So I have my Unlocked T999. I was all set to pop a sim for Staright Talk into it to get the $45 unlimited everything Vs. my $80 a month I pay now to TMO. Many people have said I will get throttled if I use a lot of data. I use about 8 gigs a month. Has anyone been throttled, and or not?
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ScottBroker said:
So I have my Unlocked T999. I was all set to pop a sim for Staright Talk into it to get the $45 unlimited everything Vs. my $80 a month I pay now to TMO. Many people have said I will get throttled if I use a lot of data. I use about 8 gigs a month. Has anyone been throttled, and or not?
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You don't get throttled on straight talk you get your service shut off. Read their terms of service it says not to exceed 2gb in one month and like 100 mb a day (I think) but 8gb is too much for straight talk. I too was wanting to switch but googled a lot. Type straight talk data cap into Google and read everything
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T-mo monthly 4g plan?
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You don't get throttled on straight talk you get your service shut off. Read their terms of service it says not to exceed 2gb in one month and like 100 mb a day (I think) but 8gb is too much for straight talk. I too was wanting to switch but googled a lot. Type straight talk data cap into Google and read everything
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That would really suck. Why advertise unlimited if it is not?
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That would really suck. Why advertise unlimited if it is not?
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Because they are idiots yeah I feel ya man it's so freaking stupid
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Because they are idiots yeah I feel ya man it's so freaking stupid
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So I guess I am stuck paying 75 a month!
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You don't get throttled on straight talk you get your service shut off. Read their terms of service it says not to exceed 2gb in one month and like 100 mb a day (I think) but 8gb is too much for straight talk. I too was wanting to switch but googled a lot. Type straight talk data cap into Google and read everything
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I think you need to read Straight Talk's terms of service. Nowhere does it mention "2GB" or "100MB". It doesn't mention any limit at all except no streaming.
People using Straight Talk have determined that it is safe to use 100MBs a day, no more than 2GBs a month. There are exceptions to this rule, some people get away with 3-12GBs.
I would go with AT&T GoPhone. They offer unlimited everything for $50 a month. You can find the $50 refill cards for $47.50 on eBay.
I've been using GoPhone for 14 days now. I used about 350MBs my second day. I didn't get throttled or kicked. With 16 days left, I've used 1.35GBs. Still no throttling.
The catch is that you must use a T-Mobile phone. If you use an AT&T phone, they'll block the data.
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So I guess I am stuck paying 75 a month!
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WHich plan do you have? mines about 67 a month. I have the value plan 500 mintues, unlimited text, and unlimited data. And being a college student on an extremely tight budget it took a lot to convince me to leave my 100 min, unlimitied text, and 5G of data for 30 bucks a month PREPAID But after upgrading to the current plan, im glad i did. Especially since my phone is the only internet source i have. Doing school reports, online banking, online anything, has gotten much simpler now that im not throttled or concerned about using my data lol.
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WHich plan do you have? mines about 67 a month. I have the value plan 500 mintues, unlimited text, and unlimited data. And being a college student on an extremely tight budget it took a lot to convince me to leave my 100 min, unlimitied text, and 5G of data for 30 bucks a month PREPAID But after upgrading to the current plan, im glad i did. Especially since my phone is the only internet source i have. Doing school reports, online banking, online anything, has gotten much simpler now that im not throttled or concerned about using my data lol.
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I have classic 500 minutes 39.95 unlimited data 30, unlimite text 10, and a corporate discount which puts me about 76 a month with the taxes....
St blows. I just switched to tmo from st and I'm soo glad I did. I pay 15 more a month but I have truly unlimited data. On st I was afraid to use data for fear of being throttled or booted. Stay with tmo
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You don't get throttled on straight talk you get your service shut off. Read their terms of service it says not to exceed 2gb in one month and like 100 mb a day (I think) but 8gb is too much for straight talk. I too was wanting to switch but googled a lot. Type straight talk data cap into Google and read everything
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FALSE. Straighttalk will throttle you. I have never been shut off but i am constantly throtted even without using 2gb.
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FALSE. Straighttalk will throttle you. I have never been shut off but i am constantly throtted even without using 2gb.
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They aren't throttling you. Straight Talk has been having network issues in a few areas. Straight Talk doesn't have the ability to throttle even if they wanted to.
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I think you need to read Straight Talk's terms of service. Nowhere does it mention "2GB" or "100MB". It doesn't mention any limit at all except no streaming.
People using Straight Talk have determined that it is safe to use 100MBs a day, no more than 2GBs a month. There are exceptions to this rule, some people get away with 3-12GBs.
I would go with AT&T GoPhone. They offer unlimited everything for $50 a month. You can find the $50 refill cards for $47.50 on eBay.
