows away the only other carrier (Verizon) that I would consider. But I am around wireless the majority of the time and haven't been in a situation where I could not get by with 4G.
I just got my S3 last week from Radio shack for 99 dollars that came with 50 dollar Google Play Credit. That came in handy for stocking up on a few widgets I needed to customize it.
I would be gone if I didn't pay $41 a month for unlimited everything with insurance included. At&t, Verizon, and MetroPCS all have LTE in Sacramento where I live and T-Mobile has HSPA+ 42. Sprint doesn't even know when they are going to start to roll out LTE here. In the meantime my 3G is absolutely pathetic. It is very frustrating to say the least. I'm highly considering Straight Talk or T-Mobile with a unlocked Nexus 4 when my contract is up in June.
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jamarious34 said:
I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
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Honestly, after 2 years you probably won't feel so strongly about leaving anymore, assuming data is still unlimited.
Sprint now has 100% of clearwire....That makes them the Company with the Biggest Spectrum and SoftBank putting Billions into being the number one, He's that type of Guy, no second in the Game for him, so that means lower cost to be coming, unlimited to stay and All others to Envy us Sprint Users.....Good things come to those who WAIT....lol....
I'm in Hudson County, NJ and prior to Hurricane Sandy, the signal was sketchy at best. After the storm, I have yet to reach two bars of signal at my home. I called Sprint and they said the towers in my area were afffected by storm and they were aware of the situation and trying to get things back to normal. I have yet to see any improvements. Wimax was available here but LTE looks like mid 2013 at best. Since I renewed my contract to get the SIII, I'll be on the hook until 2014 but this will be my last run with Sprint if I dont see significant improvements on their network around here.
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I would be gone if I didn't pay $41 a month for unlimited everything with insurance included. At&t, Verizon, and MetroPCS all have LTE in Sacramento where I live and T-Mobile has HSPA+ 42. Sprint doesn't even know when they are going to start to roll out LTE here. In the meantime my 3G is absolutely pathetic. It is very frustrating to say the least. I'm highly considering Straight Talk or T-Mobile with a unlocked Nexus 4 when my contract is up in June.
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How do you only pay $41??? If that was all I had to pay I wouldnt complain either lol. But I live in Tallahassee, FL and I am lucky to get 300kb/s download speeds, so needless to say, I only use wifi. Also I would only have to pay $15 more to switch to Verizon so thats a no brainer to me.
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Sprint now has 100% of clearwire....That makes them the Company with the Biggest Spectrum and SoftBank putting Billions into being the number one, He's that type of Guy, no second in the Game for him, so that means lower cost to be coming, unlimited to stay and All others to Envy us Sprint Users.....Good things come to those who WAIT....lol....
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So will we be able to use this service with our current phones or do we have to wait and buy newer phones that will have the compatible radios?
burghfan3 said:
Probably switching my 5 lines to Straight Talk. 2 unlimited and 3 on the lower level. It will save me a nice chunk of change, and upgrade my service. Never had Wimax, and will never have LTE. I just beg Sprint every month for the usable 3G that I had 20 months ago. We aren't on a "list" to get anything. They are forcing my hand
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Have you thought of going to page plus? I hear their service is pretty great, not to say that Straight Talks service is not.
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Never. The service is serviceable but the unlimited data for the price is unbeatable.
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Unlimited Data?? Hahaha when you only get 300kb/s down, unlimited data is useless. I would rather pay $15 more on Verizon and get LTE speeds on have 4gb of data that I will never exceed. I guess it would be a good deal if I lived in an area that had reasonable data speeds tho.
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
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But unlimited data means nothing unless you can use it. If you are on wifi all the time then unlimited data is worthless to you too. With Verizons "limited" data plan you can get 4gb of data and trust me you will never use that much. But like I told the other guy, if you get reasonable data speeds where you live then Sprints plan IS unbeatable. I only get on average 300kb/s down lol
Atlanta, GA
Here in the Atlanta, GA area, I get pretty good service since they turned on all the LTE towers. One place I don't get good reception is in my house. I have considered trying to get a free airrave to solve that. I will be sticking with Sprint, unless things suddenly go to pot.
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I'd say that's not bad for 3G inside my house.
2 months ago it was unusable.
