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from iphone 4 at&t to S3. at&t unlimited or verizon shared?

So after have a iphone 3g and iphone 4 for last 4 years I am pretty sick of having basically the same thing for 4 years other than my 4 has a better processor and screen compared to 3G. So I'm looking to get out of the iphone and my contract just ended on saturday.
I have been looking and considering getting the S3 but I am very conflicted at the moment. I live in Charlotte NC and both at&t 4g lte and verizon's 4g lte are offered in Charlotte but verizon's lte coverage just smacks at&t's lte coverage(especially in the southeast u.s.).
As of right now I still have unlimited with at&t but just do to the vastness of verizon's lte coverage I have been wanting to switch for sometime and especially since my wife has a Razr on verizon lte I've been blown away by it compared to at&t normal 3g speeds of course.
I do travel with work so the coverage is important but basically I'm not sure if it's worth giving up my unlimited data with extreme lack of lte but great amount of hspa+ for verizon's lte.
and yes I see the reports on the locked bootloader from verizon... which has me thinking maybe I should just wait on this leaked and possible Razr HD or just say screw you verizon.
I don't know. I'm confused

At&t's "Unlimited" is not unlimited for LTE. You only get 5GB per month. I know that's a lot of data, but you'd be surprised how fast that gets used up, AND you will get throttled after that until you next billing cycle. So you may need to take that into consideration.

hcyplr29 said:
At&t's "Unlimited" is not unlimited for LTE. You only get 5GB per month. I know that's a lot of data, but you'd be surprised how fast that gets used up, AND you will get throttled after that until you next billing cycle. So you may need to take that into consideration.
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oh my i have not discovered that fact yet. wow. that kinda defeats purpose of unlimited then

Descadent said:
oh my i have not discovered that fact yet. wow. that kinda defeats purpose of unlimited then
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Additionally, once you're 1mb over your limit, you get charged another fee [whatever rate your plan is] for that month again.

teh roxxorz said:
Additionally, once you're 1mb over your limit, you get charged another fee [whatever rate your plan is] for that month again.
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this i don't see not even on their website saying anything about additional charges
http :// www .att. com/ esupport/ datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel1160000000U

anyone have any opinions further on what I should do?

teh roxxorz said:
Additionally, once you're 1mb over your limit, you get charged another fee [whatever rate your plan is] for that month again.
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Not exactly, there are differences.
On a grandfathered unlimited plan you get up to 5GB of data with an LTE device, 3GB on a non-LTE device. After 5GB (or 3GB) you will be throttled till your next billing cycle. As low as 160k with my past experiences of being throttled, which is useless.
On a tiered plan 3GB ($30) or 5GB ($50) you will get billed an extra $10 per GB you go over until your bill cycle ends. You do not get throttled on this plan, you just pay the overage. Its set up differently than the unlimited plan.

hcyplr29 said:
At&t's "Unlimited" is not unlimited for LTE. You only get 5GB per month. I know that's a lot of data, but you'd be surprised how fast that gets used up, AND you will get throttled after that until you next billing cycle. So you may need to take that into consideration.
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was on iPhone 4..i still have my grandfather unlimited* been throttled once on 3G was bad speeds... hows is when on throttle 4G LTE ? edge like speeds? thats how it was on my i4 on 3G.. i know ill hit it again but never on LTE yet

the debate for me really is att lte vs. verizon lte as a att 5g throttlecap will be there with my unlimited or switch to verizon and get 4gb or 6gb shared. either way neither are truly unlimited. Yea att may still be unlimited but just google searching and seeing throttling results around 16k... it's like wow... useless..what works at 16k dl??? what do i choose? 5gb throttle cap or verizon 4 or 6gb cap, and that's before we get into the fact verizon is locked.