I've been using GoPhone for 14 days now. I used about 350MBs my second day. I didn't get throttled or kicked. With 16 days left, I've used 1.35GBs. Still no throttling.
The catch is that you must use a T-Mobile phone. If you use an AT&T phone, they'll block the data.
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How are your speeds on att arent they 3G ?
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I think you need to read Straight Talk's terms of service. Nowhere does it mention "2GB" or "100MB". It doesn't mention any limit at all except no streaming.
People using Straight Talk have determined that it is safe to use 100MBs a day, no more than 2GBs a month. There are exceptions to this rule, some people get away with 3-12GBs.
I would go with AT&T GoPhone. They offer unlimited everything for $50 a month. You can find the $50 refill cards for $47.50 on eBay.
I've been using GoPhone for 14 days now. I used about 350MBs my second day. I didn't get throttled or kicked. With 16 days left, I've used 1.35GBs. Still no throttling.
The catch is that you must use a T-Mobile phone. If you use an AT&T phone, they'll block the data.
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hello there. you are correct. no where int he TandS does it say anything about a limit at all.. infact becauase of what people were saying about the limits i called straight talk AND emailed them and both times they told me that there are no limits. but that you CANNOT tether. so i just got new service with them.. if they cut me.. then ill cut them.
hope all goes well though.
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I think you need to read Straight Talk's terms of service. Nowhere does it mention "2GB" or "100MB". It doesn't mention any limit at all except no streaming.
People using Straight Talk have determined that it is safe to use 100MBs a day, no more than 2GBs a month. There are exceptions to this rule, some people get away with 3-12GBs.
I would go with AT&T GoPhone. They offer unlimited everything for $50 a month. You can find the $50 refill cards for $47.50 on eBay.
I've been using GoPhone for 14 days now. I used about 350MBs my second day. I didn't get throttled or kicked. With 16 days left, I've used 1.35GBs. Still no throttling.
The catch is that you must use a T-Mobile phone. If you use an AT&T phone, they'll block the data.
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Of course it doesnt say a data cap in their TOS if it did they couldnt advertise "unlimited data". Just google it. They block you after so many bytes.
But how did you get that data to work on the ATT go plan? did you buy the go phone then swap SIM cards? I figured if the IMEI didnt match the SIM then they would block it. Mind pming me and explaining? As i dont know if XDA would like if you posted in the general forums. Just being safe. lol
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How are your speeds on att arent they 3G ?
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It's 3G/4G. Expect 3MB down, 1MB up. Max I've seen is B down, 2MB up. It's more than fast enough to watch HD YouTube. More reliable than T-Mobile, in my opinion.
I'm loving the coverage. AT&T has way better coverage vs. T-Mobile.
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But how did you get that data to work on the ATT go plan? did you buy the go phone then swap SIM cards? I figured if the IMEI didnt match the SIM then they would block it. Mind pming me and explaining? As i dont know if XDA would like if you posted in the general forums. Just being safe. lol
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I activated the sim using my One S's IMEI. I purchased a regular orange/white AT&T sim from eBay for $10. AT&T GoPhone will block data if you use an AT&T branded phone, or some international phones. The only phones that have consistently worked for me are rmobule phones. I purchased a T-Mobile S III last week.
Basically, activate your GoPhone sim with your T-Mobile phone IMEI, and use it in a T-Mobile phone.
I've swapped my sim into AT&T phones and then back into my T-Mobile One S, and data still works.
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It's 3G/4G. Expect 3MB down, 1MB up. Max I've seen is B down, 2MB up. It's more than fast enough to watch HD YouTube. More reliable than T-Mobile, in my opinion.
I'm loving the coverage. AT&T has way better coverage vs. T-Mobile.
I activated the sim using my One S's IMEI. I purchased a regular orange/white AT&T sim from eBay for $10. AT&T GoPhone will block data if you use an AT&T branded phone, or some international phones. The only phones that have consistently worked for me are rmobule phones. I purchased a T-Mobile S III last week.
Basically, activate your GoPhone sim with your T-Mobile phone IMEI, and use it in a T-Mobile phone.
I've swapped my sim into AT&T phones and then back into my T-Mobile One S, and data still works.
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Hmm, imma have to try this.. And i agree with you their coverage is wayyyy better than t-mobiles. And you have unlimited data unlimited talk and unlimited text? You havent gotten throttled or capped?
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Hmm, imma have to try this.. And i agree with you their coverage is wayyyy better than t-mobiles. And you have unlimited data unlimited talk and unlimited text? You havent gotten throttled or capped?
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No throttling and data still works. Unlimited everything.
