MetroPCS: $40 unlimited talk, text, LTE plan

EbookReader · Jan 11, 2013, 05:05 AM

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.

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

http://gigaom.com/2013/01/10/metropc...nlimited-tier/

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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.

latormenta · Jan 11, 2013, 05:13 AM

This could be great if T-Mobile's LTE coverage improves and expands.

KieranDotW · Jan 11, 2013, 06:20 AM

I doubt the phone price will be subsidized.

as0016 · Jan 11, 2013, 01:20 PM

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...

AutoUnion39 · Jan 11, 2013, 01:35 PM

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

pnoyblazed · Jan 11, 2013, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AutoUnion39

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

yeah tell me about it. In NYC they are one of the worst, if not THE worst

EbookReader · Jan 15, 2013, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by latormenta

This could be great if T-Mobile's LTE coverage improves and expands.

T-Mobile is aiming for 100 million pop LTE by mid 2013 and 200 million pop LTE by the end of 2013.

barkomatic · Jan 15, 2013, 11:35 AM

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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latormenta macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2012	This could be great if T-Mobile's LTE coverage improves and expands.
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KieranDotW macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada	I doubt the phone price will be subsidized.
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as0016 macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	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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barkomatic macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Manhattan	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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