Descadent said:
So after have a iphone 3g and iphone 4 for last 4 years I am pretty sick of having basically the same thing for 4 years other than my 4 has a better processor and screen compared to 3G. So I'm looking to get out of the iphone and my contract just ended on saturday.
I have been looking and considering getting the S3 but I am very conflicted at the moment. I live in Charlotte NC and both at&t 4g lte and verizon's 4g lte are offered in Charlotte but verizon's lte coverage just smacks at&t's lte coverage(especially in the southeast u.s.).
EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR YOUR 1ST ANDROID DEVICE. I CAME FROM THE 4S AND WILL NEVER GO BACK. IF YOU SAY THE COVERAGE IS BETTER WITH VERIZON I'D GIVE THEM THE EDGE HERE.
As of right now I still have unlimited with at&t but just do to the vastness of verizon's lte coverage I have been wanting to switch for sometime and especially since my wife has a Razr on verizon lte I've been blown away by it compared to at&t normal 3g speeds of course.
"WHEN" YOU GET YOUR S3, YOU CAN BLOW YOUR WIFES RAZR AWAY. :laugh:
I do travel with work so the coverage is important but basically I'm not sure if it's worth giving up my unlimited data with extreme lack of lte but great amount of hspa+ for verizon's lte.
and yes I see the reports on the locked bootloader from verizon... which has me thinking maybe I should just wait on this leaked and possible Razr HD or just say screw you verizon.
YOU'VE KINDA ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTIONS. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. I have the S3 on att in vegas, and I get 20-25MBs on LTE. I've just had to change my data habits and use wifi as much as possible (@work and @home). I stay under 3GB per month so I'm happy.
I don't know. I'm confused
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Good Luck!!!
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markysd said:
was on iPhone 4..i still have my grandfather unlimited* been throttled once on 3G was bad speeds... hows is when on throttle 4G LTE ? edge like speeds? thats how it was on my i4 on 3G.. i know ill hit it again but never on LTE yet
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Well I got the Skyrocket about 6 months ago, my first LTE device. I had unlimited but at the time I was getting throttled at 2GB. That was a week into my billing cycle. The Skyrocket threads were blowing up with throttling and how to bypass it. There was a minor fix, being able to switch to an older APN, but we only got HSPA speeds, 1-1.5MBs. I couldn't take it anymore and gave in to AT&T and switched to a 5GB tiered plan. A couple months after that, there was a lawsuit against AT&T and the people won, so AT&T switched their policy and gave unlimited users 5GB for the same $30. Needless to say I wasn't allowed to switch back to my unlimited so I got screwed due to my impatience. When I got throttled i was getting about 160k. It was useless and my phone was unusable for internet, that's why I switched.

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Good Luck!!!
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Well I got the Skyrocket about 6 months ago, my first LTE device. I had unlimited but at the time I was getting throttled at 2GB. That was a week into my billing cycle. The Skyrocket threads were blowing up with throttling and how to bypass it. There was a minor fix, being able to switch to an older APN, but we only got HSPA speeds, 1-1.5MBs. I couldn't take it anymore and gave in to AT&T and switched to a 5GB tiered plan. A couple months after that, there was a lawsuit against AT&T and the people won, so AT&T switched their policy and gave unlimited users 5GB for the same $30. Needless to say I wasn't allowed to switch back to my unlimited so I got screwed due to my impatience. When I got throttled i was getting about 160k. It was useless and my phone was unusable for internet, that's why I switched.
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thanks for that info..ill see what happen when i hit my 5GB cap..sucks what AT&T do to loyal customers...when i got throttle on my iphone 4 3G it was not all the time i get slow speeds just depends on day/hour of day when cell towers are not hammered.. sucks that you dont have the unlimited data 30$ on 5GB sorry bout that.. AT&T just trying to squeeze every penny out to customers..dont like AT&T data plan prices 250mb wtf is that? 5 HD clips on youtube... unlimited data is why im still on AT&T 30$ is good if your still on grandfather.. but all companies are similar now no such thing of unlimited data even they say unlimited data with a (*) i knew this day was going to come when i had the iPhone 3Gs data was so more used then text/voice call.. i can live with DATA only.. i use data for VOIP/MSGing/text via APP..ok im dont with my rant:silly:

it will never be as it used to be because some select people abused the network and att and verizon went...hey we can charge for that!

I'd say stick with AT&T. They have the better network. Their H+ "4G" is more than enough to do anything and they are deploying that across the nation as well as their LTE network. H+ averages 5-8 megs for me. Basically their fall back network is loads better than Verizon's cdma network. Not sure who has the faster lte speeds but Verizon's got more markets when it comes to lte. However they have had nation wide LTE outages where I don't think AT&T has yet. I think we can all agree AT&T has worst customer service though. Hope this helps.
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yeah. i've gone over this in my head over and over but i still can't decide what's best option...