The only catch, like I said, is you can't use an AT&T or some international phones. That means no iPhone
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Straighttalk doesnt have network issues because they dont have a network to begin with. They are an att mvno atleast with the att sim. They WILL throttle you if you abuse the per day limit of MBs and tether. I can validate this as ive been warned twice already for going over the limits (which are no where to be found even though they say its in the ToS) and tethering. I am currrently being throttled to 0.15mbps for more than a week. Everytime i call and ***** about being throttled they warn and unthrottle me but start to do it again a few days later. If you dont think im being throttled please explain how my connections download speed is always 0.15mbps and why the customer service rep told me i was being throttled for being in violation with att's terms and conditions?! you can see my previous speeds vary from 2-8mbps and when im throttled it is garbage.
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Straighttalk doesnt have network issues because they dont have a network to begin with. They are an att mvno atleast with the att sim. They WILL throttle you if you abuse the per day limit of MBs and tether. I can validate this as ive been warned twice already for going over the limits (which are no where to be found even though they say its in the ToS) and tethering. I am currrently being throttled to 0.15mbps for more than a week. Everytime i call and ***** about being throttled they warn and unthrottle me but start to do it again a few days later. If you dont think im being throttled please explain how my connections download speed is always 0.15mbps and why the customer service rep told me i was being throttled for being in violation with att's terms and conditions?! you can see my previous speeds vary from 2-8mbps and when im throttled it is garbage.
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Cant you take them to court for that ?? Getting throttled when you know they have faster speeds and no where in there TOS says anything about that ?? They cant just do that idk my 2 cents
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I was told that if I bought a Simm card from them for $12 I could still use the T-Mobile service? Its $45 a month unlimited. If I pay 200 to term my T-mobile Account, I break even in 5 months??? Vs. the *0 a month I spend now. Is this true?????
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I was told that if I bought a Simm card from them for $12 I could still use the T-Mobile service? Its $45 a month unlimited. If I pay 200 to term my T-mobile Account, I break even in 5 months??? Vs. the *0 a month I spend now. Is this true?????
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I'm gonna guess you meant $80 since that is where the star key is on the keyboard and you are more than likely on a post paid plan. Yes, Straight Talk is just a virtual carrier of T-Mobile/AT&T. It is prepaid and there is limitations. T-Mobile also has prepaid Unlimited for $50 just so you have options here.
But there is a catch to Straight Talk – unlimited is actually limited. If you start using too much data, you WILL be cut off, and will lose your prepaid time, and they will disable your sim card / phone from working on their virtual network. Read fine print to understand the details of unlimited “web browsing” (that is no tethering, no downloading, no youtube). In a nutshell – Straight Talk will cut off heavy data users after about 2-3 GB in one month, and if you are not cut off right away, there is always that chance. If you use mobile web moderately, you are safe.
By contrast – T-Mo gives you 5GB of full speed data (up-to 42Mbps, which is comparable with LTE speeds), and even if you go over 5GB, they will throttle your speed to 2G – not cut you off or charge you extra.
Straighttalk WILL THROTTLE you even if you consume less than 1gb. I was 2 days into my month when my service was throttled. I called and it was fixed. (had consumed less than 200mbs) and then i was throtteled again the next day. They said i was being throttled and my regular speeds were gonna return when my service plan ended (which was like 27 days latee). I told them hell no and that i wanted the service i paided for. They said i had violated some terms for data usage and that i could not use tethering. Since then ive only used my cell to browse my emails and check news and its being throttled once again. Im moving to tmobile once my month is up.
If you use your phone moderately, you should be fine.
Im using a att micro sim.
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kobe4rings said:
Straighttalk WILL THROTTLE you even if you consume less than 1gb. I was 2 days into my month when my service was throttled. I called and it was fixed. (had consumed less than 200mbs) and then i was throtteled again the next day. They said i was being throttled and my regular speeds were gonna return when my service plan ended (which was like 27 days latee). I told them hell no and that i wanted the service i paided for. They said i had violated some terms for data usage and that i could not use tethering. Since then ive only used my cell to browse my emails and check news and its being throttled once again. Im moving to tmobile once my month is up.
If you use your phone moderately, you should be fine.
Im using a att micro sim.
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This has been reported using a StraightTalk SIM using at&T's network not the ones using T-Mobile's network though. StraightTalk service with a T-Mobile SIM rocks assuming TM has good coverage in your area.
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jlczl said:
This has been reported using a StraightTalk SIM using at&T's network not the ones using T-Mobile's network though. StraightTalk service with a T-Mobile SIM rocks assuming TM has good coverage in your area.
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Wow A lot to consider. I used 12 gigs last month w/o tethering. I was planning on buying a T-mobile Simm. But now, I have read 2 people saying I will be throttled. I guess I will call them and see. Someone mentioned a $50 T-mobile plan? I pay I think 80 for mine with the new unlimited data....
