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Goodbye AT&T, Hello T-Mobile
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Don't know. I've yet to hit my data cap. My normal usage is about 3-4 GB per month. From what I've read, T-Mobile's throttling slows you down more than AT&T. However, if your data usage includes a lot of music streaming, then T-Mobile's streaming music data exclusion can really stretch out your data cap. For me, my data usage went down to 1-1.5 GB per month, since T-Mobile whitelisted music streaming services. And even if you go over the monthly data cap, music still streams at full speed.
I am sayin good bye to VZW and hello to Tmo with the IPhone 6. I'm going to get the accounts set up and the nano sims on Wednesday. That way all I have to do is swap the sims out when I get the phones on Friday and then port my numbers over. I do not want to be doing any activations on Friday.
Tmo' coverage still isn't the best in my area but I'll deal with it.
Tmo' coverage still isn't the best in my area but I'll deal with it.
In a recent study of all 4 carriers and battery life using the same handset, tmobile handsets scored the highest for battery life.
WIFI calling is great and a huge convenience. HD-voice is amazing and VoLTE produces crystal clear calls, when calling a tmobile customer with a compatible handset.
I;d also rather support a carrier who is actually improving the marketplace than AT&T and Verizon. Especially AT&T who basically BS the customer and refuses to upgrade their network unless they absolutely have to.
I have two iPhone 5S, one with AT&T and one with Tmobile. Without a doubt, the Tmobile service is consistently faster and the calls are extremely clear. Where AT&T has the advantage is in rural or outer urban areas, where tmobile will drop down to 2G.
Keep in mind that upgrades are coming to all of these areas by 2015.
I never imagined that T-Mobile would be able to consistently offer me the date speeds I saw with my data usage but after three months they haven't hesitated to deliver.
Unlimited plan
43gb per month average.. Zero throttle.
Great service in the city ,even in *most* buildings. The biggest help for me seems to be the reliability and speed of T-Mobile with only 1 bar of LTE versus my old carrier Verizon which was very slow with only 1 bar.
Unlimited plan
43gb per month average.. Zero throttle.
Great service in the city ,even in *most* buildings. The biggest help for me seems to be the reliability and speed of T-Mobile with only 1 bar of LTE versus my old carrier Verizon which was very slow with only 1 bar.
With iOS 8 out I've noticed both VoLTE and also have Wi-Fi calling finally on the iPhone. Looking good.
T-Mo is wonderful for me.
And this time of year I *love* the option to switch up to truly unlimited so I can stream NFL/CFB all day long.
And this time of year I *love* the option to switch up to truly unlimited so I can stream NFL/CFB all day long.
I was thinking of switching carriers to either t-mobile or ATT because I want to upgrade to the iPhone 6. I'm not eligible for upgrade til October of next year and I feel like switching is my only option to upgrade now. If I ended up switching, I only want to know what's gonna happen to my current contract with Verizon and if I have to pay full retail price for the phone.
But Is anyone with Verizon on the EDGE program? If so how does it work? If switching carriers doesn't work out, I was hoping Verizon would let me sign up for EARLY Edge because I was told by a rep that i can early upgrade since I'm 12 months into my contract. I'd just have to turn in my old iPhone for the 6. Would I have to pay full retail price if I were to do this? Or just trade in my old phone? Will I still be under my current contract since i only have another year left? Or will I have to sign another contract for another two years?
But Is anyone with Verizon on the EDGE program? If so how does it work? If switching carriers doesn't work out, I was hoping Verizon would let me sign up for EARLY Edge because I was told by a rep that i can early upgrade since I'm 12 months into my contract. I'd just have to turn in my old iPhone for the 6. Would I have to pay full retail price if I were to do this? Or just trade in my old phone? Will I still be under my current contract since i only have another year left? Or will I have to sign another contract for another two years?
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Good coverage in STL with high speed data. Only switched to sprint because I work in a hospital with dedicated sprint network and can get 4 bars in every corner and dungeon. Since I spend a great deal if my life there.... Otherwise I'd still be a happy t-mobile customer..