As far as throttling goes for AT&T unlimited users supposedly gets throttled at 5 gigs of data. Biggest AT&T data plan is 5 gigs for 50 bucks. I'd say stick with unlimited (which is 30 I believe).
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jerrygooch said:
As far as throttling goes for AT&T unlimited users supposedly gets throttled at 5 gigs of data. Biggest AT&T data plan is 5 gigs for 50 bucks. I'd say stick with unlimited (which is 30 I believe).
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I'll second that, I have heard no good stories about Verizon recently.

same situation to me, need make an decision between att ultimate vs Verizon share data

This makes me glad I am on Sprint

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57472990-251/testing-the-fastest-samsung-galaxy-s3-of-them-all/

I'll be curious what it will look like after their network vision in completed and things normalize.
Its one thing to have crap service with the hope of an upgrade. Another when after the upgrade its still crap.
We moved our lines out of Sprint for AT&T and Verizon. The cost is nearly the same I'm paying about $10 more per month total for 5 lines with my family plan on AT&T since we use Google voice for texting and don't need many minutes with A-List. My one line on Verizon costs me $64 4gb of data 450 minutes all taxes included. After discounts.
Unless you are on Sero Sprint just isn't that much cheaper at all all things considered.

It's just an awful impatient feeling when you look up your area on the NV rollout site and it says 6 updates completed, 29 updates planned. I don't mind since my 3G speeds are pretty decent as it is.

Being a previous att user and having them royally screw over our family plan left a bad taste in mY mouth and sprint having unlimited made me like the idea. Especially when the sales rep told me it did support wimax. 4g better come quick though I feel like the KC launch is a flop. Then again my iPhone 4 got about the same on art 3g so I can't say I stepped backwards. Though 3g here is a bit faster than these tests.
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I've been with Sprint for over 10 years. Their 3G used to be good but started to crap out about 5 years ago. Even with their NV, they will play catch up with their 3G. As for the LTE, it won't be as good as the other carriers even at launch because of limited spectrum. In the end, with all the upgrades that the other carriers do, Sprint will always be slower IMO. However, unlimited data. Only reason why I stayed. If Sprint axes that, I'm SOOOOOO gone.

I was on sprint with 2 sero lines, I lasted 7 years with them but the call drop rate, crappy internet speeds, and garbage costumer service was unbearable. I will gladly pay more money for good service...
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Current almost 13 yr old Sprint customer.
Out of curiosity i decided to test out Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO) for a month seeing as i had an iPhone 4S laying around as well as a Pantech Element AT&T LTE tablet. I basically would swap out the microSIM between the iPhone and Pantech Element. Even though it was "only" HSPA+, i was pulling 4Megs down on average and more than 1meg up. Plus in the notorious doctors office/pharmacy and workplace locker room where my Sprint phones always die, i had service.
Imagine clicking on YouTube or any multimedia links and the dang thing streams without any hiccups or buffering. I was impressed...
In contrast, i can barely stream a 128k radio station on TuneIn Radio on my Sprint phone at times.

All I can say is THANK GOD I LEFT SPRINT LAST MONTH! ATT has been great so far! Both in network and CS!

Was on sprint for 4 years, left, well because of this lol. Not this article but there Crap 3g lol. Also my house and surrounding area was a black whole. On at&t now and loving it. No unlimited data but my plan with discounts clocks in at about 20 bucs more then sprint. Happy to pay the difference.
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Those Sprint data speeds were better then what I was getting when I had Sprint. I'm happy to be in the prepaid world with a cheaper plan, much faster data and sofar unlimited.

I left sprint about 8 years ago because the cell service sucked with them. I am in the Lehigh valley in pa and at&t is great. I was going to switch to Verizon for the lte but my S3 from at&t has pulled over 10 down and 2 up on hspa so it wasn't worth losing unlimited data over a couple megs up, in my area Verizons lte only gets 10 down 10 up.
Edit- by the way, about sprints speeds, I love when in the speed test thread here people were calling T-Mobile the slowest network. They were completely disregarding sprint even existed.
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Sprint should be ashamed selling their product in its current state. I almost left them last month.. I stayed for unlimited data and because LTE is supposed to be here later this year. If something comes up and I can get out of my contract tho, Im gone.

