So did they ever open any sort of lawsuits against sprint for pulling back on WiMax? I really dislike how I've bought 4G WiMax devices, only to never receive WiMax in my area (just outside Detroit). Was it in our contract? Weren't they expected to eventually give it to us since we were paying for it?
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So did they ever open any sort of lawsuits against sprint for pulling back on WiMax? I really dislike how I've bought 4G WiMax devices, only to never receive WiMax in my area (just outside Detroit). Was it in our contract? Weren't they expected to eventually give it to us since we were paying for it?
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I haven't heard of any lawsuits. I'm sure somewhere in the fine print it states 4g wimax will only be available in certain areas.
It states right on the contract and all ads and 4g device packaging its only available in select markets. The $10 fee applies to all smartphones not just 4g capable devices and is a premium data fee, it keeps data unlimited even tho these devices can eat thru a ton of data in a month. I've never had 4g unless I travel and I don't complain since I use over 100gb a month between my 5 lines. You could go to Verizon and pay alot more than $10 extra for capped data. A single line with 10gb data on vzw is $140+ taxes and ends up around $175-180 a month
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It states right on the contract and all ads and 4g device packaging its only available in select markets. The $10 fee applies to all smartphones not just 4g capable devices and is a premium data fee, it keeps data unlimited even tho these devices can eat thru a ton of data in a month. I've never had 4g unless I travel and I don't complain since I use over 100gb a month between my 5 lines. You could go to Verizon and pay alot more than $10 extra for capped data. A single line with 10gb data on vzw is $140+ taxes and ends up around $175-180 a month
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+1. They get around it by calling it a data plan. My wife's first smartphone did not have that fee because they were not offering 4g in our area and they were getting ready to be sued.
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+1. They get around it by calling it a data plan. My wife's first smartphone did not have that fee because they were not offering 4g in our area and they were getting ready to be sued.
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ahh the memories, you are correct.....the first phone to have the $10 added was the evo4g no other phone had the fee....then the epic4g got the fee...it was a 4g fee still no other phone had that fee but could web the same sites as the 4g phone......then sprint was going to get sued cause people were paying for 4g and not getting the service. Then they called it "premium data fee", since most windows/androids could access the same www sites that the 4g phone did and that is how they got around that no matter if you have a 3g/4g or LTE phone.
Sprint will always deny the truth that the 10 fee started first as a 4g fee.
i almost wanna say my samsung instinct had a data fee
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Please get involved even if your not on Verizon.
Sign the petition to unlock the bootloader the S3 on Verizon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756483
Please also read this article and file a complaint with the FCC. You don't have to be a Verizon customer to file a complaint.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/it-is-illegal-for-verizon-to-lock-some-bootloaders/
Thanks
Sorry but i hate Verizon...and people on Verizon should really consider switching.
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Sorry but i hate Verizon.
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Then sign the petition.
i get 450 anytime(unlimited nghts+wkknds) minutes plus unlimited texts for 59.99
Unlimited 4G LTE data for $9.99(limited-time promo plan no longer available)
After taxes and employee discount i end up with a total bill of $70.00 why would i switch from the best coverage network paying one of the lowest amount of money.
When verizon forced me off unlimited data then ill go back to t mobile
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i get 450 anytime(unlimited nghts+wkknds) minutes plus unlimited texts for 59.99
Unlimited 4G LTE data for $9.99(limited-time promo plan no longer available)
After taxes and employee discount i end up with a total bill of $70.00 why would i switch from the best coverage network paying one of the lowest amount of money.
When verizon forced me off unlimited data then ill go back to t mobile
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Until then you will just troll the T-mobile General forum with your locked bootloader. :good:
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Please get involved even if your not on Verizon.
Sign the petition to unlock the bootloader the S3 on Verizon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756483
Please also read this article and file a complaint with the FCC. You don't have to be a Verizon customer to file a complaint.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/it-is-illegal-for-verizon-to-lock-some-bootloaders/
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Why? They released a developer version that's bootloader is unlocked for Verizon
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i get 450 anytime(unlimited nghts+wkknds) minutes plus unlimited texts for 59.99
Unlimited 4G LTE data for $9.99(limited-time promo plan no longer available)
After taxes and employee discount i end up with a total bill of $70.00 why would i switch from the best coverage network paying one of the lowest amount of money.
When verizon forced me off unlimited data then ill go back to t mobile
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Dude I only pay $30/month with unlimited text and data...and you want to brag about your $70/month bill? :silly:
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Dude I only pay $30/month with unlimited text and data...and you want to brag about your $70/month bill? :silly:
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You get throttle i dont.