I have been using straight talm byop for like 8 months now. First with my htc amaze now with my galaxy s3 and I average close to 15gb a month. I have never been throttled.
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ScottBroker said:
Wow A lot to consider. I used 12 gigs last month w/o tethering. I was planning on buying a T-mobile Simm. But now, I have read 2 people saying I will be throttled. I guess I will call them and see. Someone mentioned a $50 T-mobile plan? I pay I think 80 for mine with the new unlimited data....
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Research this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
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I used 8 gigs last month no throttle att straigthtalk sim
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tgamble160 said:
I have been using straight talm byop for like 8 months now. First with my htc amaze now with my galaxy s3 and I average close to 15gb a month. I have never been throttled.
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Most ive used was like 3GBs and then the next cycle i got throttled for a whole month. I live in Puerto Rico btw but my brother lives in Orlando and he gets throttled too.
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Most ive used was like 3GBs and then the next cycle i got throttled for a whole month. I live in Puerto Rico btw but my brother lives in Orlando and he gets throttled too.
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If I cancel my T-Mobile now, my cycle reset today, will I get a credit, or do they make you pay the whole month?
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If I cancel my T-Mobile now, my cycle reset today, will I get a credit, or do they make you pay the whole month?
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if your talking about straighttalk. its non refundable.
They recently revamped their throttling...
I used to be able to get a reset when I called in to them.
Last week when I got throttled, I called them and they told me I was in violation of the agreement and it would be reset at the end of the cycle.
Called again and the rep did the reset... The very next day I got throttled again and I can't get anybody to give me a reset. (12 calls).
I am thinking that they give 2 resets per refill card or they are cutting off resets all-together.
Has anybody here got a reset since yesterday?
My current T mobile plan is: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Text, and Unlimited Data (2GB of 4g, then throttled) for $79.99/month, plus a discount, so I pay $78 every month.
Now I never looked at Verizon plans because I have always heard they were so much more expensive.. so tonight I decide to look into it.. and I don't know If I am looking at them wrong or what..
But I see a plan.. SHARE EVERYTHING UNL TALK & TEXT 4GB $70 0612
Which I would read as Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Text, and 4GB of LTE/4G Data for $70???
Is this correct or what? If it is that means I can get more with Verizon for less than T-Mobile? OR am I not seeing some extra fees and what not?
and BTW, with the 2GB on T mobile, I never go over, the most I used was about 1.8GB a month.. so I don't need unlimited data.
I just made a plan through their mobile website and it looks like they charge an extra $40 per smartphone on top of the plan price. The total for a 4Gb plan would be $110.
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Their "share everything" plans are a great concept, but you probably overlooked the device fee ($40 per smartphone).
They charge a fixed fee for each device that ties into it, and then all devices share all data/voice/text allotments and you simply purchase enough for your combined usage.
It's a great concept for families where everyone uses just a little more than one tier gives them and so instead of all of them having to pay for the next higher tier, they can aggregate and their average ends up with a cheaper combined tier. As an example, if they have a tier at 500MB and everyone uses 600-700MB then they might all have to individually upgrade to the 2GB plan. But, if they combine then they can get away with a single 2GB amongst 3 family members.
One of the big benefits for individual users is that you can share data between your smartphone and your tablet and the tablet only had a $10 fee to buy in. Typically you access things on your tablet or your smartphone, so the usage on both is usually not much higher than the usage on a single plan with one device. Essentially, you could probably get a tablet and add it to your plan for only $10 a month total.
But, at $40 per smartphone I'm not sure how much of a boon it is for families compared to the "add a tablet for $10/month" scenario.
Wow! That's a joke! 40$ a month just because you're using one of their devices, that doesn't even make sense.
So after all the mobile is cheaper
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Yea the plans are REALLY deceptive. I think it's $30 per dumbphone and $40 per smart ON TOP of the $70 for the plan. So even when you share with a flip it's almost like adding a whole nother plan. Tmo is cool because you can add lines and NOT give them data/texting.
Yes, Verizon works well if you have three phones and not much data, ie two people is $75 per person shared 4GB. But for three smartphones it would be $64 for 4GB shared. t-mo is cheaper, but omg you better like edge and gprs even.
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Yes, Verizon works well if you have three phones and not much data, ie two people is $75 per person shared 4GB. But for three smartphones it would be $64 for 4GB shared. t-mo is cheaper, but omg you better like edge and gprs even.
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Dunno what you're smoking, I set up a wifi hotspot with my S3 and tether my Nexus 7 to it all the time, no problems streaming hd from Netflix.