This whole LTE thing is wimax all over again. I live in the metro Atlanta area and the building penetration for this new 4g is just as crappy as the previous. I seem to be getting more bars on this phone but the data speeds are still terrible.
Sprint says they are doing this and that but the bottom line is that their network is still garbage. Only thing they have going is unlimited data. /rant
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Making the switch to Sprint

So I've decdied to make the switch to sprint and boycott these scammers! VZW just throttled my connection because I reached 1gb in data, half of my shared data. something a Verizon rep swore they never practice unlike Sprint. I asked a Sprint rep and she mentioned they don't charge for overages like Big Red, they notify you and lower your speeds.
Can anyone else confirm that Sprint throttles coconnections and not just for overages? I'd like a little more info before I switch over. Thanks in advance.
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I dont think sprint 3g speeds are throttlable.
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Sprint does not throttle. At one point I used about 20+ GB a month for 3 months and never got throttled. Same on verizon before I gave my line to my gf. I would use about 80+ GB a month for 9 months and I was never told anything
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I dont think sprint 3g speeds are throttlable.
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Yea if they even attempt to throttle it that means you're watching waaaaaay too much porn or you're watching way too much HD porn lol :crying:
They can't throttle 0.5kbps lol

It was BitTorrent beta that got me downloading stock touchwiz, still less than half the 2gb/mo.

Yeah, Verizon has some really scumbaggy business practices as I've seen before. They will do anything legal to be able to get the most of your money.
Sprint doesn't do most of the crap that VZW does. There have been 0 documented cases of someone being throttled, even when this one guy reached 1TB of data on 4G, all they did was send him a letter asking him to stop. I usually go around 20-50GB on 3G per month and I haven't been throttled or anything.
One thing to watch out for is that speeds can be slow - Depending on where you live, you could be getting either 200kbps or 2000kbps.. A lot of markets are undergoing backhaul increase and other network vision enhancements. During this period, a lot of places can get to really low speeds. After it, however, there will probably be a consistent 1000-2000kbps everywhere on 3G.
Not to mention that they also plan to cover most of their existing 3G places with LTE by the end of 2014 so you won't have to care about speed after 2014 - It'll always be consistent LTE speeds.

Where are you located at? If you are in a good Sprint area or even better... a new LTE area... you should have switched yesterday. But I'd read into more so you not disappointed. Sprint is far better on a lot of things. But 3G speeds can be slow at times. I am a big fan of theirs.
My overall experience.
1. Sprint
2. T-Mobile
3. Verizon
4. ... any others...
5. AT&T
Lol
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I just switch two weeks ago from Verizon to Sprint because of the crap Verizon is doing.
I will say this Verizon's network and data speeds smoke Sprint's but I'm not willing to deal with Verizon's BS anymore.
I have found some places I go it takes longer for a web page to load on Sprint but nothing I can't deal with.
I even paid Verizon almost $1100.00 in ETF's for my 5 lines just to get away from them.
All in all I'm good with Sprint and so far happy I made the switch.
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Sprint would need faster data speeds to be able to actually throttle them. As it is now, its just a slight step above a 56k modem.

I'm in pretty much the same boat as bp328i. I moved from VZ to Sprint just about a month ago because of all the "Share Everything" garbage at VZ. I am fortunate in that I live near Chicago and although they have not officially rolled out 4G they are already in the testing phase so I get 4GLTE about 90% of the time. When it is up, it is great, but there are some significant "holes" in their coverage. I guess, at least while I'm here in my local area, I am pleased with Sprint and its unlimited data, etc. So I'm not sorry that I made the move.

That's the one thing Sprint has going for them, no BS. When they say unlimited, they mean it. As stated, totally depends on your area if you can actually use it or not. I'm around Chicago, so 3G speeds are pretty horrid, but obviously get better the further out from the city you get.
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.

hayzooos said:
That's the one thing Sprint has going for them, no BS. When they say unlimited, they mean it. As stated, totally depends on your area if you can actually use it or not. I'm around Chicago, so 3G speeds are pretty horrid, but obviously get better the further out from the city you get.
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.
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I would most likely "jump ship" back to VZ. You can't argue with their coverage. Loved their anti-iPhone campaign: "There's a 'map' for that."

