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T-Mobile offering truly unlimited Data on Sept. 5

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/08/t-mo...unlimited-data-plan-thats-actually-unlimited/
At a time when Verizon and AT&T are charging more for Data, T-Mobile comes to the rescue with unlimited Data for $30 for Classic Plans and $20 for Value Plans.

<3 I am excited! I was actually considering switching to Sprint for truly unlimited data, but now that my beloved T-Mobile is getting it, I am never leaving!
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The unlimited data plan does not allow tethering. This is a quite reasonable limitation in my opinion but even so I am sure it will be bypassed on rooted phones by Sept. 7th.

Its almost TOO good to be true. But Tmo does take out the included HotSpot Tether (easy work around for us here tho ). This + the iPhone5/LTE (hopefully for Tmo's sake) + HEAVY marketing (including improved network toting & great prices) will bring new customers in droves. Tmo needs this combo punch for the holiday season.
Also, does anyone know how to only test the 1900 HSPA+ band on the GNex instead of AWS/1700 HSPA+? Tmo has been working on HSPA+ over their 1900 band for some months now, and I want to see if any towers in and around Seattle are enabled yet.

Have not been this excited about something from tmo in a long time. Still waiting for a catch, but damn this will be epic. I get unlimited through my dealer line anyway, but will be awesome for my wife.
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Why not go to boost mobile?
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johnnycooper said:
Why not go to boost mobile?
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They use sprint towers. I prefer speeds faster than old people f#&king.
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johnnycooper said:
why not go to boost mobile?
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hahahahahaha. Piss poor network (Sprint). Have you seen their data speeds? Not even worth it.

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Why not go to boost mobile?
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Crappy speeds and terrible phones? 2 good reasons right there.

Must be different in the south. Gsm sucks compared to cdma. At one time gsm was the **** here and then it went to ****.
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My speeds are great!!! Average 20+. See my signature for one of my highest speed test.
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hahahahahaha. Piss poor network (Sprint). Have you seen their data speeds? Not even worth it.
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Crappy speeds and terrible phones? 2 good reasons right there.
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1.7 mb down on Sprint 3g is good enough for me. As far as phones, you have to clone to have a decent one besides the EVO 4g LTE
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Once my nightmare with sprint ends, I will definitely go back to Tmob. They have the best customer service IMHO.
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Dude, if you hate Sprint that much just root your phone and throw a Verizon prl on and just use it. Sprint will let you out of the contract for sure
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bradley26 said:
My speeds are great!!! Average 20+. See my signature for one of my highest speed test.
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I wasn't referring to their miniscule LTE network. I was talking about their horrible CDMA/EVDO network.

johnnycooper said:
Dude, if you hate Sprint that much just root your phone and throw a Verizon prl on and just use it. Sprint will let you out of the contract for sure
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My phone is all custom...I honestly thought about it before, just hate doing these kinda of things...I take responsibility for my mistakes..lol
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johnnycooper said:
1.7 mb down on Sprint 3g is good enough for me. As far as phones, you have to clone to have a decent one besides the EVO 4g LTE
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Not good enough for heavier data users that watch HD videos, wants quick web browsing, wants to download files quickly, etc. 1.7mb is not enough.

Hell yea
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I guess you are right, I use WiFi more than 3g data because of battery life
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johnnycooper said:
I guess you are right, I use WiFi more than 3g data because of battery life
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Great battery life using HSPA+ here.

Boost mobile with T mobile

Asking this for a mate in the states, if he buys an S3 on Boost mobile is he able to use it on T Mobile, flash new roms and stuff? we only have the international version here in New Zealand so do not know the answer

Isn't Boost Mobile on Sprint?

sprint owns boost as well as nextel which both are still gsm phones.. but sprint is shutting down nextel but boost will still be around. but as far as boost phones working on tmobile....... i dont know