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Let me see your data speed test results and usage babymathew : )
Exactly ..
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Exactly ..
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We get unlocked bootloaders. Exactly...
Tmobile Galaxy S3.
Besides I'm totally happy with my 20mbps speeds and $40 cheaper than yours. Spending $40 more just to get 16mbps more isdoesn't make sense, does it.
And it gives me more extra $$$ to focus on other more important things in life than your ridiculous "36mbps"
And F**K Verizon....they'll do anything to get more $$$ out of your pockets. Like locking your bootloader just so you can spend more money to get the Unlocked version.
Signed it!
Or before anyone on Verizon bought the phone, they should have known of the locked bootloader... If it's THAT big a deal, you shouldn't have bought it...
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You get throttle i dont.
Let me see your data speed test results and usage babymathew : )
Exactly ..
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Ok for $70 it wouldn't be worth it if they throttled but damn that is awesome
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I would advise keeping Verizon posts in the Verizon forum
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ATT is screwing me by refusing to carry forward my unlimited data plan to LTE and has repeatedly tried to force me onto a capped plan.
I saw a newspaper ad today (archaic - I know!) saying T-Mo has an unlimited everything plan for this phone for $90 and it's tempting. I'm hoping to sell or swap my existing GS3.
Is there anything I should be aware of?
Also, what is T-mo's take on this plan if I try to tether?
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.
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I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.
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His S3 won't get HSPA on T-Mobile. He needs a T-Mobile S3.
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I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.
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I think I already made it clear I anticipated getting a new S3. I know that they aren't fully compatible for 3/4G/LTE.
Re: Tethering. I though this was a new plan - it appears to be as much in the advert.
They block tethering on unlimited data plans but rooted tethering might work. I haven't tried it yet.
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They are trying to kill teather with updates. I tried T-Mobile with still having my main line on att. Speeds were either really fast or dead slow. I'd rather just stick with att because it's decently fast wherever I go.
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I just recently re-upped with T-Mobile. They have two types of plans out right now. They have what they call the classic plan and I can't remember what their new plans are called.
Anyway, with the classic plan you get the phone subsidized, but the plan itself is pretty expensive. On the other hand if you get their newer plan, you pay full price for the phone, but the plan itself is dirt cheap (cheapest I can find among the major carriers). While $600 for a phone might seem like a lot, they only require a $200 down payment and since you're starting a new contract you'll probably get $100 or so knocked off. The rest of the price of the phone is spread throughout the first 20 months of your contract.
Applying a little basic finance and assuming you have a decent stock portfolio, I estimated my cost of my Galaxy S3 at around $350 and my monthly fees went down from $230-250 to its current $140-150.
Don't know much about T-Mobile signal in your area, but if you can manage a consistent 3G I'd say it's worth the cost savings.
I would tell you that you will be very happy with t-mobile vs att, I did the switch my self and I couldn't be any happier, my data is very fast and yes it is faster than att and I get 4g 95% of the time in my area, my brother still have att with the s3 and my phone is way faster than his, on a speed test mine gets between 17000-22000 kbs consent vs his the highest he gets is about 5000-8000
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kbs....I don't care what every one else says..but I drove from Michigan to Florida and I have coverage on t-mobile network 99% of the time....just my own personal experience .....good luck.
I forgot to mention that my phone is bone stock. Stock Rome and no root yet.
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I would tell you that you will be very happy with t-mobile vs att, I did the switch my self and I couldn't be any happier, my data is very fast and yes it is faster than att and I get 4g 95% of the time in my area, my brother still have att with the s3 and my phone is way faster than his, on a speed test mine gets between 17000-22000 kbs consent vs his the highest he gets is about 5000-8000View attachment 1339975kbs....I don't care what every one else says..but I drove from Michigan to Florida and I have coverage on t-mobile network 99% of the time....just my own personal experience .....good luck.
I forgot to mention that my phone is bone stock. Stock Rome and no root yet.
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Outside buildings great. Inside of them not so much. Everyone has a different experience. Hopefully it will be better for you
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I finally got to it, I set my data plan to the new unlimited 4G and wow what a relief. I wasn't throttle for a few days but didn't have time to call tmobile.
I know this isn't new, but **** it. I'm excited haha, I included a ss of the difference of speeds.
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Awesome dude. I got it too and surprisingly I've still only used about 4gb in the past like 20 days.
I finally had to switch from my 5GB "unlimited" to truly unlimited when I got throttled for the first time. Took all about 10 minutes for me to get mad enough to switch.