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Honestly, since the network vision started my service became alit better. In every way. I had dead spot in my area in one block I would perfect signal the next completely dead, and now it have a 50% increased in sign in all my dead spot. An network vision has been fully deployed. Before making rush decision I would say wait and see what sprint offers with their network upgrades specially now that they 100% clear. And will have 800mghz spectrum too. I say it going to go to number two if they actually able to keep their word with network vision
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Forced to leave sprint
I got forced to leave sprint. I had 4 lines on a shared plan, and they booted my number because of excessive roaming. Now I'm stuck with a pretty new GS3 with no use for it. I ported my number to a dumbphone on straightalk toi save the number. Therefore if anyone wants I have a GS3 (16gig) with a cracked screen that I found after I got my new one through insurance, a GS3 (16gig) that Id be willing to trade both for a decent android GSM phone.
PM me if anyone wants it
Figure you guys could let me know if this will work. I want to get the HTC one but my upgrade isn't until august. I want to buy it using the upgrade on a different number on my family plan. Activate it on that line. Then deactivate it and activate it on my line. Is this possible? If it is, can I buy the phone anywhere? for example target Amazon or wherever or do I need to order it through sprint?
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Figure you guys could let me know if this will work. I want to get the HTC one but my upgrade isn't until august. I want to buy it using the upgrade on a different number on my family plan. Activate it on that line. Then deactivate it and activate it on my line. Is this possible? If it is, can I buy the phone anywhere? for example target Amazon or wherever or do I need to order it through sprint?
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You should know better. Questions go in QA.
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Ah! I thought I'd never make that mistake. Happens to the best of us. My bad.
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Ah! I thought I'd never make that mistake. Happens to the best of us. My bad.
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Yes you can. You can also buy out the remaining months ( pay a prorated amount of etf) and upgrade your line
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All you have to do is call Sprint up and have them switch the phone to the number you want when you get the new phone on the line that up for upgrade.
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Yes you can. You can also buy out the remaining months ( pay a prorated amount of etf) and upgrade your line
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Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously
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Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously
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$100 is the minimum it doesn't get any lower. Once you hit 6 months remaining the proration stops. And paying your prorated ETF you DO NOT have to turn in your phone. The rep you talked to was an idiot and didn't know what they were doing. The only time they can request you return the device is when they let you out ETF free. The ETF is to cover the subsidy on the device.
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Here's Sprints ETF policy
http://support.sprint.com/support/article/Learn_about_early_termination_fee/case-sp061027-20110823-171256/?ECID=vanity:etf
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Here's Sprints ETF policy
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ase-sp061027-20110823-171256/?ECID=vanity:etf
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Exactly what I just said. Only I see nothing about having to return your device on their page, probably because the only time they can legally ask you to return them is when they waive the ETF entirely.
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Exactly what I just said. Only I see nothing about having to return your device on their page, probably because the only time they can legally ask you to return them is when they waive the ETF entirely.
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Agreed. What they likely meant (but did NOT communicate well) is that you CAN bring in the phone for them to buy back. Currently I think the E4GT gets about $75 bucks. Perhaps that can be applied at the same time? Seems that would make sense, since at the end of the the contract you would technically fully own it, thus not needing to pay the $100 fee, and then you'd get the full $75 for the phone. In this case, you have the $100 ETF penalty, but perhaps you can still get $75 for the phone to offset that (making it only ~$25 that you owe?)
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Agreed. What they likely meant (but did NOT communicate well) is that you CAN bring in the phone for them to buy back. Currently I think the E4GT gets about $75 bucks. Perhaps that can be applied at the same time? Seems that would make sense, since at the end of the the contract you would technically fully own it, thus not needing to pay the $100 fee, and then you'd get the full $75 for the phone. In this case, you have the $100 ETF penalty, but perhaps you can still get $75 for the phone to offset that (making it only ~$25 that you owe?)
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I'm not sure it even gets $75 sprints only giving out $106 for the SIII. BestBuy is offering $262 for the SIII so if I was gonna do a buyback I'd go with bestbuy and use the money towards the new device. Plus if you mention the $50 gift card for upgrading with them thats an additional $50 towards the new device so you'd end up paying between $100 and $150 for ths SIV depending on the buy back price for the SII maybe less if the buy back is over $100.
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Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously
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Sprint sucks. Their service sucks plus coverage sucks. I moved to a place and I get roaming. And manyplace i drive i get bad signal some places decent and many places roaming. Anyway's I had to break the contract. I have to fork out close to 400 bucks. I was with them for less then a year. Oh well... Have to pay it. So basically I should pay and probably get it flash to cricket. Or just burn it. I paid close to 200 dollars when I went to get this phone.
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Sprint sucks. Their service sucks plus coverage sucks. I moved to a place and I get roaming. And manyplace i drive i get bad signal some places decent and many places roaming. Anyway's I had to break the contract. I have to fork out close to 400 bucks. I was with them for less then a year. Oh well... Have to pay it. So basically I should pay and probably get it flash to cricket. Or just burn it. I paid close to 200 dollars when I went to get this phone.
