Anyone able to use the $10 unlimited medianet plan or are you forced into the smart phone 2 gb plan?
My nexus arrives tomorrow and I'm on the medianet plan on my gs2 and was hoping to keep it
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Yep, you'll be able to keep your $10 unlimited with your Galaxy Nexus on AT&T. That's what I'm doing and have been doing since my Galaxy S2 International version. Still get HSPA speeds too, roughly ~4 mbs download and ~1 mbs uploads. Enjoy it!
You may or may not get to keep the $10 medianet unlimited. If you did, then consider yourself lucky.
Back when I had my Nexus One they switched me to the $30 smartphone unlimited a few days after changing from a dumbphone.
So far I've been able to keep my media net plan. We'll see what happens over the next few days
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Thanks for the info guys. I've been considering making the move but would only do so if I can keep my $10 MediaNet unlimited plan.
If you guys wouldn't mind to keep us updated in the next few weeks it would be really helpful.
Happy Holidays!
Any luck keeping the $10 unlimited media net? I am hearing conflicted reports, and seems like a lot of misinformation out there. Some folks saying their friend's friend got switched, others saying its still good.
If they do catch you and switch to a smartphone data plan, is there a way to get AT&T to let you retain unlimited but at the $30 rate instead, or do they force you to the $25 2GB plan?
Fingers crossed, but I'm on day 4 of using the medianet plan. I'm using the Cingular 410 apn, and getting roughly 7mbps download speeds when in good coverage areas.
Any updates? I don't want to drop my unlimited smartphone plan for this only to find out they'll switch me to the 2GB plan
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Any updates? I don't want to drop my unlimited smartphone plan for this only to find out they'll switch me to the 2GB plan
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If you were grandfathered in to the unlimited smartphone plan you will be able to keep it, the reason why they won't is because they will lose money
cordell507 said:
If you were grandfathered in to the unlimited smartphone plan you will be able to keep it, the reason why they won't is because they will lose money
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nono, once you get rid of the grandfathered plan (for example, switching to medianet), you can't get it back - unless you do the iPhone 2G trick
I'm still on the $10 plan. They haven't sent a text message/email yet. My billing cycle ends on the 22nd, so we'll see if there are any changes then.
As far a I understand it, since I am technically using a data plan that is not compatible with my phone, they CAN and WILL switch me to a 2Gb plan for my smartphone, and take away my unlimited. They can do this because they don't technically offer the unlimited data for smartphones plan anymore (only for grandfathered accounts), so they can't bump me to that one. Since I would be switching from non-smartphone to smartphone, I wouldn't be considered grandfathered.
I'm sure I could call and complain and get them to do it anyway, but I understand their reasoning. It just sucks.
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I'm still on the $10 plan. They haven't sent a text message/email yet. My billing cycle ends on the 22nd, so we'll see if there are any changes then.
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My billing cycle ended on the 22nd, and I am still on the $10 media net plan. Still using the Cingular APN.
Good luck.
Hopefully you can continue using $10 data plan.
I wouldn't risk it of you use a lot of data and are currently on the $30 unlimited data.
I heard some Samsung galaxy note people losing their unlimited $30 cause AT&T system thought they were using a tablet device instea of a phone.
So far no issues on the media net plan. I haven't went over 2 gb though yet
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I have been using that plan since i had a HTC tytan 2 - nexus 1 and now the Galaxy nexus... no problems... high speeds...
I had the $10 medianet plan and got switched to the $30 unlimited plan too about a month (one billing period) after putting the sim into my Nexus One.
Either way I think you'll be able to keep the unlimited once your grandfathered in no matter what. Price might go up though :/
Good luck!
bballs91 said:
I had the $10 medianet plan and got switched to the $30 unlimited plan too about a month (one billing period) after putting the sim into my Nexus One.
Either way I think you'll be able to keep the unlimited once your grandfathered in no matter what. Price might go up though :/
Good luck!
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galaxy nexus is not on att yet
same **** happened when i bought Xperia x10 NA ver. i was on medianet but as soon as att got black version my white xperia was flagged as smartphone still im keepin cash in my wallet unless its released on att n u guys get to keep medianet cuz smartphone plans arer dumb n overpriced
wats 2gb for a 720p fan
with gsII its different cuz all three carriers had variants
I've been on the medianet for a few weeks, as has my brother.
What apn setting should I use if I'm the MediaNet plan?
