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I thought exactly the same thing.


welcome to 2009, US customers. I've had 50Mb/5Mb service for more than 2 years already.

lol


from wiki:

The world's first publicly available LTE service was opened in the two Scandinavian capitals Stockholm (Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks systems) and Oslo (a Huawei system) on 14 December 2009.

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I've been a loyal T-Mobile customer for years. Considered switching to AT&T for the iPhone, but I decided against it. TMO customer service is the best, and the service is very good. Plus, their plans are the most affordable. My current plan options are twice the price on Verizon and AT&T.
 
you guys proclaiming t-mobile dead are silly.

They got $3 billion in cash and $3billion in radio spectrum from ATT as part of the deal kill terms. they are fine, but a year behind.

maybe this will help them out in building their network this year. also. Apple ought to give them the iphone to sell , it is stupid not to and anti-competitive.

I would use t-mobile if i could, with ATT killing unlimited data, no reason for me to not swap over to them and save some money.

we'll shall see who's silly after they file chapter 7...3 billion is not enough money to save T mobile, nor is the paltry spectrum they recieved (will recieve) from AT&T...they need the iPhone... period
 
Had to call Customer Service twice and got nothing but stellar service. Great coverage in Chicago.

A couple of friends had to call AT&T Wireless Customer Service, and after getting transferred a few times, their issues weren't even resolved... :eek:

T-Mobile needs the next round of iPhones (8 Gig 4S for $99 and the iPhone 5) and they'll be getting a lot of customers back... ;)

I get 10 to 12Mb downloads on TMO. Not sure why I need faster. HTC Amaze is a solid phone.

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T-Mobiles ads where they claim they are the "largest 4G network in America" drive me CRAZY. HSPA+ is not 4G so shut up.

Nor is the current LTE, so there.
 
t-mobile FTW

I have had TMobile service for the past 8 years, I got nothing but praises for the company this whole time.....just great. I am currently using an unlocked iphone 4, yes I only get edge, but so what. It is plenty for maps and listening to the radio on the run and no I do not feel the need to stream videos over 3g or 4g for that matter.

Now, I would never jump to another company for a number of obvious reasons....and I could write a whole paper on those reasons. Having said that TMobile has only one problem (maybe two), first is the 3g download link is different from that used by the iphone, making it impossible to get 3g service on the iphone on Tmo's network.

However, that is about to change soon....with the release of the next iphone....A lot of people do not understand and often understate the power of the iphone.

But it is funny how Sprint posts over $1,000,000,000 loss last quarter (i know the reason, you don't have to tell me) and somehow that goes unoticed, oh it's ok you say....it is a big loss for any company, I don't care how big they are.

I am positive Tmo will rebound stronger than ever, it just can't do it without the iphone.
 
Too sad. I liked their service but I switched for the same reason when Verizon started the iPhone. T-Mobile had better contract conditions even though their 3G network was a little thin in rural areas.

In the long run, I think we need T-Mobile on the US market as a competitor. Their service was one of the best I've seen so far. I have a Sprint work phone, a Verizon iPhone and my wife has a AT&T iPhone (had U.S. Cellular before - worst of all). So, I have some experience with the other major players. T-Mobile has the best plan for the buck and coverage - in my opinion.

When I visit my brother-in-law in Decatur, a city within the metro Atlanta area within the interstate loop, I-285, I am lucky to get 2G coverage on my Sensation 4G.

It's too bad they could not have worked out a deal to share the cell towers. That would have made every customer happier, and it would have prevented the protests from those civic-minded groups who protest those towers as being cancer causing.

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we'll shall see who's silly after they file chapter 7...3 billion is not enough money to save T mobile, nor is the paltry spectrum they recieved (will recieve) from AT&T...they need the iPhone... period

"i before e except ..."

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Last year they lost 471,000 for about the same quarter time frame.

This suggests the exodus is accelerating.

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Yes, but that will not stop loss of customers. It will only delay the inevitable if they do not get iPhone.

Not getting the iPhone is NOT a reason to leave T-Mo unless you are one of the people who is susceptible to those iPhone-is-better-than-sex ads. I am perfectly happy with my Sensation 4G. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well.
 
welcome to 2009, US customers. I've had 50Mb/5Mb service for more than 2 years already.

lol


from wiki:

The world's first publicly available LTE service was opened in the two Scandinavian capitals Stockholm (Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks systems) and Oslo (a Huawei system) on 14 December 2009.

Helps when you live in a country the size of a state or two here

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you avoid the month fees, by "paying as you go" and taper usage to the amount of money you want to spend.

paying a contract-locked monthly fee is ridiculous

Really? Show me where you can go month to month on a nationwide provider here with the iphone and not pay the same rate as those on contract.


lol

don't live in a second-world craphole.

problem solved.

Without this "craphole" you would not enjoy the iphones or any other apple product

You are really ignorant of the issues carriers face in the US with these sorts of statements
 
When I visit my brother-in-law in Decatur, a city within the metro Atlanta area within the interstate loop, I-285, I am lucky to get 2G coverage on my Sensation 4G.