Actually, I guess it's all depending on your market. I never have any issues anywhere around the Minneapolis area.
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Yes, Verizon works well if you have three phones and not much data, ie two people is $75 per person shared 4GB. But for three smartphones it would be $64 for 4GB shared. t-mo is cheaper, but omg you better like edge and gprs even.
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Uhhh.. grandfathered with data for one phone 2GB and two flips was $140, shared plan was $170. I went with tmo for $95.
Ohh you said PER PERSON. The difference is huge still.
Yeah I'll just stay away from them. To get the same plan with Verizon that I have with the mobile it would be 100$ plus tax... And right now I pay 78.
When I renew my contract I'll most likely get the 500mins (I checked my bills for the last three months and I never go over) unlimited text and unlimited 4G for 79.99$.
Orrr I might switch to simple mobile... Unlimited everything 50$ a month and they use the t mobile towers. I've had them before and had no problems.
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Verizon is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Sprint is probably cheaper than Tmobile for the most part + unlimited, but it's very deceptive advertising as their LTE is hardly rolled out anywhere. Their 3G is almost like Dialup too. Just keep Tmobile.
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Verizon is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Sprint is probably cheaper than Tmobile for the most part + unlimited, but it's very deceptive advertising as their LTE is hardly rolled out anywhere. Their 3G is almost like Dialup too. Just keep Tmobile.
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Yeah I've heard plenty bad things about sprint data. Yep ill most likely stick with t mobile or switch to their son simple mobile lol
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Yeah I've heard plenty bad things about sprint data. Yep ill most likely stick with t mobile or switch to their son simple mobile lol
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I've used Sprint for years and their data is PAINFULLY slow. Even "4g" was giving me 1ish Mbps. I switched to VZW and the service is awesome but the cost is really bothering me. I'm currently on VZW paying $75.00 a month for 4gigs of data 450min and 1000 text messages. Every month I go over in texts and it pushes me to $80ish
I just ordered a S2 from Tmo and I'm going to check out the $30.00 prepaid for a couple of weeks to see how well the service compares to VZW. Upon telling my boss this he laughed and told me Tmo sucks in our area and he just switched to VZW from Tmo so I might be stuck on VZW for the forseable future.
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I've used Sprint for years and their data is PAINFULLY slow. Even "4g" was giving me 1ish Mbps. I switched to VZW and the service is awesome but the cost is really bothering me. I'm currently on VZW paying $75.00 a month for 4gigs of data 450min and 1000 text messages. Every month I go over in texts and it pushes me to $80ish
I just ordered a S2 from Tmo and I'm going to check out the $30.00 prepaid for a couple of weeks to see how well the service compares to VZW. Upon telling my boss this he laughed and told me Tmo sucks in our area and he just switched to VZW from Tmo so I might be stuck on VZW for the forseable future.
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I would switch to Verizon but they are just too expensive. 2gb data unlimited mins and text=100$ plus tax.
On tmobile I get that for 78$. And don't have to worry about over fees because t mobile just throttles you. The highest speed test I got was 30mb. But average is 10mb and about 2.5 up
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If you want cheap T-Mobile is the way to go. The 2 line unlimited plan for $99 cant be beat, unless you go prepaid. But you probably wouldn't be in the s3 forums if you were wanting prepaid.
If you haven't, try to see if you can get any work discounts. It would probably help a bit on costs.
Lol don't know why people make such a big stink over Verizon. I had them for the last 8-9 years and I switched to Tmobile. It was easier than expected honestly. Sure their network isn't as good as Verizon but it's not so distinctly different where if you put the same phone and did a Web browsing test that someone would tell a difference. If I am downloading a huge rom then it's noticeable but for forum surfing and websites (don't do much more than that at work since... Well I'm working lol and I have wifi at home) its just fine.
It's funny because if you knew me then you would know this doesn't sound like me because I am a spec freak... Also it isn't the cost that bothers me. I work 60 hours a week and I can afford Verizon its just the lack of value. Maybe it's because Verizon doesn't give a **** about its customers and they don't try to hide it. Maybe it's because I do work so many damn hours and if I don't see value in my spending I won't buy it. Idk. Either way I'm thrilled with Tmobile and have no reason to go back. Also, I'm in a sort of crappy Tmobile area where everywhere around me gets 5-25mbs and I'm in the one patch that gets less than 2 lol
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For 3 lines with ins.:
Sprint had me at $222 (15% off)
Verizon would have been $228 (25% off data)
Tmobile has me at $180 (15% off)
The speeds are way better than what I had on Sprint even with the EvoLTE and the download speeds are on par with every Verizon phone I have come across. Verizon's upload speeds are faster (like 5 to 2)
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For 3 lines with ins.:
Sprint had me at $222 (15% off)
Verizon would have been $228 (25% off data)
Tmobile has me at $180 (15% off)
Tbe speeds are way better that what I had on Sprint even the EvoLTE and the download speeds are on par with every Verizon phone I come accross. Verizon's upload speeds are faster (like 5 to 2)
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Just left sprint for t-mobile, so far so good, I live in Northern New jersey work in queens, haven't had any signal issues yet, strong signal indoors. Defintely a better data experience. I can actuality get a signal and use at my job in LIC. Nice to have functional service. Still have to test in philly where I go a lot, but for right now sprint < tmobile.