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Asking this for a mate in the states, if he buys an S3 on Boost mobile is he able to use it on T Mobile, flash new roms and stuff? we only have the international version here in New Zealand so do not know the answer
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the answer is no.
moxis said:
sprint owns boost as well as nextel which both are still gsm phones.. but sprint is shutting down nextel but boost will still be around. but as far as boost phones working on tmobile....... i dont know
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Actually sprint/boost/Nextel are CDMA and T-Mobile is GSM.
You will need a GSM service for T-Mobile branded phones.
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Simple mobile is the boost equivalent, however. Go thee to a Wal-Mart
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Android_Monsters said:
Simple mobile is the boost equivalent, however. Go thee to a Wal-Mart
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I've heard simple mobile throtles you after a certain amount of data used is this true? Also How's 4G
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moxis said:
sprint owns boost as well as nextel which both are still gsm phones.. but sprint is shutting down nextel but boost will still be around. but as far as boost phones working on tmobile....... i dont know
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Nextel uses iDen.
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Jaimesco12 said:
I've heard simple mobile throtles you after a certain amount of data used is this true? Also How's 4G
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This is true. A simple google search lead me to a bunch of reviews from not only users but blogs as well
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Simple mobile is the boost equivalent, however. Go thee to a Wal-Mart
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Yes i agree. I gave my old phone to a friend from columbia and she got the 15 a month for unlimited text and like 10 cents a minute. or you could get the T-Mobile prepay unlimited web (throttles after 5GB) text and 100 minutes. Its only 30 a month and can be dropped whenever.

thanks guys i have messaged him on FB with this

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Simp...-for-50-per-month-no-strings-attached_id33617
I have it and I don't get throttled. But I cannot confirm as I never have even gone over 2 GB
And I get 12mbps down and 700kbps up on average. It really depends where you are though. Some get 22 and 4mbps
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I have it and I don't get throttled. But I cannot confirm as I never have even gone over 2 GB
And I get 12mbps down and 700kbps up on average. It really depends where you are though. Some get 22 and 4mbps
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Simple mobile does throttled you down after you used up over 2mb! I can confirm this!
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[Q] Simple Mobile Support?

Hey you guys, I've been using the 40$ Plan for SimpleMobile and will be soon buying a Galaxy S3. I will unlock it and use it for SimpleMobile. I was wondering if it supported and how the connection is. I know the connection and internet speeds can vary depending where you are, so I am in Boston Massachusetts. If anyone could help that would be nice, thank you very much!

Ive had simple mobile a long time ago now i have t-mobile also u dont need to unlock it because simple mobile runs same network as t-mobile but yea its cheap and all but speed are like what ever u know its okay but u get what u paid for
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slim1991 said:
Ive had simple mobile a long time ago now i have t-mobile also u dont need to unlock it because simple mobile runs same network as t-mobile but yea its cheap and all but speed are like what ever u know its okay but u get what u paid for
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Thanks for the answer. Anyone else have anything that may help me?

I have my daughter on simple mobile and its fine. The only thing you have to do is change the apn but there is actually an app on the market the changes it for you. The other thing is you may have to cut a sim card down to size because I was told micros weren't available but that was a few months ago so that might've changed.
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Im with simple too in Tx and ive gotten up to 14 mbps which i think is great.
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I've had simple mobile before and had no problems what's so ever. I'm actually thinking about going back to them after my t mobile contract expires in February.
The only reason I went to t mobile is because at the time they were offering the HTC hd7 for free with a new account.. Lol btw that phone sucked.
Now they do sell the micro sim cards. You can get one off their website for like 12$ or on eBay for about 2$.
So no manual cutting needed. If it's a t mobile phone no need to unlock it for simple mobile. And another thing you have to adjust is the apn. But that is described step by step on the simple mobile website.
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Crisisx1 said:
I've had simple mobile before and had no problems what's so ever. I'm actually thinking about going back to them after my t mobile contract expires in February.
The only reason I went to t mobile is because at the time they were offering the HTC hd7 for free with a new account.. Lol btw that phone sucked.
Now they do sell the micro sim cards. You can get one off their website for like 12$ or on eBay for about 2$.
So no manual cutting needed. If it's a t mobile phone no need to unlock it for simple mobile. And another thing you have to adjust is the apn. But that is described step by step on the simple mobile website.
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Just gave you a thanks. I appreciate this comment very much, this basically answered my whole question! Oh and I failed because I'm getting an AT&T one but I forgot that and put it in the T-Mobile section.... for the lulz xD

unciviilized said:
Im with simple too in Tx and ive gotten up to 14 mbps which i think is great.
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Well I know much about phones but not too much when it comes to speeds. Since you get 14mbps in Texas (I think that's what you meant by Tx) then how fast is it?

