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So I purchased the slide finally(yay) and I have no data plan but am now looking to buy one. I know there is 2 types, smartphone and regular. Seeing how I didn't buy my phone from t-mobile is it possible to buy the $10 unlimited plan, or do I have to go with the smartphone plan for all the features. And if there is a difference what are they? Thanks in advance!
You'll probably have to buy the smartphone plan. Call Tmob and ask them to make sure, but im 99.999% sure these phones will only work with the correct data plan.
Or just buy the $10 one to see what happens and let us know.
Also, do it soon. I heard from a rep that the data plan prices are going up soon.
Thanks bunches lol. Someone else told me that internet will work for the phones web browsing only but not all the extra features so I'm going with the full smartphone plan. Thanks forb the heads up on the price. Now that I'm set its time for me to develope some theme and wallpaper goodies for everyone!
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Thanks bunches lol. Someone else told me that internet will work for the phones web browsing only but not all the extra features so I'm going with the full smartphone plan. Thanks forb the heads up on the price. Now that I'm set its time for me to develope some theme and wallpaper goodies for everyone!
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You have to get the android data, if you want data at all. Tmo was switching plans for people using sidekick plans on android phones, or they may disable it. When the server or whatever reads the phone's info it will detect that it is actually something else. Android data is 25 extra to whatever plan you get.My plan is 78 a month inc android data.
They specifically have a mytouch data plan now. It costs $30 and then you have to add a messaging bundle if you want texting. it's 9.99 more for unlimited texting. I am grandfathered in on the Unlimited Android data plan from my old G1 and I have unlimited data and texting.
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Yeah $30/month for unlimited mytouch data feature.
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Hello T989 fans..
i am planning on switching my prepaid carrier to t mobile prepaid i currently have simple mobile and there is nothing simple about it...
any way i was looking at the 50$ plan they have unlimited talk text and web
the Q is they advertise First 100MB at up to 4G speeds do they slow u down to 2g or 3g.. i chatted with represistive and said to 3g i have a hunch that he is lying or doesn't know...
any help will be appreciated.
Ps.."Live long and prosper"
You could a work around of the throttle by adding a diff apn
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Hello T989 fans..
i am planning on switching my prepaid carrier to t mobile prepaid i currently have simple mobile and there is nothing simple about it...
any way i was looking at the 50$ plan they have unlimited talk text and web
the Q is they advertise First 100MB at up to 4G speeds do they slow u down to 2g or 3g.. i chatted with represistive and said to 3g i have a hunch that he is lying or doesn't know...
any help will be appreciated.
Ps.."Live long and prosper"
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At $50 a month why don't you look into Tmobile's Value plans? With the Value Plan you have to have your own phone (buy on Ebay,craigs, etc) or buy your own phone (full price at Tmobile), or finance the phone for 20 monthly payments (from Tmobile). You have to get a two year contract also with a $200 ETF.
First 100MB at 4G seems like a joke. I get 2GB at 4G and then its edge speed after that. I am currently paying 49.99 for 500 mins, unlimited text, 2GB data, nights/wknds, and free wifi calling which doesnt use up your airtime mins.
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You could a work around of the throttle by adding a diff apn
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i am gonna consider this thanks hopefully tmobile wont patch that anytime soon
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At $50 a month why don't you look into Tmobile's Value plans? With the Value Plan you have to have your own phone (buy on Ebay,craigs, etc) or buy your own phone (full price at Tmobile), or finance the phone for 20 monthly payments (from Tmobile). You have to get a two year contract also with a $200 ETF.
First 100MB at 4G seems like a joke. I get 2GB at 4G and then its edge speed after that. I am currently paying 49.99 for 500 mins, unlimited text, 2GB data, nights/wknds, and free wifi calling which doesnt use up your airtime mins.
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i paid full price for the GS2, the reason i want prepaid cause it,s flexible u can cancel it anytime u want... value plan are nice i just dont like month to month bills headaches"""" i am used to prepaid and i love it.. thanks for the input i will consider your advice
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Wont work on prepaid plans. I tried.
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^^^ Good to know. Thank you.
