I don't think it looks anything like T-Mobile. T-Mobile is grasping at straws...they have a patent (I believe in Germany) on a certain shade of Magenta (RAL 4010) which looks nothing like the aio color. Maybe T-Mobile should try to improve network coverage instead of wasting time on frivolous lawsuits. If stupid people get confused and cant tell the two companies apart, maybe they should invest in some schooling instead of wireless service.
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AT&T's Aio Wireless Prepaid Brand to Roll Out Nationwide in September
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I don't think it looks anything like T-Mobile. T-Mobile is grasping at straws...they have a patent (I believe in Germany) on a certain shade of Magenta (RAL 4010) which looks nothing like the aio color. Maybe T-Mobile should try to improve network coverage instead of wasting time on frivolous lawsuits. If stupid people get confused and cant tell the two companies apart, maybe they should invest in some schooling instead of wireless service.
I thought Visual Voicemail worked on Straight Talk as long as it wasn't a BOYD plan.
Actually, most MVNOs on the AT&T network do get full access to domestic roaming for calls/texts. No data roaming though.
According to their customer service reps and their coverage maps, this unfortunately doesn't appear to be the case with aio.
Could you PM me or share a screen shot here of the speed test? Do they fully lock you out at 4Mbps 4G and 8Mbps LTE?
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GoPhone offers True 4G and LTE - VVM, International Texting, MMS etc
I'm on the $60 plan and have hit LTE speeds 30Mbps+ and everything works great...You can pay $54 for the $60 plan if you sign up for Callingmart and watch their facebook page - they offer 10% off coupon every month and that will give you:
True 4G + LTE:
- Unlimited Talk + Text (Including International Texting) + Unlimited MMS
- Visual Voicemail
- 2GB Data with 4G + LTE at full speeds
- Caller-ID
- No-Tethering and No Facetime over Cellular (Only thing you may get with AIO is Facetime over cellular - besides that its not worth it in my opinion) and Tethering will be possible again once Jailbreak for iOS 7 is out
So for that I don't see the need for AIO's crippled data speeds...probably because AT&T is trying to point consumers towards AIO brand where they give you less for same price as their GoPhone plans...would rather keep Post Paid customers on post paid and then have them look at AIO and see "slow speeds, half this half that" etc.
Some things to consider tho:
AT&T $40 GoPhone Plan < AIO $40 Plan (Wins due to Unlimited Minutes, 250MB vs 200MB)
AT&T $60 GoPhone Plan (GoPhone wins due to Unlimited International Texting, MMS, 2GB Full LTE Data & can be had for $54 from Callingmart.com w/ 10% off coupon) > AIO $55 Plan
AT&T GoPhone $60 plan can be purchased from Callingmart.com for $54 (Every month they have a limited time 10% off discount - use and load your phone - that money is already there for when your billing cycle starts.
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According to the AIO website, the $40 plan is for basic phones only, not for smartphones. Do they not check or enforce that?
Just checked a few areas that I know do not have native coverage. They do show up as no service on the AIO map.
They also show up as no coverage on the StraighTalk map though, while I was roaming in these places last week. Hopefully this is available as an unadvertised feature like it is with ST and others.
EDIT: Just checked the post-paid coverage map and do not see coverage in these areas either.
It is only enforced for phones you buy through AIO. BYOD lets you choose. I have two accounts with AIO. One was bought online and one in the store. Selected the 40 plan on both with no problems. I imagine they will enforce it more strictly down the road, but I don't see that happening for some time until there customer base is much, much larger.
T-Mobile's network around here (Seattle-Tacoma) seems about as good as AT&T's - I've been on both. For a family, T-Mobile can't be beat. We've got four phones, three of which have 500MB/month and one with 2.5GB/month... for a grand total of $110 monthly.
There was a short period of time where AT&T had a decent smartphone prepaid plan (10 cents a minute talk and you bundled a data plan separately). They killed that pretty quickly, and afterward seemed to keep making moves intended to drive up the minimum monthly cost for prepaid customers. I expect them to behave similarly with this new offering.
There was a short period of time where AT&T had a decent smartphone prepaid plan (10 cents a minute talk and you bundled a data plan separately). They killed that pretty quickly, and afterward seemed to keep making moves intended to drive up the minimum monthly cost for prepaid customers. I expect them to behave similarly with this new offering.
Around here? MTPCS (Cellular One of Montana). Offers coverage in a few areas, especially on the Indian Reservations, that AT&T doesn't. Net10/Straight Talk roam but don't get data at all.
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Trademark, not a patent, they didn't invent the colour - just used it in marketing as their trade dress. The claim probably isn't that they're infringing on the trademarked colour, but rather that they're similar enough to cause confusion and dilute the value of the trademark in the marketplace.
It is a trademark, not a patent. And it is not frivolous - trademark law is best summed up as "use it or lose it" -- if they don't defend it, they lose the right to use it exclusively.