Come to find out I'm actually saving money when it's all said and done because I was on an old 3,000 minute plan that just wasn't as cost effective as the new plan.
Plus now I'm stoked no throttle worries because ever since I got my Nexus 7 I have been using quite a bit of data. I'm already at 2.7GB with twenty days left in the billing cycle lol
I couldn't take it either, what a pain it was. I'm saving money too. I was paying $35 a month for the 5GB 'unlimited' but now I pay 30.
Now I can use data without worry, it's definitely worth it.
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I get amazing data without lte
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Damn me too, got a text saying I hit my 5GB limit this morning, just got off from 611 switched my plan to the unlimited one, ten bucks extra but I think it's totally worth it.
Wait what do you guys mean unlimited off the prepaid plan... How?
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Are you guys signing 2 year Contacts for the truly unlimited or is there something km missing
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I think it's not exist for prepaid, $20 for value plan, or $30 for classic plan
I dont have unl 4G just unl 2G data, 100kb/s isn't to bad for me especially when I am always connected to a WiFi hotspot 90% of the time when I use my phone. Though when I am able to afford it I am probably going to switch to unl 4G because I mean who doesnt want unl 4G? lol
I had 2Gb and after a month switched to unlimited.
My WIFI is completely off, so far I used 4Gb in 10 days.:good:
Those speeds don't seem to fast I get around 20mbps !
Made the switch to T-mobile back in October and got my first smartphone along with it.
Went with the Value plan for myself along with two other phones.
Unlimited 4G was included and we pay roughly $134 monthly.
Love the fact that I never have to worry about data usage or caps.
However, I am pretty much the only one that uses the data connection on their phone. And I don't use too much.
The coverage in my area just isn't good. Tested a few different modems and found one that helped to increase the data to about 5-12 mbps at home and school.
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Those speeds don't seem to fast I get around 20mbps !
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Yeah, I get around 15mbps myself.
My first month with unlimited data i used 48gb of data without tethering last month i used 38gb of data. Its fast enough that i don't even worry about WiFi even at home. I'm really loving the t mobile right now
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Holy crap that much data without tethering what do you do??
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You're making me jealous of those speeds haha. My connection at home is just horrible. It goes from 4G to edge to ml data at all then to edge, etc. It's just a big hassle
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I hate it when Philly dont get the love from Tmobile, from 160+ cities that got full HSPA speed, philly aint one of them.
Average I got around 4-6 Mbps, some area 9, my home tower is worse, not even 2 Mbps.
Been thinking of leaving Verizon for T-mobile,how is the coverage.
customer service etc.
Verizons network is 99% lte even if it is slow lte since it was one of the first carriers to have it, days of pulling 60mbps are gone. TMO i prefer because it is less congested so you will pull faster speeds in lte zones and get lower ping. I had a bf who uses tmobiles lte as his home wifi and latency was no issue in mmos whereas in same spot with verizon where I pulled 60/20 with a htc thunderbolt two years ago.... i get 12/4.
Switching also gets you access to free international data & apps like spotify dont use your plan and all plans are unlimited data its just 4G speed caps... 0 overages ever. Magenta plans on converting entire 3g market into lte by end of year I heard so its a solid move. I would do it honestly I have both right now due to parents making me stay on it and tmobile has vastly improved on a monthly basis almost here. If you had asked this two years ago ide of said stay on big red but its not the case anymore.
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Verizons network is 99% lte even if it is slow lte since it was one of the first carriers to have it, days of pulling 60mbps are gone. TMO i prefer because it is less congested so you will pull faster speeds in lte zones and get lower ping. I had a bf who uses tmobiles lte as his home wifi and latency was no issue in mmos whereas in same spot with verizon where I pulled 60/20 with a htc thunderbolt two years ago.... i get 12/4.
Switching also gets you access to free international data & apps like spotify dont use your plan and all plans are unlimited data its just 4G speed caps... 0 overages ever. Magenta plans on converting entire 3g market into lte by end of year I heard so its a solid move. I would do it honestly I have both right now due to parents making me stay on it and tmobile has vastly improved on a monthly basis almost here. If you had asked this two years ago ide of said stay on big red but its not the case anymore.
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Reason i asked was Facebook was magically eating data to the tune of 3 gb plus ate all my verizon data.
unless you travel check you coverage or just try tmobile for 7 days check out the program
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If you have T-Mobile coverage where you live then go for it. Do you have any friends with T-Mobile? If so, ask them to come over and see how the network is. I left VZW for T-Mobile but where I live I have great coverage for both companies.