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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.
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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.
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I do remember that I switch from verizon to cricket and speed and reliability was there and coverage but that was on a droid x also cricket I was getting over 1mb connection. S2 epic touch on sprint oh boy. So what should I do? I guess sell it. I love my s2 with the new ota jelly bean my phone flies. But I did saw on wiki that cricket have their own network but places where there no cricket network it would use sprint and other network. I'm pissed off. I wish I made more research. Now I know what to get. Here there is dozen of att tower and many tmobile tower. I think I'll go with tmobile. This is frustrating because it's now a paperweight phone.
The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo
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The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo
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I is thinking. Buying S4 no contract. U are stuck with contract for how long? Anyways I think phone is 600+ I would get sim card version of tmobile and use
straight talk using t mobile tower for 45 bucks? I don't tether i have a super fast isp at home I can tether to my note tablet but wont use much data. But I'm
still thinking but sprint no way I'll would stay with them they only have one tower in Fresno ca. In Fresno there is dozen of att tower and many tmobile tower. Both on 4g but not Sprint. So I'll get 4g straight talk using tmobile. By passing proxy they wont know I'm tethering . But if I can afford I'll be on tmobile unlimited 70 bucks 4g unlimited. I guess no throttle. Straight talk do throttle infact kick people off if using up to much data. How is you're S4? There is a 8 core wow. Too but more expensive and it's not what sprint or any carrier offer in USA.
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The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo
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I like my S2 but I cant flash to other carrier they all using Sprint here Fresno. Boost, cricket, virgin. It's not even LTE? I love my phone. Very smooth with Jelly Bean. Time for new phone.
I will get my new shinny off the show room floor S4 next week. Cant wait to play
T-Mobil is a no go, no service here where I live ( according to their website )
Verizion is just to damn expensive, 40 dollars per month access fee on top of the plan fee LOL version is high alright
Sprint has 3 towers here were I live ( home town ) so Im good with service but data is sucking. I use my home internet for my data needs so I am set in that regard. What I have found is that Sprint voice and txt is good but data can be improved upon.
If I used data like a hog OTA then verizon would be a better choice but more expensive. Other wise Sprint is the better choice for me.
I will still keep my S2 E4GT and use it as a backup just incase or as a music player or to do youtube or something ( wifi ). Damn I cant wait until I get my grubby hands on the S4
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I will get my new shinny off the show room floor S4 next week. Cant wait to play
T-Mobil is a no go, no service here where I live ( according to their website )
Verizion is just to damn expensive, 40 dollars per month access fee on top of the plan fee LOL version is high alright
Sprint has 3 towers here were I live ( home town ) so Im good with service but data is sucking. I use my home internet for my data needs so I am set in that regard. What I have found is that Sprint voice and txt is good but data can be improved upon.
If I used data like a hog OTA then verizon would be a better choice but more expensive. Other wise Sprint is the better choice for me.
I will still keep my S2 E4GT and use it as a backup just incase or as a music player or to do youtube or something ( wifi ). Damn I cant wait until I get my grubby hands on the S4
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Yea dude. I had not issue where there is coverage. Sprint is probably the best phone when there is bit low bars. But Data speed sucks. And they are
very slow on putting up 4g tower. In fact it would cost them putting tower. Many companies would already have 3g tower all they do is upgrade their network but sprint it would cost soo much because they have to put up tower and plus new network so. Sprint when there is coverage it works. They need more tower here and move on with 4g here. God don't you love you're S2? It's a epic touch 4g right?
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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.
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I have a bone to pick with these statements. People always say that using a sprint MVNO would be no different but have you guys ever done a 3G test with a Sprint phone vs a Boost phone? Well I did and let me tell you the cheap boost phone demolished my E4GT! It was .20mbps on my Sprint phone vs 1.20 on the boost phone.
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Hey everyone! When. My contract is up with sprint I will most likely be leaving them for another carrier. I am leaning towards T Mobile because of their upgrade plans and good "4g" speeds.
What carrier would you move to and why? I live near Orlando Florida if that makes a difference. Thanks!
T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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I have been testing t mobile for work, and we already have sprint. What a difference. I can't wait for my contact to end. My phone calls don't drop longer, the speeds are 4 times as fast... T mobile is a good option IMO.