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Just left sprint for t-mobile, so far so good, I live in Northern New jersey work in queens, haven't had any signal issues yet, strong signal indoors. Defintely a better data experience. I can actuality get a signal and use at my job in LIC. Nice to have functional service. Still have to test in philly where I go a lot, but for right now sprint < tmobile.
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Yeah I'm with sprint now. I switched from tmobile from being customer for 6 years. And I gotta say worst mistake!! I'm so upset with the speeds. I mean I cant even get Pandora to work.
Needless to say I will be turning this pretty gs3 back to best buy and cancel my sprint. And reactivate my T-Mobile account.
Can't believe I shot my self in the foot like that.
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For some who don't know T-Mobile is undergoing a huge network upgrade so expect some big changes soon with service its only getting better from here guys jump on the Tmo express
Just wondering if anyone inside the US is doing a straight talk prepaid plan with a Note II. I really want to know what the best route to do this is. Such as where to get the phone, and how to transfer the number. Thanks in advance people!
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Just buy the straight talk SIM, and put it in your note 1 or 2 and your good to go
Obviously you note has to be SIM unlocked
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I had a note 1 and a sgs3 that WASNT unlocked and it worked fine with st. I now have the n7100 and it also works fine. Go to www.straighttalk.com and order the AT&T compatible sim. When you get it in go back to the website and activate it and port your number.
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Note 2 and Straight Talk = Match made in Heaven
Twistedchild420 said:
Note 2 and Straight Talk = Match made in Heaven
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Ugh... I want to make the jump so bad from my Droid 3 but a hearty ETF stands in my way. I have the AT&T SIM card just decided if I'm going to get the international or wait for the US release...and pay the ETF.
Does it support the 4G rated speeds on AT&T or other networks?
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Does it support the 4G rated speeds on AT&T or other networks?
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No LTE but does support HSPA+. 8Mbps down and 1Mbps up is the fastest I saw in my area. Don't expect unlimited data, 2GB seems to be the consensus on the ATT sim.
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No LTE but does support HSPA+. 8Mbps down and 1Mbps up is the fastest I saw in my area. Don't expect unlimited data, 2GB seems to be the consensus on the ATT sim.
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Well then, looks like I'm sticking with Sprint. Thanks for the input!
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And be sure to port your number at the time of activation. I thought it was a two-step process and activated WITHOUT porting and they had to send me a new SIM, as its only good for 1 activation. BUT the good news is, they quickly answered my call & resolved my issue hassle free...i was worried having dealt with Cricket in the past, but this Straight Talk is the real deal, been happy as a clam for 5 mos with them. It was only me on the plan so my savings from AT&T is like $70.00 a mo, but the way i see it, Straight Talk paid for my Galaxy Note II with money leftover ST: $45x24 mos=$1080.00 + $725.00 cost of phone = $1805.00 ATT: $120x24=$2880.00 +$299 Cost of phone = 3099.00 Savings $1294.00
If you can give up LTE (i could) and walk-in service its a no brainer oh yeah - and 15.00 for activation, don't wanna redo all the math but just deduct $15 from total savings : )
Since G-Note II takes micro-sim and had to take a deep breath when i put the SIM in the cutter (purchased from e-bay $5.00) becuase if i had screwed it up i would had to wait for a new SIM but it went off without a hitch. As soon as i keyed in the APN of my Samsung Infuse, i had my lil H+ signal and was good to go....