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pick your poison
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Been thinking of leaving Verizon for T-mobile,how is the coverage.
customer service etc.
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service and customer service is top ship. I've been with TMO for 12 yrs or so. Depends on the area you are in .. With that you will have to do the research. Customer svc is great with them. I switched to VZ because i moved to an area where tmo had 1 tower and i could not get a signal at work. I've since switched back and found that the lack in coverage, is great compared to the price difference. I'm paying for 5 phones with TMO what i was paying with VZ. At home i'm on wifi. out in town i get 4g. I live just outside of a 4g area probably 2 miles, so when i'm out and about I get great coverage, when i'm at home, i'm on wifi. My TMO 4g speeds are way better then my wifi at the moment with WOW but i'll wait for them to finish their upgrades as TMO just started expanding the network to rural areas outside of urban cities. For me is was price over performance and VZ completely screwed me over with the launch of the G2 that had flaws, they knew about it, and would not let me trade the phone in. Sorry, but telling me wait a month for the update to use my phone was not acceptable. I'm now willingly using my wifi instead of 4g.
Lately I have been experiencing poor service with simple mobile. In addition to that, they used to have an unlimited flat rate plan, now they add tax. And also they throttle you to edge speeds after 3gigs of data use. After they throttle me, when I reup for the next month it is like a **** show trying to get 4g speeds back. Their CS sucks and they blame it on my phone or sim card all the time. Im officially done.
1) Is there a better mvno out there?
2) Right now i got simple mobiles $50/month plan unlimited everything until after 3gigs of data, then edge speeds and with tax now its $55 and change. Im considering metro pcs $60 flat rate plan unlimited everything for $5 more. Anyone have experience with Metro PCS?
3) Metro pcs offers 4g "lte" speeds, is our phones capable of 4g "lte"? I think simple mobile uses "hspa+" which is supposedly equivalent, doubt it.
Thanks guys for the help.
Don't know about mvno's, but the T999 is not capable of LTE. You'd need the T999L, or if going with Metro, the T999N.
Metro is a good one if you don't want or can't unlock your device. Speeds are as good as T-Mobile with all taxes and fees included and its a flat rate if you pay online, and at store its only $3 payment fee.. As doc said T999 doesn't support LTE, only T999L and T999N..
So both the t999l and t999n are lte capable, but the t999l will not get lte with metro? What service for t999l then?
The two are identical in terms of hardware. Just one has T-Mobile firmware and the ither has metro firmware.
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The two are identical in terms of hardware. Just one has T-Mobile firmware and the ither has metro firmware.
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Thank you.
I use straight talk on AT&T, works great. $45 unlimited call. text, 5GB data. Data is very good.
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I use straight talk on AT&T, works great. $45 unlimited call. text, 5GB data. Data is very good.
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Wow that sounds good! Is it 4g speed data...through the whole 5gigs?
Update: Actually I just read their $45 plan, it says unlimited data and after 3gigs, speed is throttled for remainder of month. It is still $10 cheaper though than simple mobile. Might check it out, thanks.
Yeah I tried Simple Mobile once, they are ridiculous. You go over your data and they pretty much shut your data off and you can't even pay more to get more data. I use straight talk t-mobile on my t999l and love it. Get 3 gigs of 4g lte and after they throttle to 3g I belIeve, I didn't even have to unlock my phone just dropped in the SIM and set the apn and was working. For 45 a month I would recommend to anyone.
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Yeah I tried Simple Mobile once, they are ridiculous. You go over your data and they pretty much shut your data off and you can't even pay more to get more data. I use straight talk t-mobile on my t999l and love it. Get 3 gigs of 4g lte and after they throttle to 3g I belIeve, I didn't even have to unlock my phone just dropped in the SIM and set the apn and was working. For 45 a month I would recommend to anyone.
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You're probably using the T-Mobile straight talk if you didn't have to unlock
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Wow that sounds good! Is it 4g speed data...through the whole 5gigs?
Update: Actually I just read their $45 plan, it says unlimited data and after 3gigs, speed is throttled for remainder of month. It is still $10 cheaper though than simple mobile. Might check it out, thanks.
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when I started it was 3GB but they upped it to 5GB after a month. this is the AT&T plan, maybe TMO is different.
It's not LTE, it's HSPA+ but quite fast here in Maine.
As to unlocking, I just called TMO and they emailed me the code. I owned the phone free and clear.
I get LTE here in Las Vegas on the T-mobile Straight Talk.
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