Neil Fruit said:
I would most likely "jump ship" back to VZ. You can't argue with their coverage. Loved their anti-iPhone campaign: "There's a 'map' for that."
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I'm with you on this, if Sprint gets rid of unlimited I'll be right back to Verizon. If my only choice is a limited data plan I'll might as well have the best coverage.
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hayzooos said:
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.
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I think Sprint will retain its unlimited smartphone plans. But they may well crack down harder on unauthorized tethering, which is a violation of the current terms. (I hope they do.) I'll bet that since Verizon and AT&T have moved to close down their unlimited plans, the tethering pirates have migrated even more to Sprint to take advantage of the last remaining opportunity. Enforcing the contract better against abuse can keep unlimited smartphone contracts viable, and I understand the new network will provide better tools for detecting it.

Thx guys, going with Sprint. I'm already 3/4 up on my data for this month (Easytether PRO) and unlimited with Sprint is just about as much as 2GB w/VZW.

Shibby87 said:
It was BitTorrent beta that got me downloading stock touchwiz, still less than half the 2gb/mo.
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The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..

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The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..
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I hope Sprint looks for the same thing then. I don't have a problem with people who tether now and again when in a bind, but I'm not a fan of those who tether just because they can and abuse the crap out of it. If that keeps happening, Sprint will ditch their unlimited data too, or worse, lock/encrypt bootloaders so it's tougher to root your phone and get free tethering.

IAmSixNine said:
The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..
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I can vouch for this. On sprint I went three months in a row with 30gb+ usage(tethering wimax and torrenting). After the third month I got a call and they said if I didn't stop torrenting (against tos) they would have to cancel my service. However they never mentioned tethering, so I said I wasn't aware that torrenting was not allowed and stopped and no issues since. Sprint is best as long as it stays unlimited.
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raiderep said:
I can vouch for this. On sprint I went three months in a row with 30gb+ usage(tethering wimax and torrenting). After the third month I got a call and they said if I didn't stop torrenting (against tos) they would have to cancel my service. However they never mentioned tethering, so I said I wasn't aware that torrenting was not allowed and stopped and no issues since. Sprint is best as long as it stays unlimited.
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Agreed, with Verizon, I was usually within 1-5GB depending on WiFi, I rarely exceeded 5GB, and the first time I used BitTorrent was for stock touchwiz. Those of us who use hotspot/tethering daily, Sprint seems most logical.
Technically, Verizon has no right to block 3rd party tethering apps and actually just paid out $1.25 million for trying to
Verizon Wireless To Pay $1.25 Million To Settle Investigation
Verizon Wireless offers customers its 4G LTE service on C Block spectrum. Verizon Wireless bid at
auction to acquire that spectrum, understanding that it was accompanied by open device and application
obligations. Specifically, licensees offering service on C Block spectrum “shall not deny, limit, or restrict
the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice on the licensee’s C Block
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Guys, just got off the phone with Verizon to transfer my number to Sprint, they asked why, I told them I was dissatisfied with their share packages and viola, they added my old unlimited plan back, strait 4G LTE, no sharing. Just thought I'd share my mediocre victory with Verizon. If you have VZW and hate their share packages, you can try telling Verizon your swiching to Sprint and see if they let you into their unlimited grandfathered data plans

Thinking about jumping ship from Sprint and coming over to AT&T, looking at the GS3