VZW -> TMo -> AT&T
My g/f and I have our phones together and we left Verizon a few months ago to save a few bucks and check out TMo, we had them take care of the ETFs and traded in some really old crappy phones and kept our iPhone 5s(es?)
Where we live (Long Island, NY), the coverage is spotty. I'd pull my phone out of my pocket and sometimes have 'No Service' at the top, and while driving using iTunes radio or Match, things would be going great then suddenly the music would cut out because I'd lose my connection.
We traveled abroad with TMo and liked the international coverage, however you are limited to 3G - at first it was kind of OK but after about 10 days I had enough of it, when I'm abroad again I'll go with a Vodaphone pre paid SIM and just pop it in (45 euro/mo I believe)
So we come back home and as soon as we land we planned to switch from TMo back to Verizon because we still weren't happy with the coverage, we let it slide a bit and kind of didn't care.
Then came the iPhone 6 pre order, where I stayed up all night to try and order, then had to stay up an extra 3 hours to call them on the phone, only to be pushed back and deal with some really really horrible customer service. Everyone there is absolutely clueless about it, from their Twitter/Facebook, regular phone people or executive office of the president people. No one was rude, they just had no idea.
At that point I canceled my order (it was actually intercepted during shipment to me) and we just ported our lines to AT&T this evening. At home the coverage is much better (1-2 bars vs AT&T's 4-5). I know from previous experience we shouldn't really get into a lot of those dead zones. (had an AT&T iPad 3rd gen)
I know AT&T will have more congestion and won't be as fast as TMo until probably some point in 2015 but I couldn't just keep giving TMo anymore money. The pre order experience combined with the spotty coverage drove me over the edge.
I hope that people still use them, I know they're driving the industry in a few ways (no data cap for popular music services, low prices, no contracts, no interest equipment financing, etc) and it's overall better for everyone, they just need to get their back end up to par and get some denser coverage in populated areas.
As far as pricing we'll be about $18 more / month for AT&T, 10GB data, unlimited talk & text, 2 iPhones, 1 iPad. (We each had I think 3GB on TMo that we never got close to using)
My g/f and I have our phones together and we left Verizon a few months ago to save a few bucks and check out TMo, we had them take care of the ETFs and traded in some really old crappy phones and kept our iPhone 5s(es?)
Where we live (Long Island, NY), the coverage is spotty. I'd pull my phone out of my pocket and sometimes have 'No Service' at the top, and while driving using iTunes radio or Match, things would be going great then suddenly the music would cut out because I'd lose my connection.
We traveled abroad with TMo and liked the international coverage, however you are limited to 3G - at first it was kind of OK but after about 10 days I had enough of it, when I'm abroad again I'll go with a Vodaphone pre paid SIM and just pop it in (45 euro/mo I believe)
So we come back home and as soon as we land we planned to switch from TMo back to Verizon because we still weren't happy with the coverage, we let it slide a bit and kind of didn't care.
Then came the iPhone 6 pre order, where I stayed up all night to try and order, then had to stay up an extra 3 hours to call them on the phone, only to be pushed back and deal with some really really horrible customer service. Everyone there is absolutely clueless about it, from their Twitter/Facebook, regular phone people or executive office of the president people. No one was rude, they just had no idea.
At that point I canceled my order (it was actually intercepted during shipment to me) and we just ported our lines to AT&T this evening. At home the coverage is much better (1-2 bars vs AT&T's 4-5). I know from previous experience we shouldn't really get into a lot of those dead zones. (had an AT&T iPad 3rd gen)
I know AT&T will have more congestion and won't be as fast as TMo until probably some point in 2015 but I couldn't just keep giving TMo anymore money. The pre order experience combined with the spotty coverage drove me over the edge.
I hope that people still use them, I know they're driving the industry in a few ways (no data cap for popular music services, low prices, no contracts, no interest equipment financing, etc) and it's overall better for everyone, they just need to get their back end up to par and get some denser coverage in populated areas.
As far as pricing we'll be about $18 more / month for AT&T, 10GB data, unlimited talk & text, 2 iPhones, 1 iPad. (We each had I think 3GB on TMo that we never got close to using)