Why not just stay with simple unlimited talk text and 2 gig isn't bad I went to the 30 dollar 5gig plan with T-Mobile prepay but it's only 100 mins so I'm using my Google voice and groove ip to make calls over my data not a bad gig I think, only thing different from simple is u get a little more features on tmobile like u can add like caller tunes and customer service is better on the non simple mobile side of things my experience with simple was not a bad one I'm just a poor boy trying to save money haha
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Why not just stay with simple unlimited talk text and 2 gig isn't bad I went to the 30 dollar 5gig plan with T-Mobile prepay but it's only 100 mins so I'm using my Google voice and groove ip to make calls over my data not a bad gig I think, only thing different from simple is u get a little more features on tmobile like u can add like caller tunes and customer service is better on the non simple mobile side of things my experience with simple was not a bad one I'm just a poor boy trying to save money haha
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simple mobile started great not till they introduced the 4g 60$ plan.. since then my 40$ plan was capped at 119K that,s worst than edge i did not even reach the limit at all. my brother activated brand new account same thing and i got tire of waiting 30 on the line to speak with someone who will blame your phone for it they fixed the speed once by resetting the date on their side but at the begging of every cycle it goes back to 119K it,s just awful to advertise unlimited 3g and not even give 3g speed... the 30$ deal is very tempting... but when u make calls using data doesn't it take bandwidth
The other thing to remember with Simple Mobile, is it rides TMO towers, BUT, you will be a "Second Class Citizen", TMO customers will always get priority data/calls over SM customers, so even when you are on EDGE, you are at the end of the line ...
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Why not just stay with simple unlimited talk text and 2 gig isn't bad I went to the 30 dollar 5gig plan with T-Mobile prepay but it's only 100 mins so I'm using my Google voice and groove ip to make calls over my data not a bad gig I think, only thing different from simple is u get a little more features on tmobile like u can add like caller tunes and customer service is better on the non simple mobile side of things my experience with simple was not a bad one I'm just a poor boy trying to save money haha
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This is exactly what I need. I work offshore and sometimes I don't even use my phone in weeks but I also need it because is an "on call" job.
So you can call and receive from mobile phones free with just data?How reliable is this set up? can you easily change to use you T-mobile minutes?
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simple mobile started great not till they introduced the 4g 60$ plan.. since then my 40$ plan was capped at 119K that,s worst than edge i did not even reach the limit at all. my brother activated brand new account same thing and i got tire of waiting 30 on the line to speak with someone who will blame your phone for it they fixed the speed once by resetting the date on their side but at the begging of every cycle it goes back to 119K it,s just awful to advertise unlimited 3g and not even give 3g speed... the 30$ deal is very tempting... but when u make calls using data doesn't it take bandwidth
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Yeah it does not so much tho plus I use Wi-Fi at home so it's less noticeable
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i have the 5gb plan, its 20... it was a promo a long time ago... =) but even that i use up most the time =(
Get the $60 prepaid on tmo u get 2gb of data text n talk...$10 more its worth it ...if u Rly want u can also get the $70 prepaid u get 5gb of data text n web
Also not many ppl no but Walmart and Tmoible online only has a sick plan ..its prepaid $30 a month unlimited data(no cap..go crazy) n text n I think its about 100 mins ...some ppl don't even Rly talk on there fone n just text n use web if so look at that plan...
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The walmart plan is caped at 5gigs
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linye said:
This is exactly what I need. I work offshore and sometimes I don't even use my phone in weeks but I also need it because is an "on call" job.
So you can call and receive from mobile phones free with just data?How reliable is this set up? can you easily change to use you T-mobile minutes?
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Ive been using a week now its not to bad and yea u can make calls free of minutes on data or wifi i use my googlw voixe number tho no biggie if ur saving 30-40 bucks
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Get the $60 prepaid on tmo u get 2gb of data text n talk...$10 more its worth it ...if u Rly want u can also get the $70 prepaid u get 5gb of data text n web
Also not many ppl no but Walmart and Tmoible online only has a sick plan ..its prepaid $30 a month unlimited data(no cap..go crazy) n text n I think its about 100 mins ...some ppl don't even Rly talk on there fone n just text n use web if so look at that plan...
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It's capped at 5gb, also not that hard to get as i have that atm. I don't really call that much but if i run out of mins i just open groove ip, and people can call my google number. if you need a free sim search for walgreens deal. I got a $50 refill card + the phone with sim(nokia) for $40 somehow!
Unlimited minutes, text, data (2GB) = $60 + $1 and tax.
As I continue to struggle with poor 3g service on my SIII in the (614) area a thought came to mind " WE ARE PAYING FOR PREMIUM DATA" and we are getting 3g service..mmmmm
And yes I know what you are saying " we knew from the beginning that the SIII only had 3g for now" BUT WE ARE PAYING FOR PREMIUM DATA! and yet we still bought it. So should Sprint issue a small credit our way? I THINK SO...won't happened but I THINK SO..