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My contract is getting terminated on the 3rd of September. I am going over to AT&T. I love their customer service, and where I live they have great service. My biggest concern is where I work. That could be anywhere from Alaska up to New York at any ship building yard and sometimes a few miles off shore, any other carriers other than Verizon have no signal in those areas. Verizon is ok, but AT&T has a good signal inside the ships and a few miles offshore. T-Mobile and sprint... Nothing even around the ships.
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I'm on boost right now, but definitely looking to T-mobile for the future..Better speeds...I'm just waiting to save the money for the S4...Doesn't matter where I'm at..I will always have a Samsung device..:good:
Whichever is cheapest without a contract.
<3ing T-mobile
I bought an HTC One outright on Swappa for $460 and put it on the T-mobile prepaid $30/month plan Sim-kit I got at wal-mart. (Did I get raped for $20 you ask? NO because this includes the first month of use with it, so technically you can ignore the entire "add funds" step on the setup page. Comes with 5GB unthrottled data but only 100 mins. I use Groove IP + Google Voice anyway so this is a sweet deal for me. Gonna stick it to sprint who wouldn't let me out of contract due to material changes in July, since to them they are not "material" unless they make my bill go up. Which is utter bullcrap. Did you know? Sprint is NOT a member of the BBB. I find that funny.....I am currently roaming data trying to get my line cancled, but will probably eat the ETF(which with less then 9 months left, shouldn't be so horrible, and port my # to google voice for $20(so I never have to worry about giving my t-moble # out anyway)
I also feel that we do not get any roaming data on this plan.....but I'm near wifi enough daily to not really care, and even not roaming, the 2G speeds are still waay faster then any ****ty Sprint speeds. I've gotten 4GHSPA+ and 4GLTE in nearby towns and boy it was nice and fast! Still no Sprint 4GLTE what so ever, nor any 4GWiMax remotly near me (ironically they chose to give New Bedford MA LTE before Boston even? Seriously sprint?( Thus my GS2 is a very very sad phone to use
I also like how the ONE has b/g/n wifi so now I can actually get 100% signal in my bedroom whereas my poor GS2's G only had 1-1/2 a bar with me hanging it over my head to use -.-
Left Sprint for T-Mobile just this week. Been great so far and signal in my house is better than it has ever been with Sprint.
Only issue is that the Nexus 4 I got has a dead pixel Going to the store to get the phone replaced tomorrow.
I left them for PagePlus. While PagePlus does not have 4G yet, it's a BYOD (If you know the right people) and their coverage and 3G speeds are just like Verizons (they are true Verizon MVNO). Only $55 a month for unlimited talk/text with 2GB of data, and normally with promo codes you can get it down to $52.50. I plan on sticking with them until I can afford real Verizon (which currently for 1 line and 2GB of data would cost me $90 a month after company discounts :crying
I was with Sprint and actually never had a problem with their service. I was on the Unlimited Everything plan on the Samsung Epic 4G Touch and it came out to about $132.00/month with the phone insurance. The service for me was sensational as I am in West-Central Florida although I lived in 3G coverage and 4G was not available unless I went towards Tampa/West Coast. I never had any complaints or problems.
Eventually though I asked myself why I was paying that much a month for service when I could just hop over to MetroPCS and pay $40.00 for unlimited. I had a couple MetroPCS phones lying around for donor phones and I have not looked back since. The 3G coverage is a little spotty in some areas if you travel away from the coast but all in all; it was a way cheaper option.
When T-Mobile completely takes over MetroPCS and forces people onto GSM devices (Epic 4G Touch is CDMA), if that happens; I will gladly switch over to the S4 or S5 if it is out by then. Until then my Epic 4G Touch does everything I want and don't see too many reasons to upgrade yet.
Ting
Ting. Because I couldn't find anything cheaper. Also I like how their plans are structured.
I'm thinking of going to tmobile I heard it's pretty good
I'd love to go to Verizon since it's a power house here in DC.. but I was with them a while back and their customer service was terrible and I don't do well with limited data
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i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
I'm going to Tmo....I have crappy data and signal drops regularly. I swear if it weren't for the development I would have convinced my wife and we would have switched already... Upgrade smupgrade, I'm leaving asap. The devs are awesome though... Thanks guys!
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I went with Ting because of their Bring Your Own Device program. It has worked really well for the past 6 months. The only part that annoyed me was the phone number porting process. After that, it has been the same service as Sprint, but it only costs $33 a month for my usage.
Here's a $25 credit link, if anyone is interested in switching to Ting.
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i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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A new report has surfaced this afternoon stating that AT&T isn’t the only one who wants T-Mobile and its millions of customers. We’re hearing Sprint is preparing a bid to buyout T-Mobile USA, which would be a big move to compete with the other main US carriers.