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What apn setting should I use if I'm the MediaNet plan?
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wap.cingular I believe
I tried out both the wap.cingular APN and the PTA APN and it seems like the PTA APN consistently had lower ping and higher speed than wap.cingular.
Not sure if I want to give up my unlimited LTE data plan right now (I'd lose access to pta)
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So my T-Mobile account uses T-Zones for data, and it's only $5.99 a month unlimited on the grandfathered plan. I had an iPhone 4 unlocked to Tmo, and it worked great. I just bought a T-Mo Galaxy SII, and using the SIM in that phone gets me no data. Voice works great, but no data at all. When putting a different active SIM in the SII it gets data fine. And I'm using a brand new 4G SIM so I know that's not the issue.
The question is - how can I continue on my current plan and use the SII with T-zones for my data? Will a custom ROM work? Do they use EIN to determine if you need the Android data plan? I'm rooted but on stock right now. I really really want to keep my current data plan because it's unlimited and cheapo.
Anyone know the answer to this one? Thanks so much for any help you can provide.
They told me I had to upgrade from my 19.99 unlimted Internet plan to use 4G on my old HTC Sensation. I can only imagine what they woudl say if you inquired about the 5.99 plan on your SG2.
Contact 611 & please keep us posted on the outcome
It looks like you need to manually enter the APNs.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5381...ed-data-for-5-99-works-wiphone-and-nexus-one/
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So my T-Mobile account uses T-Zones for data, and it's only $5.99 a month unlimited on the grandfathered plan. I had an iPhone 4 unlocked to Tmo, and it worked great. I just bought a T-Mo Galaxy SII, and using the SIM in that phone gets me no data. Voice works great, but no data at all. When putting a different active SIM in the SII it gets data fine. And I'm using a brand new 4G SIM so I know that's not the issue.
The question is - how can I continue on my current plan and use the SII with T-zones for my data? Will a custom ROM work? Do they use EIN to determine if you need the Android data plan? I'm rooted but on stock right now. I really really want to keep my current data plan because it's unlimited and cheapo.
Anyone know the answer to this one? Thanks so much for any help you can provide.
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I had the same plan as you on my Nokia N82 and after upgrading to Samsung Vibrant, I found out there is no way to use tzones with android phones except Nexus one. Now I pay for the android data plan, hopefully you have better luck.
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It looks like you need to manually enter the APNs.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5381...ed-data-for-5-99-works-wiphone-and-nexus-one/
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I've tried all the APNs out there for Tmo and none work. I'll call retentions tomorrow (I'm out of contract so they should take good care of me) and let you know what happens.
T-Zones is a grandfathered plan and it only works with phones that uses 2G, which are only the basic phones. The SGS2 requires the Android data plan/Smartphone data plan which if you call retention, they should offer you for 20$.
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T-Zones is a grandfathered plan and it only works with phones that uses 2G, which are only the basic phones. The SGS2 requires the Android data plan/Smartphone data plan which if you call retention, they should offer you for 20$.
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Yeah, but that'd be 2GB before throttle, correct? And 5GB for $30? Sucky.
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Yeah, but that'd be 2GB before throttle, correct? And 5GB for $30? Sucky.
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Ask for the 5gb $20 plan.
Deebo took your bike too?
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Ask for the 5gb $20 plan.
Deebo took your bike too?
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Yeah, if you've been a long time customer with T-Mobile, they should be able to offer you the 5GB 20$ plan.
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Yeah, if you've been a long time customer with T-Mobile, they should be able to offer you the 5GB 20$ plan.
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Yeah, that's pretty much what I got. 5GB plan for $20 and $10 off each month for two years. It's basically $2 more a month than I was paying before, I can live with that. 2 year contract required.
Thanks for all the help!
on a side note, tzone won't work with phones that have tmobile logo on them because tmo scan the
imei #, a phone id.
it should work with phones that have international versions..check sensation, o3d ( make sure tmo version because they also have att version with same model p920)
The only Android phone I ever go to work on $5 and $10 unlimited internet was my HD2 which wasn't technically an Android phone . Was pretty pissed when I had to switch to the EM+ $20 5GB plan.
Any phone thats not branded tmobile will work. I would never get rid of that plan. If you get the galaxy s2 from telus it will work fine. For some reason the htc tmobile mytouch slide will work also just popped my sim in one and it's been working for over a month and other android phones on tmobile stop working right away. Data is data that android plan stuff from tmobile is a scam if they dont have your imei listed in there logs the phone will work.