We are dumb lol unless you got lte coming to your city soon!
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We are dumb lol unless you got lte coming to your city soon!
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Not any time soon for me. So yes.. I'm dumb.
This is why I left Sprint and we to t mobile. Having a much better experience so far
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Sprint doesn't even provide 3g data. Constantly getting less than 0.5mbps is awful, especially in a large city like DC
was telling a co-worker thursday that he should call & see if they will wave it for him. i have been getting the $10 credited back on my bill since they started this with the evo i believe. worth a try.
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was telling a co-worker thursday that he should call & see if they will wave it for him. i have been getting the $10 credited back on my bill since they started this with the evo i believe. worth a try.
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Nice I'm trying that tomorrow. Thanks
Your dumb. I just left sprint and am paying $45 a month with no contract getting 4 mb down when I could barely get half a meg download in this area with sprint. With unlimited minutes and text gsm style with straight talk. You know what I'm still not happy. Gonna get a phone that supports both t-mobile and at&t 4g so I always have a choice. Let sprint worry about selling 20 billion dollars worth of iPhones while I get a better deal with my service.
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Your dumb. I just left sprint and am paying $45 a month with no contract getting 4 mb down when I could barely get half a meg download in this area with sprint. With unlimited minutes and text gsm style with straight talk. You know what I'm still not happy. Gonna get a phone that supports both t-mobile and at&t 4g so I always have a choice. Let sprint worry about selling 20 billion dollars worth of iPhones while I get a better deal with my service.
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Right behind you. Sprint is ripping people off. I will be switching to verizon hopefully as soon as someone confirms the S3 world capabilities with a sim swap. I pay way too much to not be use my data
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Man that sucks for you guys, I left sprint for slow service too, I like their phone and customer service but their network is too slow
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kryptoniteman said:
Right behind you. Sprint is ripping people off. I will be switching to verizon hopefully as soon as someone confirms the S3 world capabilities with a sim swap. I pay way too much to not be use my data
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I just left Verizon after several years of service. Their ceo is currently insane and you will pay out of the ass. Go tmobile.
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I was dumb for two years on Sprint after the premium data thing, getting an Evo 4G and Evo 3D, neither of which had 4G WiMax in my area, and slow ass 3G speeds of about 1mbit on a good day.
I have an HTC Thunderbolt on VZW at work and I have LTE in my city. Getting upwards of 20mbit down on that, and 2mbit+ on 3G, and we get 22% discount for personal lines from my job for VZW...so yeah...the day my GS3 comes in for VZW, I'll be dropping Sprint (finally). I've had it with all these empty promises. I'll pay an extra couple bucks a month for good service and limit 5GB data.
I considered TMobile and AT&T but neither of them have 4G here. I don't think they even have fauxG.
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Right behind you. Sprint is ripping people off. I will be switching to verizon hopefully as soon as someone confirms the S3 world capabilities with a sim swap. I pay way too much to not be use my data
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Yep,that's why i just switched to Verizon!!! Tired of sprints Bullsh*t. Now i will have one of the best phones on one of the best 4G networks, and its only $30.00 more per month about $1.15 cent extra per day, Easy decision for me!!! Unlimited talk, text, 4GB of data, and free Mobile Hot spot, $110.00 with insurance for $6.99 with $99.00 deductible $116.00... Sprint insurance is crazy high... Verizon just changed their plans again, Now all plans are called (shared plans) even if you have just one line like me.
Shared Plan(s) Monthly Account Access
Share Everything Unlimited Talk, Text & 4GB $70.00
Item Description Quantity Your Price
Samsung Galaxy S III 32GB in Blue 1 $249.99
Your Plan
Share Everything Unlimited Talk, Text & 4GB
Monthly Line Access $40.00
Plan Features
CALLER ID
BUSY TRANSFER
3-WAY CALLING
CALL DELIVERY
CALL WAITING
NO ANSWER TRANSFER
CALL FORWARDING
RTR/UC TRIGGER ALP $0
EMAIL TRIGGER ALP $0
DATA PROVISION ALP
TXT MSG W PER MSG CHARGES
MOBILE HOT SPOT TRIGGER $0
BASIC VOICE MAIL - $0
TEXT MESSAGING
DYNAMIC-PRIVATE IP
TEC ASURION $6.99
MOBILE HOTSPOT 4G PROVISIONING
RTR FOR ALP
4G APPLICATION ACCESS
4G INTERNET ACCESS
VERIZON APPS $0
EMAIL ACCESS PDA $0
SDM REMOTE QUERY ENABLED
4G PROVISIONING $0
STREAMLINED BILLING - $0
USA ONLY NO ROAM - $0
PICTURE MESSAGE PROVISIONING
OTA SOFTWAREUPDATE-$0.00
ELECTAGREE 2YR AGREEMENT-$0
Additional Items
HOL: SAM I535 SHELL 1 $29.99
DFILLSIM3FF-A $0.00
Shipping Fee $0.00
Order Subtotal Today $ 279.98
Sales Tax* $ 19.60
Shipping $ 0.00
Order Total Today $ 299.58
Total Monthly Charges** $ 116.99
we are dumb my friend
Its too bad that Boost mobile has such poor coverage and the same goes for the Walmart brand and Virgin so my hope is that Boost gets their act together and give them a try. At&t, T-mobile and Verizon are over priced so our options are few.