Thinking about jumping ship from Sprint and coming over to AT&T, looking at the GS3
Thinking about buying a AT&T GS III today.
I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy II now but I'm sick of Sprints data, what good is unlimited when you get 20 kbps on average or it times out completely. I've tried countless ROMS, Modems and Kernels with little to no luck.
We have no 4G where I work and the 3G is a joke.
I'm currently using the corporate PRL file along with ROAM Control to permanently use Verizon's towers. I was hoping they would give me the boot but no such luck. Even on Verizon, the speed just isn't that great because I can't use Verizon's enhances data network.
Everyone I work with has AT&T and the speeds look great, even when not on LTE the HSPA+ looks really good. My friends got the Skyrocket and I WISH I had his HSPA+ speeds lol.
Couple questions before I make the move though. Does AT&T offer discounts for various types discounts? I'm an ISD School District, Technology's Department. I have a discount because of this threw Sprint, 15% off.
Also, the plan I'm looking at is the 70 dollars unlimited with 4G of data. If this LTE data or both LTE and HSPS+? My friend says when you hit your LTE data cap, the phone still works on 3G. Someone else said that is not true, you get 4G of everything, when you hit the cap, you get charged.
Also can someone explain to me why the $70.00 dollar plan, or any plan for that matter has a surcharge of $40.00 dollars for "Smartphones"? Sprint does something similar, they charge $10.00 dollars for premium data which most Sprint users thing is BS. I actually have a 2 year monthly revolving monthly credit because I called and *****ed that we don't even HAVE 4G in this area. Sprint used to call this a 4G data charge, they have sense changed it to a "Premium Data" fee so they don't get so much crap about it.
Looks like I'm looking at $70.00 for the service, $40 for a "Smartphone" fee, $10.00 dollars for insurance and $3.00 for Roadside, I've used this more times then I can count on Sprint so I might at well get it for AT&T too. About $130 a month with everything.
My work gives me $40.00 a month towards my phone but if I can snag a school employ discount, maybe I can get this down to the same range as my Sprint service.
Has anyone here come to AT&T from Sprint and or Verizon? What is your impressions of AT&T's data other then LTE?

Dumping Sprint was the best thing I ever did.
I now have data that "just works" throughout Florida, and it's fast as hell almost everywhere I've checked along the ring formed by by I-4/I-75/I-95 + Turnpike. Half my drive to work used to be a de-facto dead zone. It's not, anymore.
I get ~26mbps in SE Florida and Orlando, and reliably get ~10-16 in Naples & Bradenton (hspa+ speeds, but supposedly LTE; I suspect it's a backhaul-imposed limit. Either way, it beats Sprint like an unloved child.)
I can't speak for other parts of the country, but AT&T's coverage *and* speed is rock-solid south of I-4, and I have no reason to think it's any slower in northern Florida (with the possible exception of the hardcore rural area between Tallahassee and Pensacola)
Just one major annoyance. If I'm visiting my parents in Naples & using wi-fi, sometimes the phone slips into non-UMTS/HSPA(+) mode, and causes annoying "GSM noise". I wish I could figure out how to lock the phone into 3G mode so it won't do that. I know it saves battery life, but I *really* hate "GSM noise." I'm sure there's a way to do it, I just haven't found it yet.

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Also can someone explain to me why the $70.00 dollar plan, or any plan for that matter has a surcharge of $40.00 dollars for "Smartphones"? Sprint does something similar, they charge $10.00 dollars for premium data which most Sprint users thing is BS. I actually have a 2 year monthly revolving monthly credit because I called and *****ed that we don't even HAVE 4G in this area. Sprint used to call this a 4G data charge, they have sense changed it to a "Premium Data" fee so they don't get so much crap about it.
Looks like I'm looking at $70.00 for the service, $40 for a "Smartphone" fee, $10.00 dollars for insurance and $3.00 for Roadside, I've used this more times then I can count on Sprint so I might at well get it for AT&T too. About $130 a month with everything.
My work gives me $40.00 a month towards my phone but if I can snag a school employ discount, maybe I can get this down to the same range as my Sprint service.
Has anyone here come to AT&T from Sprint and or Verizon? What is your impressions of AT&T's data other then LTE?
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i think that is the new tiered data plan structure. The $70 is for unlimited talk and text. The $40 is for the pool of data. I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan, so I can't guarantee that the previous is 100% accurate. I know that they switched to something similar to verizon's plans.
ATT 3G blows verizon and sprint speeds out of the water. On 3g, I get close to 4 Mbps downstream on a good day and 1Mbps downstream on a slow day. I got that on my old galaxy s1 as well. Plus, you get a different tier of data speed with ATT...HSPA+. ATT has a theoretical speed of 21Mbps for HSPA+, although I've only ever seen mine go up to around 10Mbps. I have LTE just about every where I go. I get 30-50Mbps on LTE.