Yep.... It's IMEI locked and not according to some fallacies that some people threw out there (only works with 2g/3g, older phones). It WILL work with new smartphones just not ones purchased from T-mobile. The European Sensation works with T-zones. The Telus SGS2 will work with T-Zones. The upcoming Galaxy Nexus will work with T-zones (if bought elsewhere BUT t-mobile) Do your own research before listening to other people's advice.
Never get rid of that plan. It's truly 100% unlimited and unthrottled. If you got rid of it because of people here, i feel sorry for you man. If I were you, I would return the phone, get the T-zone option back and purchase the Telus SGS2. It's more expensive but worth it in the long run ($15 savings every month). Alternatively, just wait for the penta-band GSM HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus from ATT, Sprint and directly from google.
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Yep.... It's IMEI locked and not according to some fallacies that some people threw out there (only works with 2g/3g, older phones). It WILL work with new smartphones just not ones purchased from T-mobile. The European Sensation works with T-zones. The Telus SGS2 will work with T-Zones. The upcoming Galaxy Nexus will work with T-zones (if bought elsewhere BUT t-mobile) Do your own research before listening to other people's advice.
Never get rid of that plan. It's truly 100% unlimited and unthrottled. If you got rid of it because of people here, i feel sorry for you man. If I were you, I would return the phone, get the T-zone option back and purchase the Telus SGS2. It's more expensive but worth it in the long run ($15 savings every month). Alternatively, just wait for the penta-band GSM HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus from ATT, Sprint and directly from google.
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The only set back with keeping the tzone plan and with the phones that would work on the plan are the download speed. With this phone, I can get 10mb easy, but with my N1, using tzone, the max I ever got was 3mb (average of around 1.6-2.0). If you get a unsubsidized phone for say $500, you'll need 2 years or so just to break even (assuming you get the tmobile version for $200. you can get it for way less now).
The only good thing about tzones are the real unlimited usuage, but not many ppl uses 5gb every month. I know cause I was using the N1.
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The only set back with keeping the tzone plan and with the phones that would work on the plan are the download speed. With this phone, I can get 10mb easy, but with my N1, using tzone, the max I ever got was 3mb (average of around 1.6-2.0). If you get a unsubsidized phone for say $500, you'll need 2 years or so just to break even (assuming you get the tmobile version for $200. you can get it for way less now).
The only good thing about tzones are the real unlimited usuage, but not many ppl uses 5gb every month. I know cause I was using the N1.
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Not sure about the speeds.. but i don't know enough/read enough to see if they put you on a different speed profile. They talked a lot of T-zones on Howardforums and that's where i picked up the IMEI restriction. Probably a lot more info there if people want to check it out.
But the N1 vs. the GSG2 radios are way different. Perhaps it's just the phone. A fair comparison would be the telus vs. t-mo version. But i doubt anyone has both to compare.
Up to the OP, depends on his/her usage and what they're willing to pay.
from my understanding as far as speeds are concern, sg2 and htc amaze are the only fist ones that have 42mb data chipset build in. most other ones are either 14.4 or 21mb chip.
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from my understanding as far as speeds are concern, sg2 and htc amaze are the only fist ones that have 42mb data chipset build in. most other ones are either 14.4 or 21mb chip.
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Yep. I got the telus sgs2x.... amazing. The highest I ever got was only 10mbps though. But that might change with tmobile getting free crap from AT&T .
The T-Mobile SGS2 is definitely IMEI locked on the APNs, as i've learned the hard way. There is also a number of other limitations being imposed that i've only come across on this handset:
Tethering - Instead of stock Android tethering, there is a tethering manager app that checks for tethering subscriptions and prevents data on the phone from working while tethering. Easily frozen or removed with titanium backup to work.
Wifi Calling - claims to need a new sim card, but according to rep requires a newer data plan (currently on one of the legacy plans). my plan seems to work with the g2 and it's wifi calling app, however i haven't looked for a work around yet
There were some other things i noticed that were software enforced on the handset, but didn't make notes as I went along
@fg I was told by customer service that I don't need to change my data plan. I was told I can keep my 200mb data plan but I would need to go to tmobile store to pick up a new sim card for free to enable wifi calling.
Just for those that don't know yet. For some reason my internet stopped working for a good hour after switching plans, as did my bros... just a heads up. The cs lady made it pretty clear that tethering will not work on this plan, but will they even know since we don't have a Tmo phone?