It's too bad they could not have worked out a deal to share the cell towers. That would have made every customer happier, and it would have prevented the protests from those civic-minded groups who protest those towers as being cancer causing.

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"i before e except ..."

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Not getting the iPhone is NOT a reason to leave T-Mo unless you are one of the people who is susceptible to those iPhone-is-better-than-sex ads. I am perfectly happy with my Sensation 4G. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well.

I love when people correct other's spelling on the internet...it makes them look so smart
 

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Now, I would never jump to another company for a number of obvious reasons....and I could write a whole paper on those reasons.

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I am positive Tmo will rebound stronger than ever, it just can't do it without the iphone.

Do tell!!
I did my own cost research, bottom line I was wasting money. Not much, but I would clearly loose money.


Agree on needing iPhone.
As RIM and Nokia is seeing, having just the device is not enough.
 
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LOL. Your country is smaller than my state.

Look at a map and see how big the USA is and how many people are in it. Then come back with is different excuse.

I don't have to justify anything. I have the tech and you don't ... lol

And you're stuck with crappy monthly fees and other ridiculousness.

Go ahead, make so excuses and let me know.

Your state is bigger than my country ... cry me a river.

I'll check this post on my V2 TD-LTE on the subway home after I select if I want the German SIM or the American SIM.

Probably, the American SIM so I can laugh about paying less in charges outside the US than you do inside the US.

lol

:D
 
When I visit my brother-in-law in Decatur, a city within the metro Atlanta area within the interstate loop, I-285, I am lucky to get 2G coverage on my Sensation 4G.

It's too bad they could not have worked out a deal to share the cell towers. That would have made every customer happier, and it would have prevented the protests from those civic-minded groups who protest those towers as being cancer causing.

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"i before e except ..."

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Not getting the iPhone is NOT a reason to leave T-Mo unless you are one of the people who is susceptible to those iPhone-is-better-than-sex ads. I am perfectly happy with my Sensation 4G. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well.

yet here you are on mac rumors on an iPhone article
 
Helps when you live in a country the size of a state or two here

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Really? Show me where you can go month to month on a nationwide provider here with the iphone and not pay the same rate as those on contract.

lol

when I travel there with my prepaid German uSIM. it's 0.09 eurocents/min or per SMS and 0.19/eurocents per MB

that's a roaming charge that you could easily get and it works on all networks (not on just one of the big four in the US).
 
I don't have to justify anything. I have the tech and you don't ... lol

And you're stuck with crappy monthly fees and other ridiculousness.

Go ahead, make so excuses and let me know.

Your state is bigger than my country ... cry me a river.

I'll check this post on my V2 TD-LTE on the subway home after I select if I want the German SIM or the American SIM.

Probably, the American SIM so I can laugh about paying less in charges outside the US than you do inside the US.

lol

:D

so what our millitary crushed your arses
 
I don't have to justify anything. I have the tech and you don't ... lol

And you're stuck with crappy monthly fees and other ridiculousness.

Go ahead, make so excuses and let me know.

Your state is bigger than my country ... cry me a river.

I'll check this post on my V2 TD-LTE on the subway home after I select if I want the German SIM or the American SIM.

Probably, the American SIM so I can laugh about paying less in charges outside the US than you do inside the US.

lol

:D

That's okay. We got the iPhone before you. Not bad for a "Second-World Craphole"
 
Not getting the iPhone is NOT a reason to leave T-Mo unless you are one of the people who is susceptible to those iPhone-is-better-than-sex ads. I am perfectly happy with my Sensation 4G. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well.

It WAS a reason I left T-Mo!
The reason is iPhone has certain apps Android does NOT have.

For 14 months I carried an iPod Touch 4 to use to apps but stay on T-Mobile.
Even limited by Wi-Fi, it still out performed my coworkers BlackBerry.

Android lacks a LOT of apps (but yes, does have some iPhone does not have, namely Porn), but obviously you are not demanding too much out of your phone.


Other T-Mo news articles:
IPhone Sucks Subscribers Away From T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA To Make Data Network Work With IPhone
 
Show me where you can go month to month on a nationwide provider here with the iphone and not pay the same rate as those on contract.
You can get a no-contract micro SIM from Straight Talk for $15 and use their prepaid $45/mo. plan for unlimited talk, unlimited text, and "unlimited data" (which is really about 2GB before the possibility of Straight Talk sending a threatening message about cancelling your service due to excessive data use). If you prepay several months, this comes down to $42 per month.

Straight Talk is a discount brand of TracFone which itself is the American subsidiary of Mexican telecom giant America Movil. They purchase cellular service wholesale from other mobile operators (AT&T and Sprint) so an iPhone using a Straight Talk SIM is connecting to AT&T's cellular towers.

This is perfectly legal, no one's terms are being violated. As a matter of fact, America Movil billionaire chairman Carlos Slim has personally endorsed this.