To the OP I was in the EXACT same boat your in. I had a Sprint GS2. With useless data speeds. Ran on different PRL's and received the roaming data threat. I asked myself the same thing..... why have unlimited data if it takes 5 minutes to open up a web page and calls always dropping.
I can't really speak for your plan questions but my wife is an RN and we get 15 percent off our bill.
Switching to AT&T was the best decision for us. Data speeds are so much faster then Sprint here in WV.
Good luck bro.....

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Thinking about buying a AT&T GS III today.
I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy II now but I'm sick of Sprints data, what good is unlimited when you get 20 kbps on average or it times out completely. I've tried countless ROMS, Modems and Kernels with little to no luck.
We have no 4G where I work and the 3G is a joke.
I'm currently using the corporate PRL file along with ROAM Control to permanently use Verizon's towers. I was hoping they would give me the boot but no such luck. Even on Verizon, the speed just isn't that great because I can't use Verizon's enhances data network.
Everyone I work with has AT&T and the speeds look great, even when not on LTE the HSPA+ looks really good. My friends got the Skyrocket and I WISH I had his HSPA+ speeds lol.
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Similar performance I had on Sprint. I got sick of it when my girlfriend got a GS3 on AT&T and I saw how fast LTE and HSPA+ really were. I decided to jump ship and pay the ETF too. Very glad with the move.
Couple questions before I make the move though. Does AT&T offer discounts for various types discounts? I'm an ISD School District, Technology's Department. I have a discount because of this threw Sprint, 15% off.
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Yeah they do. You can do the check here for what your discount is: https://www.wireless.att.com/business/authenticate/
Also, the plan I'm looking at is the 70 dollars unlimited with 4G of data. If this LTE data or both LTE and HSPS+? My friend says when you hit your LTE data cap, the phone still works on 3G. Someone else said that is not true, you get 4G of everything, when you hit the cap, you get charged.
Also can someone explain to me why the $70.00 dollar plan, or any plan for that matter has a surcharge of $40.00 dollars for "Smartphones"? Sprint does something similar, they charge $10.00 dollars for premium data which most Sprint users thing is BS. I actually have a 2 year monthly revolving monthly credit because I called and *****ed that we don't even HAVE 4G in this area. Sprint used to call this a 4G data charge, they have sense changed it to a "Premium Data" fee so they don't get so much crap about it.
Looks like I'm looking at $70.00 for the service, $40 for a "Smartphone" fee, $10.00 dollars for insurance and $3.00 for Roadside, I've used this more times then I can count on Sprint so I might at well get it for AT&T too. About $130 a month with everything.
My work gives me $40.00 a month towards my phone but if I can snag a school employ discount, maybe I can get this down to the same range as my Sprint service.
Has anyone here come to AT&T from Sprint and or Verizon? What is your impressions of AT&T's data other then LTE?
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They don't have unlimited data plans for us new customers. What you're looking at is unlimited talking and texting most likely. They have a 300mb, 3gb, and 5gb data plan. The 5gb plan includes tethering.
My biggest complaint about AT&T compared to Sprint is that they really do nickle and dime you to death. 4 things that get me:
SMS. Sprint had unlimited included. AT&T it's 20/mo unlimited or 0.20/message
They *charge airtime* for 800 numbers. Sprint didn't.
Using GV to forward voicemail uses 2 anytime minutes for every call.
Sprint was mobile to mobile any network. AT&T is only to AT&T customers unless you add that 20/mo unlimited SMS plan.