Happy downloading and netflixing
Anyone wanna trade Nexus'? (I have VZW)
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The cs lady made it pretty clear that tethering will not work on this plan, but will they even know since we don't have a Tmo phone?
Happy downloading and netflixing
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Well T-Mobile "catches" tethering by detecting UAstring on your browser, and redirecting you to a hotspot upsell page. They used to straight up block anything coming from a Chrome desktop UAstring, but since they've started selling Android 4.0 phones with Chrome installed, they've had to back off on that because tons of people (myself included) would get redirected just using "request desktop site" in Chrome for Android.
I'm not sure on their practices now and hadn't been redirected in the past couple months on my T-Mobile SIM. Theres really no reason they would look into it enough to "catch" you doing it unless you're starting to use massive amounts of data to warrant some packet inspection. I think they're going to be blocking 90% of their users because they have T-Mobile branded phones, and that's good enough for them. They'll let the unlocked users go.
Wish their prepaid plans had this
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Wish their prepaid plans had this
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Well they're at least offering it on their Value Plans that don't offer device subsidies and have lower monthly costs. I could see T-Mobile bringing this to Prepaid eventually as well.
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Well T-Mobile "catches" tethering by detecting UAstring on your browser, and redirecting you to a hotspot upsell page. They used to straight up block anything coming from a Chrome desktop UAstring, but since they've started selling Android 4.0 phones with Chrome installed, they've had to back off on that because tons of people (myself included) would get redirected just using "request desktop site" in Chrome for Android.
I'm not sure on their practices now and hadn't been redirected in the past couple months on my T-Mobile SIM. Theres really no reason they would look into it enough to "catch" you doing it unless you're starting to use massive amounts of data to warrant some packet inspection. I think they're going to be blocking 90% of their users because they have T-Mobile branded phones, and that's good enough for them. They'll let the unlocked users go.
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Wouldn't foxfi work just fine?
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Just for those that don't know yet. For some reason my internet stopped working for a good hour after switching plans, as did my bros... just a heads up. The cs lady made it pretty clear that tethering will not work on this plan, but will they even know since we don't have a Tmo phone?
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I told my rep that I have a Gnex unbranded.. she didn't care lol. Holy mother of unlimited here I goooo!
Happy flashing everyone!!
#Galaxy Nexus HSPA+
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Wouldn't foxfi work just fine?
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You'd still be using a browser UAstring from a desktop when you connect.
If you get redirected, you can just use a UAstring switcher on the desktop browser. FoxFi isn't necessary on an unlocked GNex... there's no carrier firmware to get past.
Isn't this plan $90 per months? How would this be beneficial over Straight Talk Sim, Tmo pre-paid 5gb, etc? Even with the price of my home internet and Straight Talk added together its still cheaper than this.
Why not just get a contract free sim plan if you already have the phone. Why sign a 2 year contract?
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Isn't this plan $90 per months? How would this be beneficial over Straight Talk Sim, Tmo pre-paid 5gb, etc? Even with the price of my home internet and Straight Talk added together its still cheaper than this.
Why not just get a contract free sim plan if you already have the phone. Why sign a 2 year contract?
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No idea about straight talk don't use it. The prepaid T-Mobile 5 GB plan tho is 70 a month. Just by adding 20 more on you have unlimited.. having a unbranded phone you can tether w it is good too. Now, your telling me that you don't pay 90 bucks for straight talk and your internet home service combined.. you could be on a crappy internet service then. Cause I have 4G clear at home for 50 and it blows nuts, Comcast is 30-50. So that leaves you with a straight talk plan of maybe 20-30? For what 2Gbs? Sounds like you got the short end of the stick then lol
Edit: After switching to Unlimited everything including data on family line I'm paying 160 a month.. oh yea its the value plan too. Not classic.
#Galaxy Nexus HSPA+
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Well they're at least offering it on their Value Plans that don't offer device subsidies and have lower monthly costs. I could see T-Mobile bringing this to Prepaid eventually as well.