How you figure T mobile is over price? Lol anyway while people say T mobile aren't a real 4g speed Company. I'm very satisfied with the speeds I get! Feel bad for you guys. 1mb down is so my g1 days
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It's cheap, unlimited, and fast enough for most things. 4G is coming to my area in the next couple of months. For me, there isn't a better option.
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How you figure T mobile is over price? Lol anyway while people say T mobile aren't a real 4g speed Company. I'm very satisfied with the speeds I get! Feel bad for you guys. 1mb down is so my g1 days
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I feel I may have offended you with my T-Mobile is too expensive comment and I'm sorry for that but THEY ARE!! $125.00 for so called unlimited up to 10gigs for one line??? Come on!!
I left Sprint a month ago after 4 years and came to AT&T. Never been happier
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Looks like TMo has a good deal right now with unlimited minutes & text with 5GB data for $95/mo. The main problem I have with TMo though is that they throttle you after your cap. I'd rather be charged $10 and continue to dl at ridiculous speeds.
I currently use simple mobile $40 plan but I just saw this guy on walmart.com tmobile prepay plus you get tmobiles 4g up to 5 gb unthrottled for 30 bucks that totally beats paying 40 to get 3g and be cut off after 2-3 gb of data usage. Dont know if anyone has posted this before just figured I would put it out there for people because its a pretty damn good deal if you don't use many minutes
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tmobile-30-Wireless-Airtime-Card/15443357
I'd seriously thought about moving to that... but ended up doing something different.
what did u end up going with?
I use net10 with there tmobile sim... 4g is fast and unlimited calling and text... First month i used close to 5gb and my data was never throttled... I used the tmobile $30 plan but when i got throttled i could not deal with the slow speeds so i switched to net10
Only 100 minutes of talk for a whole month? Can't do. I use around 450. Not including nights and weekends
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Does net10 cut you off after 5gb or throttle?
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I'm using simple but I never go over 2 GB so never had an issue with them. Going to check net 10
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wow that is a good deal if you dont use many minutes for calls.
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I'm using simple but I never go over 2 GB so never had an issue with them. Going to check net 10
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I have this plan on S3 After 5Gigs boom ''Up to 2G Speeds'' You won't be able to load a website, seriously, but when on HSPA+ I got as high as 18Mbit near tower
I switched to this from Sprint. You can also get it on T-Mobile's website - but not in stores.
Very happy. I looked at my average minutes per month and it was about 100 each month when including ones that didn't "count" toward my stated pool. Now I can pay a lower monthly fee and be able to not only do the calling I did before, but have a phone that does so much more than just make calls and text.
I get 4G in the city, only GPRS at work - although it's sometimes more reliable than our WIFI - so I'm not complaining (need to speed test it, it's slow but not unbearable).
When I was looking into it, one thing people mentioned was that you can use calls over data/wifi (VOIP etc) to make up for the 100 minute limit.
i've been using this plan($30 5gb unl txt 100 minutes) for over a year and i use skype for the voice calling(IIRC is a little under $3) for a total of about $33 and change a month. absolutely loving it. you can also just use just about any kind of voip but skype seems to be the most maintstream.
I actually used GooveIP on a loaner phone from a friend while I had no actual cell service - and on the SG3 before activating it.
Free and easy - you use Google Voice along with it as well, essentially making it a fully-featured phone just only able to function with a wifi connection. I know people that have gone "all the way" and dropped cell service for a wifi-only device, but I'm a bit too paranoid for that.
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I actually used GooveIP on a loaner phone from a friend while I had no actual cell service - and on the SG3 before activating it.
