Sprint...better than Verizon...that's the funniest thing I've heard in a while.
Yes. I'm talking about the U.S.
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Yes. I'm talking about the U.S.
Wow. That’s awful. I’m with T-Mobile and have 5 lines each with unlimited data and 14GB hotspot for less than $115 a month.
Do any companies really care about the public's interest? Probably just enough to keep their customers, and maximize profits.
Unsure if you have some sort of grandfathered T-Mobile plan - I just checked their website for our scenario and pricing shows at about $30-$35 per line which includes taxes & fees and the device payments would be on top of that from what I could interpret; though it would have unlimited data which would be an upgrade - though unnecessary at the moment given our data utilization. I do appreciate the callout as it made me think twice about our loyalty to Verizon - I think my mom has been with them since the 90's...
People pay those prices in the US because they choose to. There are carriers with unlimited for around 30 bucks per month - I'm on one now (Total Wireless), I pay $85 or less per month for three lines.
Was going to that very same sentence and make that very same comment. Three years is nothing.
Good point. I might be on an older, but still unlimited plan. TMobile changes their pricing up all the time. Hard to keep up with.
I'm on Consumer Cellular using tmobil as my preferred sim. I have unlimited talk and text and pay only $27 a month. That includes only 500mb per month but for me that is more than enough. I applaud the merger but really looking forward to an iPhone that will support tmobils 5G network.
Maybe you’re grandfathered. Or are on a pay as you go plan.
Just checked and it’s $96 per line with T mobile.
Plan prices are pretty easy to find.
Never said it was better
Dunno if SprinT-Mobile is big enough to offer real competition to Ma Bell and Big V (Sprint and T-Mo combined is still smaller
), but at least they'll have a fighting chance now.That's the Verizon guy.
That guy is a parody of the Verizon guy. I'll call him the SprinT-Mobile guy.
Dunno if SprinT-Mobile is big enough to offer real competition to Ma Bell and Big V (Sprint and T-Mo combined is still smaller
That's the Verizon guy.
That guy is a parody of the Verizon guy. I'll call him the SprinT-Mobile guy.
He switched teams.
With Sprint, Former Verizon Actor Says, You Can Hear Him Just Fine (Published 2016)
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Where I live, the Verizon signal dropped to about nothing for some reason last year. Could barely make a call in the house. Switched to Sprint, and for me, it's 100% better. Verizon even supplied me with a signal booster, and it didn't help. Their support line people were totally mystified, and pretty much said that there was nothing further they could do.
Absolutely THIS ☝🏾. Let's get on with it already. It's been approximately 2 years.
Since they mainly roam on Verizon for their coverage... they’ll be having CDMA shut down for them at the end of this year.
Sprint is already roaming on T-Mobile though. And if you’re still relying on any sort of CDMA coverage for either of those 2... then it may be time to switch carriers.
Are they? The way you say that makes it sound like Kansas has the same bandwidth as New York City. If you suddenly moved the population of any east or west coast city to the Midwest the network would collapse. I mean, sure the US is larger than the Netherlands but the entire US isn’t covered with wireless signal, and most of it is barebones even if it has LTE. The parts of the US that isn’t heavily populated, and do have signal, also don’t have a lot of obstructions. You don’t drop calls driving major highways across country but you sure would have issues when trying to visit the worlds largest bag of leaves or tapping your own Vermont maple syrup. The areas with service aren’t very expensive to maintain. Of course the US also has 310 million people to the Netherlands 17 million, so even with the increased size the cost should be lower because the expense can be distributed across more customers. National carriers could use revenue from LA customers to improve service in northern Maine, or lower prices in Florida, but they don’t do either. The internal structure of these companies is very different than their public face. Regions compete for resources at every meeting and the competition within a wireless carrier is cut throat.
Maybe I'm coming in late but just what exactly is $96/line?
My wife and I are on the Magenta 55 plan - two lines, unlimited data/minutes/texts for $70 per month total bill inclusive of all fees and taxes and no contract.