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How can you be sure? I found out that it is limited time offer (See fine prints: http://deals.t-mobile.com/unlimited-data-plan)
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No idea about straight talk don't use it. The prepaid T-Mobile 5 GB plan tho is 70 a month. Just by adding 20 more on you have unlimited.. having a unbranded phone you can tether w it is good too. Now, your telling me that you don't pay 90 bucks for straight talk and your internet home service combined.. you could be on a crappy internet service then. Cause I have 4G clear at home for 50 and it blows nuts, Comcast is 30-50. So that leaves you with a straight talk plan of maybe 20-30? For what 2Gbs? Sounds like you got the short end of the stick then lol
Edit: After switching to Unlimited everything including data on family line I'm paying 160 a month.. oh yea its the value plan too. Not classic.
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There is a T Mobile sim card prepaid plan 5gb for 30 dollars a month. Check my sig . I am on straight talk sim which is 45 dollars per month on HSPA plus speeds , between 4 and 8mbps. My home internet is only 35 dollars per month and is Roadrunner. I don't see the point of a 90 dollar plan for a HSPA galaxy Nexus. I was just asking because unlimited data sounds nice but not for double of what I am paying. I get a good amount of data with my no contract plan anyways.
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I made the switch to the truly unlimited plan this morning and was scared that tethering would not work. I came home and tried it on my nexus 7 tablet and it worked flawlessly... I couldn't be happier
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How can you be sure? I found out that it is limited time offer (See fine prints: http://deals.t-mobile.com/unlimited-data-plan)
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You can't be sure. I'm just speculating... Its only available right now on Classic and Value Plans. Depending on how well it does it may come to Prepaid as well.
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I made the switch to the truly unlimited plan this morning and was scared that tethering would not work. I came home and tried it on my nexus 7 tablet and it worked flawlessly... I couldn't be happier
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Of course it works. They have no way of blocking your phone from turning it on when you have an unlocked device. They can only block it by detecting UAstring and redirecting webpages.
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Isn't this plan $90 per months? How would this be beneficial over Straight Talk Sim, Tmo pre-paid 5gb, etc? Even with the price of my home internet and Straight Talk added together its still cheaper than this.
Why not just get a contract free sim plan if you already have the phone. Why sign a 2 year contract?
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$90 (Classic Plan) if you take a device subsidy. $70 if you don't (Value Plan).
Its beneficial for people who have family plans because at 3 or more users, individual prepaid plans are less cost effective than family plans.
For an individual user, it's not the best deal ever unless you're currently using the $70 prepaid 5GB plan on T-Mobile and want to use more than 5GB of data and are willing to sign a contract for it.
If you're currently on Straight Talk, then you'd only switch to this if you really needed guaranteed truly unlimited data. If you can keep the data usage lower, ST is obviously a better deal.
Thanks for the info. Saw unlimited and thought it may be a reason to cancel home internet but I guess not.
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Now, your telling me that you don't pay 90 bucks for straight talk and your internet home service combined.. you could be on a crappy internet service then.
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Sure you would pay it, but the real question is: why would you pay it (when there's a cheaper alternative with less risk of being sanctioned for tethering)?
It does depend, but generally you'll want to get the cheapest combination of services possible. And generally that won't include a $90 phone bill.
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Thanks for the info. Saw unlimited and thought it may be a reason to cancel home internet but I guess not.
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Not sure I'd want to rely on a T-Mobile connection for everything in my house including my phone.
I am having the unlimited plus data now which is $20 for 2 GB..
Still thinking if I want to pay $10 extra each month for the unlimited....
2GB is so little.....
I'm guessing it will take awhile, but does anyone know if T-mo's UAstring checking or any other checks are more stringent on these plans compared to the older ones?
every now and then when i spend an afternoon browsing with Chrome i get sent to the upsell page. nothing they can do on their end will reset it. would suck to have it happening more frequently.
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I'm guessing it will take awhile, but does anyone know if T-mo's UAstring checking or any other checks are more stringent on these plans compared to the older ones?
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No one knows. Especially at this point.
every now and then when i spend an afternoon browsing with Chrome i get sent to the upsell page. nothing they can do on their end will reset it. would suck to have it happening more frequently.
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Use a UAstring switcher. Change to Safari or Firefox UAstring.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...2o90jlPHLkCKbHjtA&sig2=gyN8FekifNDXf8sF4gBO2g
Hey guys, recently i bought an ATT S3 from ebay. I've heard that if i had an Iphone 4s with unlimited data plan, i could switch it over to LTE plan with a certain cap, but i would still get throttled unlimited data after. Is this true? and how would i go about doing so?
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Hey guys, recently i bought an ATT S3 from ebay. I've heard that if i had an Iphone 4s with unlimited data plan, i could switch it over to LTE plan with a certain cap, but i would still get throttled unlimited data after. Is this true? and how would i go about doing so?