If your cellular usage (talk and data) is very modest, you might be able to get by with AT&T's GoPhone Pay As You Go prepaid service. I average about 20 minutes of cellular talk time per month, plus about 100MB of cellular data (WiFi at work and home is solid). My monthly cellular costs are about $12 right now. I use Google Voice for SMS, so I don't pay for texting (apart from any cellular data usage which is way cheaper than text plans). Moreover, you can shave another 10% off GoPhone costs if you buy refill cards from online vendors.

The GoPhone SIM actually works in my iPad 2 as well. You just need to change the APN. This site helps you generate a custom APN.
 
Just wondering if you have unlimited talk, text, and web or if you are limited in your plan?

Except that, when you expand T-Mobile's footprint to be that of AT&T's or Verizon's, the cost increases that much more.

Part of the savings in T-Mobile is a reduced coverage area. If T-Mobile with an equal competitor in terms of coverage, I'd agree that AT&T or Verizon was a waste of money. Also, I don't know if T-Mobile's rates are sustainable over the long term. We will see.

I pay $94 a month on AT&T. That includes AT&T's tethering plan, which I use to work on the go. If I excluded it, I'd be paying $78 a month, which is $1,872 every two years (keep in mind I get a discount on AT&T through my employer, but that's not uncommon and only saves me about $10 a month). Factor in that AT&T subsidizes a new iPhone to the tune of $500 every two years, and what I pay to AT&T is exactly in line with what you're paying to T-Mobile (or on slightly more, if T-Mobile includes tethering by default (not sure if they do)).

If an iPhone 3GS is good for you and T-Mobile's network works, more power to you. Not knocking your choice, but just wanted to point out the difference isn't always as stark as the one in your example.
 
You can get a no-contract micro SIM from Straight Talk for $15 and use their prepaid $45/mo. plan for unlimited talk, unlimited text, and "unlimited data" (which is really about 2GB before the possibility of Straight Talk sending a threatening message about cancelling your service due to excessive data use). If you prepay several months, this comes down to $42 per month.

Straight Talk is a discount brand of TracFone which itself is the American subsidiary of Mexican telecom giant America Movil. They purchase cellular service wholesale from other mobile operators (AT&T and Sprint) so an iPhone using a Straight Talk SIM is connecting to AT&T's cellular towers.

This is perfectly legal, no one's terms are being violated. As a matter of fact, America Movil billionaire chairman Carlos Slim has personally endorsed this.

If your cellular usage (talk and data) is very modest, you might be able to get by with AT&T's GoPhone Pay As You Go prepaid service. I average about 20 minutes of cellular talk time per month, plus about 100MB of cellular data (WiFi at work and home is solid). My monthly cellular costs are about $12 right now. I use Google Voice for SMS, so I don't pay for texting (apart from any cellular data usage which is way cheaper than text plans). Moreover, you can shave another 10% off GoPhone costs if you buy refill cards from online vendors.

The GoPhone SIM actually works in my iPad 2 as well. You just need to change the APN. This site helps you generate a custom APN.

Do you need to be jailbroken to use Straight Talk? I see you can buy the microsim.
 
So much for the view that keeping AT&T separate from T-Mobile would be better for business and better for competition. It looks like both companies are losing out, T-Mobile with the exodus of customers and AT&T with the loss of an expanded network.

It's better for the consumer. AT&T wanted T-Mobile's towers and spectrum, the "more jobs will be created" thing was utter trollop. If AT&T ends up acquiring T-Mobile I would bet my shoes that T-Mobile's offices and stores (those stores remotely close to AT&T stores) would almost all be gutted and sold for scrap.

If you think AT&T getting T-Mobile would be good for anyone but AT&T's board of directors, you are extremely naive.
 
It's better for the consumer. AT&T wanted T-Mobile's towers and spectrum, the "more jobs will be created" thing was utter trollop. If AT&T ends up acquiring T-Mobile I would bet my shoes that T-Mobile's offices and stores (those stores remotely close to AT&T stores) would almost all be gutted and sold for scrap.

If you think AT&T getting T-Mobile would be good for anyone but AT&T's board of directors, you are extremely naive.

well what happens when tmobile folds? because they will..especially without the iPhone...I'm sure AT&T would have retained the majority of Tmobile's staff if the merger would have gone through
 
Do you need to be jailbroken to use Straight Talk? I see you can buy the microsim.
According to the discussion on this article, the answer is the AT&T Straight Talk SIM will work on locked AT&T handsets. You do not need to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone. The Straight Talk website also is worded that AT&T phones will work with their AT&T compatible SIM.

I bought a factory-unlocked iPhone 4S from Apple at full retail, so it doesn't really concern me.

The biggest cons of using Straight Talk are: no Visual Voicemail, no MMS without jailbreaking and hacking, relatively poor customer service at Straight Talk.

For sure, a GoPhone SIM will work in an AT&T iPhone without unlocking.
 
I believe it. No problem here with T-Mobile, been a customer with them front the start (when they were just coming from Voicestream). Cancelled my three-line family plan last month and switched to Sprint because we wanted iPhones.
 
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