Sprint branded prepay service

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/04/sprint-confirms-pay-as-you-go-service/
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Ugh. Still same crappy service. I can't wait to leave sprint >.> its been 5 years for me waiting for them to get better... Any who the comments on that article are a whoot and I feel the same way.. No throttling sure...because our entire network is throttled love my unlimited 1X service that's <300kbps
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I'd like to try Sprint again, just to see if service in my area has gotten any better in the last 6 months. And without a contract would be nice.
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Mattix724 said:
I'd like to try Sprint again, just to see if service in my area has gotten any better in the last 6 months. And without a contract would be nice.
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I was excited at first.... But the phone selection is crappy.
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I'll never understand why companies do this (own several different brands). All it does is decrease the effectiveness of your marketing. Why does GM need to sell 20 different midsize vehicles all under different brands? Why does sprint need Virgin and Boost.
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Sprints prepay has no throttle like the others

colonel.shepard said:
Sprints prepay has no throttle like the others
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For now...
Virgin didn't use to throttle speeds either.

Couldn't I just activate my E4GT on prepaid? It's never been activated on any account.
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Hopefully this might be a game changer for other carriers as well hence the fact they did this cuz the tmobile/metro pcs merger
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Virgin didn't use to throttle speeds either.
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Except this is an actual sprint branded service

Mattix724 said:
Couldn't I just activate my E4GT on prepaid? It's never been activated on any account.
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As long as it's a clean ESN they should. One quick chat with Sprint can confirm that.

kingsway8605 said:
I'll never understand why companies do this (own several different brands). All it does is decrease the effectiveness of your marketing. Why does GM need to sell 20 different midsize vehicles all under different brands? Why does sprint need Virgin and Boost.
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Having different brands can be easier than trying to explain the differences between your products. For instance, Sprint's offerings have features like roaming, nights and weekends, mobile to mobile, LTE, etc, while Virgin Mobile doesn't. It's probably less confusing for the average consumer to view two brands than to have Sprint explain, "This is a 300 minute plan, but it's not the same as these other plans because it's missing these features." Instead, Sprint gets to market VM as a full service provider to people who don't know what they're missing.

AZImmortal said:
Having different brands can be easier than trying to explain the differences between your products. For instance, Sprint's offerings have features like roaming, nights and weekends, mobile to mobile, LTE, etc, while Virgin Mobile doesn't. It's probably less confusing for the average consumer to view two brands than to have Sprint explain, "This is a 300 minute plan, but it's not the same as these other plans because it's missing these features." Instead, Sprint gets to market VM as a full service provider to people who don't know what they're missing.
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But Sprint already sells multiple plans, so that doesn't really fix anything.
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marksedge said:
Hopefully this might be a game changer for other carriers as well hence the fact they did this cuz the tmobile/metro pcs merger
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Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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jlear3 said:
Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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From what i understood no roaming and no lte ..so ...bummer
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jlear3 said:
Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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Hspa+ is plenty fast don't need lte
And its unthrottled

Compare Simple Mobile to Tmobile

i.want to gather people's opinions and their comparisons of simple mobile to tmobile. and to see which they prefer.

T-Mobile since I use barely any talk and use loads of texts and web and I have the 30$ plan from.tmo. I tried simple and its horrendous
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Sanadrate said:
T-Mobile since I use barely any talk and use loads of texts and web and I have the 30$ plan from.tmo. I tried simple and its horrendous
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really? what state do u live where u had sinple mobile?

I've had T-Mobile going on 4 years now and I've never had a problem and when I have they've always fixed it without a hassle. I love T-Mobile. I can't say anything about simple though
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yeah, i dont know if simple mobile is worth the $40 even though its cheaper than tmo by $10. i need more opinions to draw my own conclusions.

I'd go with T-Mobile prepaid , 70$/month unlimited everything it's well worth the few extra dollars. Im from NC, and if I'm near Charlotte I get great LTE
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henslo said:
I'd go with T-Mobile prepaid , 70$/month unlimited everything it's well worth the few extra dollars. Im from NC, and if I'm near Charlotte I get great LTE
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really? wat part of NC do u live in? and hows the LTE there?

ortind200 said:
really? what state do u live where u had sinple mobile?
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New Mexico and yes I have.
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Sanadrate said:
New Mexico and yes I have.
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ahh cool.. i heard that simple mobile outin that region was very bad. but i had a very bad experience with tmo where i'm at where tmo is supposed to be coverage king.. i was riding in a car along the river and went on the web.. it was slow as sh'it. then my call dropped.. i cant understand why this happened when i go to the west side of my city when again tmo is hailed as the best carrier to have here..

I've used tmobile for a few years now and I wouldn't switch to simple mobile.

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I've used tmobile for a few years now and I wouldn't switch to simple mobile.
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but have u tried simple mobile just to compare it to tmo?

dude simple mobile is the exact same thing as simple mobile, tmobile owns simple mobile, they use same towers

Simple mobile uses T-Mobile as a backbone
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