Also, just a heads up to anyone who thinks 2 GB (approx 100MB a day) is not enough data, for me, i have 3 G watchdog set to disable data at 80% for 100MB a day and it has never come close to the limit... i use my internet on phone to search about 50 to 60 sites a day... One word of caution tho, if you land on a page that "automatically plays a video ad", you need to pause that sucker because that alone with eat up approx 1MB for each second or so it plays. All those ads have a pause button, but you have to hover over the ad to get it to appear.... : )
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And be sure to port your number at the time of activation. I thought it was a two-step process and activated WITHOUT porting and they had to send me a new SIM, as its only good for 1 activation. BUT the good news is, they quickly answered my call & resolved my issue hassle free...i was worried having dealt with Cricket in the past, but this Straight Talk is the real deal, been happy as a clam for 5 mos with them. It was only me on the plan so my savings from AT&T is like $70.00 a mo, but the way i see it, Straight Talk paid for my Galaxy Note II with money leftover ST: $45x24 mos=$1080.00 + $725.00 cost of phone = $1805.00 ATT: $120x24=$2880.00 +$299 Cost of phone = 3099.00 Savings $1294.00 If you can give up LTE (i could) and walk-in service its a no brainer oh yeah - and 15.00 for activation, don't wanna redo all the math but just deduct $15 from total savings : )
Since G-Note II takes micro-sim and had to take a deep breath when i put the SIM in the cutter (purchased from e-bay $5.00) becuase if i had screwed it up i would had to wait for a new SIM but it went off without a hitch. As soon as i keyed in the APN of my Samsung Infuse, i had my lil H+ signal and was good to go....
Also, just a heads up to anyone who thinks 2 GB (approx 100MB a day) is not enough data, for me, i have 3 G watchdog set to disable data at 80% for 100MB a day and it has never come close to the limit... i use my internet on phone to search about 50 to 60 sites a day... One word of caution tho, if you land on a page that "automatically plays a video ad", you need to pause that sucker because that alone with eat up approx 1MB for each second or so it plays. All those ads have a pause button, but you have to hover over the ad to get it to appear.... : )
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How are the speeds?
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How are the speeds?
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Honestly they vary between 2MB and 6MB down, i never pay attn to up, but completely consistant connection. In the 5 mos i ve had them, never once have i had data connection drop. Since streaming & downloading videos isn't permitted anyway, just unlimited site surfing, those speeds are more than ample....
Many ppl don't realize if you select an AT&T Sim, Straight Talk will only only use AT&T towers, (At&t allows them to use them for a cost and then Straight Talk re-harvests them out, so to speak....) so if AT&T's coverage is good in ur area and you just need internet for surfing and emails and maybe maintaining your Instagram acct, you're golden : )
It's funny op opened this thread, I ordered my straight talk micro SIM card two days ago and it'll arrive tomorrow. I'm so excited to leave crappy gophone!
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No LTE but does support HSPA+. 8Mbps down and 1Mbps up is the fastest I saw in my area. Don't expect unlimited data, 2GB seems to be the consensus on the ATT sim.
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Two gigs is more than enough for me. On AT&T gophone, I used 2 gigs in a little over 3 months doing heavy use ( for my use its heavy at least). People don't realize, forums like tapatalk and apps don't use that much data. When u do that you're good to go.
I tried it with my brother's sim and the HSPA was pretty fast but no LTE.
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I use wayy too much data....too much YouTube and Google Currents reading stacks my usage up pretty high. So, unfortunately I cannot dig on 2GB a month...I use that in like 4 days. I thought they had an unlimited data plan at $45 a month?
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I use wayy too much data....too much YouTube and Google Currents reading stacks my usage up pretty high. So, unfortunately I cannot dig on 2GB a month...I use that in like 4 days. I thought they had an unlimited data plan at $45 a month?
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Well apparently that unlimited data is really 2gigs of data. Personally that's more than I can use, there's wifi everywhere I go (work, home, Starbucks you name it).
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..... I thought they had an unlimited data plan at $45 a month?
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The devil is in the details...lol Its actually "unlimited web", not unlimited data (in other words no downloading videos or streaming, but doing everything else (web searches, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, gmail etc) to your hearts content shouldn't be a problem
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I tried it with my brother's sim and the HSPA was pretty fast but no LTE.
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Nope, no LTE but for the above actions LTE is completely unneccessary and you'd barely notice the diff
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Two gigs is more than enough for me. On AT&T gophone, I used 2 gigs in a little over 3 months doing heavy use ( for my use its heavy at least). People don't realize, forums like tapatalk and apps don't use that much data. When u do that you're good to go.
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2GB really can be a lot more than MOST ppl need which is why they are doing so well. Cutting a cell phone bill in half as they advertise is worth it to a lot of ppl to reign in their data consumption. I know for me i just wait till i'm on wi-fi to upload or watch my vids and i'm good.
And not having to deal with a cell phone company everrrrrrrr is awesome. I just have S.T. on autopay and 3G Data Watchdog installed set with a DAILY 100MB limit to alert me when i reach 75% (in 5 months i have never reached that limit) and i never think about either one : )
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
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans-new.html#fbid=f2Xx7eUnplO
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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.
Havent seen any posts about this or a clue when they brought them back, but straighttalk now has at&t sims. Got mine! Can be ordered also at walmart.com for a whopping savings of .04 cents.