Free and easy - you use Google Voice along with it as well, essentially making it a fully-featured phone just only able to function with a wifi connection. I know people that have gone "all the way" and dropped cell service for a wifi-only device, but I'm a bit too paranoid for that.
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How would I change to this plan from the T-Mobile website?
I was entertaining this $30/mo 100/5GB plan, but have decided to go nearly all wifi. I only use the phone for checking voicemails, very rarely for calls, as I've tended towards Skype and GrooveIP for calls, but honestly I have nearly all my contacts using Heytell (voice 'walkie-talkie' uses data only) and they LOVE it...it's practically the only way we talk to one another anymore. I'll use my pay-as-you-go SIM with cheap minutes(Gold Membership already, my 1000+minutes are good for a year), for the rare cellphone call, and buy the Hotspot from Wallyworld, giving me 60 day data access (3.5GB) for $35...making my monthy cost around $20 month (approx. 17 data, 3 on SIM). Obviously, I'll use my wifi at home for music/Netflix, pretty much as I always have.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-35-Prepaid-Mobile-Broadband-Pass-Email-Delivery/21191046
First month free unlimited Voice, text, web. Second month free if you share with others. Then $49 a month with no contract. Runs on T-Mobile. www.howcanisignup.org/10-31
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I'm on the $60 per month plan. I would change to the $30 but I don't want to get a new number, too much of a hassle n I'm pretty sure I need more than 100 minutes a month
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I'm on the $60 per month plan. I would change to the $30 but I don't want to get a new number, too much of a hassle n I'm pretty sure I need more than 100 minutes a month
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You can port your number over, and additional minutes are only 10 cents, just keep a tenner in your account balance in case you go over.
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How would I change to this plan from the T-Mobile website?
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For the $30/mo plan, it's for new activations only - so you'd need to get a new SIM card and new account.
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I'm on the $60 per month plan. I would change to the $30 but I don't want to get a new number, too much of a hassle n I'm pretty sure I need more than 100 minutes a month
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You can also port your number to Google Voice - thus, no matter what your number through the carrier changes to, you can ALWAYS have the same number with freedom to change whenever you want.
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I am on this plan and use groove ip so I don't use all my mins. Works pretty well for me.
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Hey all. I've been using Straight Talk with an ATT SIM but I'm tired of getting throttled for no reason. I want to switch to a plan with ATT. I would use roughly 2-4 GB a month and prefer unlimited talk and text. Any ideas on a good plan or deal?
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Hey all. I've been using Straight Talk with an ATT SIM but I'm tired of getting throttled for no reason. I want to switch to a plan with ATT. I would use roughly 2-4 GB a month and prefer unlimited talk and text. Any ideas on a good plan or deal?
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although you wont be throttled in speeds, you'll be throttled in the wallet as a major carrier is usually going to cost double or more.
currently, an AT&T individual plan with 450 minutes, 3gb of data and unlimited texting is $90 before tax
a mobile share plan with unlimited minutes, unlimited texting and 4gb of data is $110 before tax
i have at&t. just want you to understand the cost difference
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I appreciate the quick response. Yeah, I know the price is gonna suck but honestly I have a tough time trusting ST anymore. They literally told me my plan was throttled because I use FB and Twitter. When I was on Sprint I used maybe 5gb a month. Came to ST and started off using around 2 but for throttled. They have me down to 1GB a month and I STILL get throttled. I don't stream anything and only use a few mb a day. They have a new "department" now for high data use subscribers. Its a voice recording telling you how to minimize your data use. That's it. My plan renewed and it went right back to 200k down. I'm ready to pay more so I can actually use my data for more then just a quick web browse. The price is great but they're so unclear about their policies and its impossible to find someone there who actually knows what they are talking about. Pay for what you get I guess.
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And don't forget, it's $10 for every Gb you go over your data plan
TheIowaKid said:
Hey all. I've been using Straight Talk with an ATT SIM but I'm tired of getting throttled for no reason. I want to switch to a plan with ATT. I would use roughly 2-4 GB a month and prefer unlimited talk and text. Any ideas on a good plan or deal?
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As mentioned before there are several options with AT&T, but they come with a price tag. If you want unlimited talk and text and a limited data then mobile share is the way to go. If you have family, or family members who you trust will pay their share of the bill, you can add lines and spread out the costs SOME. There is no right or wrong choice...it is dependent upon you and what you want and/or need. Keep in mind that you can tie into AT&T wireless areas as part of the plans so you can help limit some data usage.