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MetroPCS: $40 unlimited talk, text, LTE plan

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EbookReader

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MetroPCS will merge with T-Mobile in a few months and will likely carry the iPhone. I'm pretty sure an unlocked iPhone will work too.

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After you hit the data limit, MetroPCS will downgrade you to 3G.

http://gigaom.com/2013/01/10/metropcs-rejiggers-its-plans-again-restoring-60-unlimited-tier/

Metro is also offering two lower tiers, both with unlimited text and talk: a $50 2.5 GB plan and a $40 500 MB plan. After those caps are exceeded, Metro will throttle your speeds, but MetroPCS has a very gentle definition of throttling. According to the company it will slow you down to CDMA 3G speeds, which may be sub-megabit, but are much faster than the slow crawl most other carriers subject you to.
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as0016

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Sep 24, 2012
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Yeah, MetroPCS is CDMA - which means an unlocked iphone won't work on the network. No bring your own device for them. As far as I understand, T-Mobiles plan is to get Metro customers off the CDMA - switch them to TMo GSM and use Metros' towers to acquire easier LTE infrastructure...
 
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MetroPCS is complete junk. There's a reason why it is so cheap. It's because the service sucks. Barely works around here in Boston
 
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barkomatic

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In the end, you get what you pay for. If Metro PCS has good coverage where you are then go for it. However, I wouldn't base your decision on what coverage you expect *might* happen after a merger with T-mobile.
 
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