I have switched from AT&T also and like I said, T-Mobile coverage is not nearly as good in most cases, especially indoors.
But that does not change the fact that T-Mobile has more than doubled their 4G LTE towers in 1 year, well on target to add a third more by end of the year.
I have been tempted to switch back to AT&T many times but I am at a point where I get good enough coverage most of the time and saving lots of money in the process.
Do something like this in Europe and they will really get something going. This is a great deal for anyone in the US near a border town.
If T-Mo's coverage would improve (2G doesn't count as data coverage in my book in 2015, Mr. Legere), I would consider switching from Verizon. In fact, my VZW contract ends today. Sadly, if I were to leave Verizon, the only real viable option I see is AT&T; and the only reasons I would consider jumping to AT&T are the one-month rollover data and the fact that my family would get a 24% discount on data with AT&T as opposed to the paltry 6% discount we get with Verizon. Decisions, decisions.
T-Mobile already offers free unlimited 4G data worldwide (includes most european countries). I was in Europe a few weeks back and had 4G the entire time, didn't have to add anything extra to my $36 a month plan. It was great!
Never mind, I think it's Movistar since they also recently announced free roaming in the United States, probably with T-mobile. Telcel is too big (and did not let me roam when I traveled to Mexico), and Iusacell was bought by AT&T.Does anybody know what Mexican carrier(s) T-mobile partnered up with?
Yeah, I noticed that too when I traveled to Monterrey. I just posted this:Andres Cantu: On several recent visits to Tijuana, and to Ensenada (both on Pacific Coast in Baja California) My wife and I seem to always get Movistar. And up until now has been p-a-i-n-f-u-l-l-y slooooooooow 2G. (slow enough that most websites actually time out before loading and Google/Apple maps take forever to redraw).... will be going again in September so can't wait to try 4G.
Never mind, I think it's Movistar since they also recently announced free roaming in the United States, probably with T-mobile. Telcel is too big (and did not let me roam when I traveled to Mexico), and Iusacell was bought by AT&T.
Yes but it's heavily throttled. This being offered is LTE.
It's not heavily throttled, it's full 4G+ speed. Compared to LTE it's not as fast. 4G is way faster than 3G. 4G imo is a good standard, and for international travel I don't think it's bad at all. Works fine for google maps and things like that too. LTE just loads facebook snappierbut it's true, LTE for Canada and Mexico is great! Imo, I don't know how many LTE towers Mexico would have to begin with, so maybe it wouldn't matter so much there.
I agree that Canadian carriers offer ridiculously expensive and awful plans compared to what is available to Americans. Bell/Rogers/Telus charge exorbitant prices.
You should phone your carrier's customer retention department to get a better deal. I have unlimited talk + text and 12GB of 4G LTE shared data between 3 phones for $65/mo per line.
Unfortunately still a joke compared to what I pay as a T-Mobile prepaid customer when I'm on travel in NYC or elsewhere in the U.S. But what can you do…
I'm on a family plan with AT&T. We pay $240 a month for 5 iPhone lines. 3 of those lines are on contract and the phones are subsidized, the other two lines are not on contract and are "bring your own phone" but we pay less a month for them. We have unlimited talk and text and 6GB shared data with rollover, so whatever data we don't use gets rolled over to the next month. Pretty good deal I think.Wish some of the Canadian carriers would get their act together. Americans can get unlimited data in 3 countries for $10 a month. Meanwhile to get 500mb of data (in only canada, the charges for turning my phone in the states would kill me) added onto my already expensive plan cost me over $30 a month.
Just out of curiosity, since I want to compare what kind of things people get, what kind of plans do Americans on here have? I mean as far as calling, texting and data is concerned?
I have a "reasonably" priced Canadian plan at $80 a month for unlimited text and calling (across Canada) and 500mb of data.
I cross the border to Tijuana weekly and what I do is I change the carrier manually to Telcel, since it automatically went to Movistar. Movistar is awfully slow as you say despite displaying "3G" (Google Maps or Uber wouldn't load). Telcel actually shows me the signal as being LTE, and although it is obviously throttled I can at least have some basic data functionality on my phone.Andres Cantu: On several recent visits to Tijuana, and to Ensenada (both on Pacific Coast in Baja California) My wife and I seem to always get Movistar. And up until now has been p-a-i-n-f-u-l-l-y slooooooooow 2G. (slow enough that most websites actually time out before loading and Google/Apple maps take forever to redraw).... will be going again in September so can't wait to try 4G.
I don't know what plan your on but I've used the T-Mobile free data roaming in Japan, Spain, Germany and France and it's throttled at edge speeds (or at least was in during my most recent trip in late May).
Maybe you're referring to the paid option? I do know some countries weren't being throttled correctly when they were first rolling the roaming out but that was before I switched and has been fixed. I've used intl roam on AT&T via paid and it was much, much, much faster and I'm sure t-mobiles paid option is similar in speeds.
I'd be happy with free 4g (1 Mb+) speeds![]()
Three do something a bit like this. It's called "Feel at Home" and your tariff is unchanged if you go to a bunch of European countries, and some further away too http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Feel_At_Home#destDo something like this in Europe and they will really get something going. This is a great deal for anyone in the US near a border town.
Now if T-Mobile would expand their US network. I've tried them from time to time on prepaid, and anywhere I've been the coverage has been terrible, they're probably fine if you never leave a big city, but once you get away from a city the coverage drops much faster than AT&T or Verizon.