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I just bought a Galaxy S3 two weeks ago myself and I upgraded from an iPhone 3GS. I had an AT&T unlimited data plan just like you and I was able to keep the unlimited data plan on LTE. Unlimited means unlimited but what AT&T does is throttle your speed down only after you exceed 5GB per month for LTE (for the rest of that month only). The next month your LTE speed goes back up for the first 5 GB ...and so on.
Now if you decide to give up your unlimited data plan and go with a tiered data plan then AT&T will not throttle your speed because you're paying for it.
So if i was wanting to get this kinda of data plan how would i ask for it?
Just explain the situation and ask for it. Had an iPhone with unlimited and want to switch to LTE unlimited. Pretty painless.
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So if i was wanting to get this kinda of data plan how would i ask for it?
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All I did is walk into the AT&T store and told them I had an unlimited data plan on the old phone that I wanted to keep on the new phone. They said okay. Didn't matter if the new phone is on LTE.
Note: Make sure you tell them to also include the texting plan (which is data but separate). I had an old 200 texts/month for $5 and they forgot to add that onto the new plan. Turned out to give me grief and hassle when I found out I couldn't text on my new phone when setting it up at home. Returned to the AT&T store to try to add texting plan back but they couldn't. They said it was an old text plan that was no longer available. Had to contact AT&T customer retention center to get that old texting plan added at the same price.
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
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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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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.
Has anyone else recently had an offer for unlimited data from verizon? I just got that offer today and it's about 30 dollars cheaper than what I'm currently paying. Is this one of those to good to be true deals? From what I've been able to find out, it looks like it's 10gb of tethered 4g data and then switches to 3g and 22gb of data and then switches to 3g. Am I missing something? Does anyone know anything more about it? Is what I read online correct? I can't seem to find anything official from verizon regarding the fine print.
kevintm78 said:
Has anyone else recently had an offer for unlimited data from verizon? I just got that offer today and it's about 30 dollars cheaper than what I'm currently paying. Is this one of those to good to be true deals? From what I've been able to find out, it looks like it's 10gb of tethered 4g data and then switches to 3g and 22gb of data and then switches to 3g. Am I missing something? Does anyone know anything more about it? Is what I read online correct? I can't seem to find anything official from verizon regarding the fine print.
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I work for VZW. It's legit, it's real unlimited with 10gb of tethering at 4g speeds and then deprioritization after 22gb of mobile use. Meaning that if you hit 22gb and are connected to a congested tower, you might be slowed down a bit as other users who don't use as much data will be pushed to the front of the line, so to speak. If you're on a tower that isn't congested, you won't experience any slowdowns. Hope that helps.
Are you in a grandfathered unlimited plan? If so, what you have is true unlimited where this plan offering is throttled after 22gb.
freduser said:
Are you in a grandfathered unlimited plan? If so, what you have is true unlimited where this plan offering is throttled after 22gb.
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I still have the true unlimited plan, it's an altell plan from 15 years or more ago. But my kids and wife don't. I wonder if this would be good for me. But I make them piggy back off my WiFi tether when we go anywhere. And always stay on WiFi. I wish it was 22g per line, instead of the account.
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donelam304 said:
I still have the true unlimited plan, it's an altell plan from 15 years or more ago. But my kids and wife don't. I wonder if this would be good for me. But I make them piggy back off my WiFi tether when we go anywhere. And always stay on WiFi. I wish it was 22g per line, instead of the account.
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I had the same thing. I switched to the new plan and noticed no difference. I think you will be all right.
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donelam304 said:
I still have the true unlimited plan, it's an altell plan from 15 years or more ago. But my kids and wife don't. I wonder if this would be good for me. But I make them piggy back off my WiFi tether when we go anywhere. And always stay on WiFi. I wish it was 22g per line, instead of the account.
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Grandfathered true unlimited is true unlimited per fcc rules. As for having them tether I'm not sure Verizon's stance.
That said, the new plan you will be throttled and can be because it is written as such.
Just keep that in mind.
I just compared my current plan to the Unlimited Plan. I could change and it would be the same price, BUT, not really, because I would lose the Employer discount my wife gets.
dkahs23 said:
I had the same thing. I switched to the new plan and noticed no difference. I think you will be all right.
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On average I myself use 20 gigs to 40 gigs per month. I'm not sure if this would work that well.
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