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Carrier AT&T GoPhone $60 Unlimited Plan + 2GB 4G/LTE Data! (Are you on it?)
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Okay, AT&T's map says I should have LTE and a press release came out last week saying my area has it. All I'm seeing is 4G (it ain't even real 4G; 117 ms pings and 0.5 Mb up and down.)
I tried several network resets, APN profiles (all of which breaks my cell connection completely) and toggling cellular data and Airplane mode. If I toggle off Enable LTE, my data connection disappears completely for several minutes, or until I do another reset network.
About all I haven't tried yet is a full restore. Should I try that first before calling AT&T?
Update: restore didn't work. Probably should give it some time before it fully comes.
I tried several network resets, APN profiles (all of which breaks my cell connection completely) and toggling cellular data and Airplane mode. If I toggle off Enable LTE, my data connection disappears completely for several minutes, or until I do another reset network.
About all I haven't tried yet is a full restore. Should I try that first before calling AT&T?
Update: restore didn't work. Probably should give it some time before it fully comes.
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I used a regular AT&T nano sim that I ordered from Amazon and set it up through Gophone's website. I had no issue setting it up or any other problem, VVM works, calls and texts work, just crappy 4G and no LTE.
Does LTE work on any other device? There were some issues with provisioning. I read it on HoFo.
Unfortunately, I don't have another device to test. But I know LTE works on my phone, as I was getting some LTE signals on my phone with my Tmobile sim. I may give it a another couple days, perhaps not all the towers in my area are up and running yet.
I have an iPhone 5 ( AT&T branded iPhone ) and i get 4G at home and when i travel to the Dayton, Ohio area ( market in which i live ) it goes straight to LTE, my phone flips from 4G to LTE at the top by the signal bars. I get visual voicemail as well.. I can get all the features of postpaid on this minus no hotspot or no face time over data ( just over wifi ) and thats pretty good for 60.00 a month
Has anyone tried and succeeded to get AT&T to switch you from one of their post-paid plans to this plan? I'm a post-paid with AT&T still under contract till October 2014 and they would not let me switch to this plan in their store and over the phone. Paying my ETF doesn't make sense financially in the end just to switch.
Why would they switch you or anybody else from a more expensive postpaid plan with 14 months left on the contract to a pre-paid plan that you can walk away from with no financial penalty whenever you get ready? That's bad for business and that's all you are to them to be honest. Good luck with this.
Woah dude. OK. Chill out.
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That's a shame. Well at least I have a great new plan waiting down the road.
Corporate Email / Exchange Server?
Hi,
I am considering moving from a postpaid ATT family plan (pre-mobile share) to this gophone plan for two phones upon my contract expiring in October. One question I have not seen addressed is whether this plan would work to send and receive corporate email via an exchange server. Not being able to send and receive work email via an exchange server would be a dealbreaker for me.
Thanks
Hi,
I am considering moving from a postpaid ATT family plan (pre-mobile share) to this gophone plan for two phones upon my contract expiring in October. One question I have not seen addressed is whether this plan would work to send and receive corporate email via an exchange server. Not being able to send and receive work email via an exchange server would be a dealbreaker for me.
Thanks
I've never had to pay - I use callingmart.com to refill and there is no tax. As mentioned before look for their 10% off coupon and this plan can be had for $54
I was going to get this plan for a while until the 5s comes out, but then I noticed at Walmart they're selling a sim package for T-Mobile that is $30/month for unlimited 4g data ( first 5 gb at 4g), unlimited texts, and 100 minutes/month. So I grabbed that and trying it out. So far so good. It's a microsim, so it's for 4/4s- don't know if they have one with nano sim. Unbelievable deal compared to the $120/month I am paying Verizon for unlimited talk/text and 4gb of data for iPhone 5( granted LTE, but I don't notice the difference so far).
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I currently have a Sprint contract
(2lines- 2 iphones5) which I completely dislike due to how slow it is and I am looking into possibly changing to ATT's gophone 60 plan. Therefore, I have a few questions please bear with me as I am a newbie:
1. If I purchase iphone4/ 4s will I get LTE speeds when on the gophone 60 plan or is it just for the iphone5?
2. Where can I find the best deals when buying a no contract iphone besides ebay or craigslist?
3. Where can I get the most cash for both my iphone5, I do not want to use gazelle, ebay, craigslist, best buy, or similar?
4. If I pay sprint's ETF will I be able to port my cell numbers over to ATT gophone?
I was planning on using the cash I receive when I sell both Iphone5 to pay for the ETF ( I have about 12months left) or is there any other way to handle this?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
I currently have a Sprint contract
(2lines- 2 iphones5) which I completely dislike due to how slow it is and I am looking into possibly changing to ATT's gophone 60 plan. Therefore, I have a few questions please bear with me as I am a newbie:1. If I purchase iphone4/ 4s will I get LTE speeds when on the gophone 60 plan or is it just for the iphone5?
2. Where can I find the best deals when buying a no contract iphone besides ebay or craigslist?
3. Where can I get the most cash for both my iphone5, I do not want to use gazelle, ebay, craigslist, best buy, or similar?
4. If I pay sprint's ETF will I be able to port my cell numbers over to ATT gophone?
I was planning on using the cash I receive when I sell both Iphone5 to pay for the ETF ( I have about 12months left) or is there any other way to handle this
?Thanks in advance for your advice.
I currently have a Sprint contract
1. If I purchase iphone4/ 4s will I get LTE speeds when on the gophone 60 plan or is it just for the iphone5?
2. Where can I find the best deals when buying a no contract iphone besides ebay or craigslist?
3. Where can I get the most cash for both my iphone5, I do not want to use gazelle, ebay, craigslist, best buy, or similar?
4. If I pay sprint's ETF will I be able to port my cell numbers over to ATT gophone?
I was planning on using the cash I receive when I sell both Iphone5 to pay for the ETF ( I have about 12months left) or is there any other way to handle this
Thanks in advance for your advice.
1) iPhone 4/4S do not support LTE at all so you will not get it - only iPhone 5 and future iPhones (5C/5S) support LTE
2) I would say Craigslist or eBay - not many other places to find the "best deals"
3) Craigslist will be the most you can get for your Sprint iPhone 5....they are worth the lowest of all the iPhone models/carriers...mainly because Sprint does not unlock them for USA use (meaning cannot use on any US carriers) and even for international use A) Extrememly hard to get sprint to unlock the phone B) No 3rd party Unlock services available to unlock sprint iPhones therefore even international customers aren't interested in buying the brick of a phone/carrier made phone it is.
4) yes you can port your numeber over to AT&T, You will have to Port over before you cancel from Sprint and once AT&T ports your number, your acc will automatically close and you will get the ETF billed on your last statement you get from Sprint.
5) Sure you can use Cash to pay as I'm sure you will get about 30 days to pay. Mind you Sprint iPhone 5's right now only fetch about $250-$350 and as the days get close for 5C/5S launch...your only going to see value decrease.
If you buy additional time from ATT yes, unless you use their kiosk in store, then it's $60 out the door, at least it is for me in NJ. I usually use callingmart though, $54-$57 consistently out the door, and once in a while I get a better deal. Once I got it for $39.99 and was able to buy a couple months at that price from a forum member.
You can get one from the Apple store if you pay full unsubsidized price. I'm sure you could just wait in line, although based on the past couple of launches I doubt there will be any line, just walk into the store and pay full price on release day. Every time I've done it they never cared if I had an ATT account, they just asked which model I wanted.
I've read that on launch day Carriers prioritize 2-yr contract customers and won't sell you just a contract free iPhone. I take it the Apple store is different than this though?