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Havent seen any posts about this or a clue when they brought them back, but straighttalk now has at&t sims. Got mine! Can be ordered also at walmart.com for a whopping savings of .04 cents.
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Seriously??? Thought they were done for good selling the at&t version? I'll have to check that out and buy a few for backups. Thanks!!
They started august 12
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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You are correct sir! U only get about 2 gb a month with straight talk before u are throttled, happens to me every time at about my last week of service, and it is very annoying!! I will definitely be checking into this, but on another note, IPhone? Really??? I wouldn't take one if they were giving them away!! Hahaha...
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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While you are right, I live no where near LTE so it doesn't bother me. And I don't call at&t for customer service anyway. They are useless there too. But gives people options. I'm still going for cheapest.
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You are correct sir! U only get about 2 gb a month with straight talk before u are throttled, happens to me every time at about my last week of service, and it is very annoying!! I will definitely be checking into this, but on another note, IPhone? Really??? I wouldn't take one if they were giving them away!! Hahaha...
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Yea i have a iphone 4s as a backup phone. As i was using it as a example because with st, you have to jailbreak to have mms, but with gophone everything works out the gate! which is a positive because alot of people may not want to tweak with their phone to get simple things to work. And what sold me was the warranty claim i got and im on prepaid! While i dont call customer service ever, it nice to know and a piece of mind that i HAVE cs when i need it. and with my area having lte it was a no brainer, and the fact that i can blow my data in a day if i wanted to. you pay for what your getting and KNOW what to except. i got throttled on st because one day i use over 100mb and some days later i get throttled to a useless speed that i cant do anything data wise without being around some wifi on my phone. The only thing st has going for it is it price, but for me and after tax with st, im paying 2-4 dollars more a month but im getting so much more in return!
I've had ST for a while now & I like the service. It's $90/mo after taxes for my 2 phones ( mine & my wife's ) since we pay $42.50/mo w/ the autopay discount deal they had @ the time.
No CS? No problem. I've had AT&T since 2000 until I moved to ST last year. AT&T's CS wasn't very good @ all... it took 3 days of the 5th degree & 3 "senior" techs to finally diagnose one of my phones as non-working... @ this was w/ a family plan that ran us $170/mo after taxes.
The other thing was the removal of my grandfathered plan of unlimited data + 1500 texts for $40/mo when I bought my GS3.
So.. $42.50/mo w/ 2 gigs of data ( throttled after ), unlimited talk & unlimited text is just fine for us. The Iowa City, Ia area doesn't have LTE & I can barely get stable 3G out here; so I'm not concerned about the loss of LTE.
I work at Walmart and we stopped carrying the straight talk/net ten carry over package because they don't sell and from what I've been told the only way to buy straight talk att sims was Amazon or eBay since st didn't sell them anymore. So don't expect to walk into wall mart and buy the sim, they don't do that anymore.
Just looked at the straight talk sight and they do have are "compatible" sims so now I can tell people to go buy it online and leave me alone 14.99 for a sim 45$ "unlimited" everything you'll be paying 63.59$ USD your first go round. In new York at least. Home to 8% sales tax
Don't expect 4g or to be able to use a 4g phone easily. From what st customer service told us is on iphones especially most features don't work, for instance MMS only works from one iPhone to another something im sure you could fix in the APN settings
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Theyre tmobile sims
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Theyre tmobile sims
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Actually they now have at&t Sims again as per my op.
http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...cards&zip=93535&market=GSM4&locale=en&lang=EN
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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Any special promo codes needed for the $52? it's showing me $57.
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Any special promo codes needed for the $52? it's showing me $57.
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I've been using callingmart for a long time so when you have enough point you can use those points to knock off percentage
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I am using ST without issues. Happy with 4g service and 2gb data.
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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I've had a few customers come into the store who needed an APN change it happens but not sure why
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I've had a few customers come into the store who needed an APN change it happens but not sure why
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Is there a difference in data speeds or anything else?
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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I read somewhere (can't remember where) that anyone with the old apns had to change due to the change in contract with at&t.
Nope not that I'm aware of
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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If you don't mind me asking, where do you live? Do you use YouTube? What are your typical speeds? Can you stream with no problems? Stories differ so much from person to person, I just want to make sure all questions are answered if I use this. I have the option of doing the family mobile deal with Walmart and getting an employee discount, which brings the monthly down to like $25, but as its T-Mobile I'll have to do one of the mods to be able to use it. I'm not ever in an area of LTE so I really don't care about that. I just want to make sure streaming (music, video, YouTube) is allowed with straighttalk. Also, if I take my number with me that I've had for 10 years and then find its not for me, do I lose my number?