According to the Wall Street Journal nothing is final yet, but Sprint is in the final stages of preparing an offer for the buyout, which of course will need to seek approval before ever completing. Sprint was recently bought by Japanese carrier Softbank, who is now aiming to snatch up T-Mobile too and compete directly with Verizon and AT&T. This could be a major change that would shake up the mobile industry here in the US, and one worth keeping an eye on.
This isn’t the first time a company is going after T-Mobile. As we all know AT&T tried to do the same a few years ago and failed, as FCC regulators shut down the acquisition. If the deal ever gets approved it would leave the US with only three major wireless carriers, and instantly put Sprint front and center as one of the biggest carriers in the USA. Now only if their speed and network was anywhere near as good as Verizon, then we’d actually have something to talk about.
The WSJ states that Sprint is busy studying the approval and regulatory concerns before taking this huge bid any further, but if all goes as planned we could see Sprint launch the buyout attempt early next year. The deal is being reported in the ballpark of roughly $20 billion, depending on the size or percentage of the buyout.
T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom reportedly wants out of the US market, and is willing to let go of its share of T-Mobile USA, which is around 67%. So that’s where the unsure number above actually stems from. AT&T’s effort was worth roughly $39 billion for the entire company, so we’ll have to wait and see exactly what Sprint and T-Mobile actually have planned for the $20 billion being reported.
Even if these efforts are successful and a buyout gets completed, the combination of Sprint and T-Mobile’s post-paid subscribers would be around 53 million, which is a lot, but Verizon has the lead at almost 100 million, and AT&T is sitting in an easy second with 75 million post-paid subscribers.
I hope it doesn't go through. I hate sprint. Nothing they do goes smoothly.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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It's not going to happen. T-Mobile wouldn't sell out, especially after their new 'uncarrier' plan which is working well.
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Wouldn't be a bad move if Sprint switches to GSM after the buyout. If they try to foce CDMA on T-Mobile **** them.
Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Sprint is only awful because of their **** download speeds and because they are cdma. If they switched over to gsm and gained access to the T-Mobile network, it probably would only help both companies honestly. They need to get rid of Hesse and make T-Mobile's guy the CEO though.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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AT&T offered 39 billion yes, but that was for 100% of the stock. Sprint is offering 20 billion but didn't disclose for how much of a percentage.
Source link?
Also, I really hope it doesn't go through. I like being able to make phone calls inside buildings.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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all I want to say is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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I must admit, I laughed harder at that than I should have.
xdapowerapps said:
The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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This.
If the feds didn't let AT&T buy T Mobile why would they suddenly let Sprint do it?
And if they did AT&T would have a pretty firm case to keep this bogged down in the courts for years to come by claiming biased and uneven rulings by the feds that cost AT&T $3 BILLION due to thier "If the deal doesn't go through clause".
AT&T could demolish Sprint just by making their stock too volitile to touch due to the unsure nature of the merger that AT&T would tie up for years.
i left you for a reason sprint, everything you touch goes horribly wrong unlimited data doesnt mean squat if you cant use it. though i wouldnt mind t-mobile getting another chunk of cash for the deal not going through. would help them buy spectrum they want and benefits all of us
xdapowerapps said:
Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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Why would they? Their "4G" was worse than some of my EDGE speeds. If they throttled at 4GB your bill would cycle before you hit 3.5
Sprint can blow a fat one. When/if you get a signal long enough to call their customer service - good luck getting anything accomplished. BTW, I live in their home city and I constantly roamed. WiMax gave me a massive 2-7 Mbps on a clear day with a full signal. They sucked so bad that I can't think of another way to say how badly they sucked unicorn d*** and gobbled up the balls without missing a beat.
xdapowerapps said:
Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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???... I have unlimited data and never get throttled. I think most of their data plans are unlimited - but only xGB are at full speed - except the unlimited plan. I've been over 10GB just in my line and didn't get throttled (moved, was waiting on my ISP). You might want to double check which plan you have then call customer service.
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I think the FCC didnt permit the ATT/T-Mobile deal to go through is because AT&T is quite large to begin with. It would have basically created a market with only TWO national carriers and price fixing rather than a fair competitive market.
The FCC has since allowed Sprint to acquire Clearwater and T-Mobile to acquire MetroPCS. This deal (although slightly larger) still would leave Sprint in 3rd place and 50% behind ATT. The other carriers couldnt object as they did before.
Still it would be bad for business allowing just 3 carriers here. Canada has 3 and is looking to add a forth. Would surely mean hefty price increases to us to help pay for the deal.