At&t has updated plans, not sure of the new data plans, but they have a plan to talk and text to any carrier for unlimited
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kdoggy said:
Thinking about buying a AT&T GS III today.
I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy II now but I'm sick of Sprints data, what good is unlimited when you get 20 kbps on average or it times out completely. I've tried countless ROMS, Modems and Kernels with little to no luck.
We have no 4G where I work and the 3G is a joke.
I'm currently using the corporate PRL file along with ROAM Control to permanently use Verizon's towers. I was hoping they would give me the boot but no such luck. Even on Verizon, the speed just isn't that great because I can't use Verizon's enhances data network.
Everyone I work with has AT&T and the speeds look great, even when not on LTE the HSPA+ looks really good. My friends got the Skyrocket and I WISH I had his HSPA+ speeds lol.
Couple questions before I make the move though. Does AT&T offer discounts for various types discounts? I'm an ISD School District, Technology's Department. I have a discount because of this threw Sprint, 15% off.
Also, the plan I'm looking at is the 70 dollars unlimited with 4G of data. If this LTE data or both LTE and HSPS+? My friend says when you hit your LTE data cap, the phone still works on 3G. Someone else said that is not true, you get 4G of everything, when you hit the cap, you get charged.
Also can someone explain to me why the $70.00 dollar plan, or any plan for that matter has a surcharge of $40.00 dollars for "Smartphones"? Sprint does something similar, they charge $10.00 dollars for premium data which most Sprint users thing is BS. I actually have a 2 year monthly revolving monthly credit because I called and *****ed that we don't even HAVE 4G in this area. Sprint used to call this a 4G data charge, they have sense changed it to a "Premium Data" fee so they don't get so much crap about it.
Looks like I'm looking at $70.00 for the service, $40 for a "Smartphone" fee, $10.00 dollars for insurance and $3.00 for Roadside, I've used this more times then I can count on Sprint so I might at well get it for AT&T too. About $130 a month with everything.
My work gives me $40.00 a month towards my phone but if I can snag a school employ discount, maybe I can get this down to the same range as my Sprint service.
Has anyone here come to AT&T from Sprint and or Verizon? What is your impressions of AT&T's data other then LTE?
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Smart move i just switched to At&t waiting on my phone to arrive Tues cost was 24.00 with job discount, its a refurb...selling my galaxy s3 and iphone4 with sprint for 500 if anyone interested

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They *charge airtime* for 800 numbers. Sprint didn't.
Using GV to forward voicemail uses 2 anytime minutes for every call.
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Yeah, but att has rollover minutes, so I've never worried about going over on minutes.
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Jbluedodge said:
At&t has updated plans, not sure of the new data plans, but they have a plan to talk and text to any carrier for unlimited
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I have an employee discount, so my unlimited text/data with 450 prime minutes w/rollover 2000 night weekend is on $80/month.

I made the exact same switch about 1 month ago & it's the best move I've made! On a good day (more like a minute) with Sprint, I'd get 1 mbps, but I'd average .30 mbps or less. Unlimited data is useless.
I was nervous about the 3gb cap with ATT, but after now having it, 3gb is alot more than I thought is was. Using my phone like I did with Sprint, maybe being a little more careful, I haven't even used 1gb yet (the 9th is actually 1 month, so plenty of data for me). I just now make sure if wifi is available somewhere I to use it. I set the data limt on my GS3 to 2.5gb limit just incase.
I now average 5-7mbps on 4g. I've speedtested a few times I've had LTE & get well over 20mbps. I maxed out 54.46 & I got 36,11 once too, The LTE is unbelievable, sometimes faster than my Verizon Fios at home where I get 43 mbps.
Also in comparison to VerizonWireless, I've had a better phone signal in a lot more places & faster data.
What made me pull the plunge...When I thought about the slow 3g & barely getting 4g. I couldn't ever hit 3gb of data with Sprint even if I tried on pupose. So why not have usable data with a cap, instead of unusable without a cap? & the phone service for me has been on a decline. No signal, unusable in more places.
Now I can actually open websites, pictures load on FB & Instagram almost instant! The most important thing, my GPS connects in less than 5 seconds everytime & navigation actually works now (not using as much data as I thought it would either). If you download GPS Test & compare the phones side by side, you'll see what I mean for yourself.
Make the switch, you won't regret it!

The Sammy GS III was looking nice but I just finished reading some reviews on the upcoming LG Google Nexus 4, I think I might hold out another week or so and pick one of those up $349.00 with no contract sounds damn appealing.
If I'm reading this right, it should work on AT&T right?

I would......
Certainly the SIII is an awesome superphone. I use Bell Canada and I am very happy with the hardware.

kdoggy said:
The Sammy GS III was looking nice but I just finished reading some reviews on the upcoming LG Google Nexus 4, I think I might hold out another week or so and pick one of those up $349.00 with no contract sounds damn appealing.
If I'm reading this right, it should work on AT&T right?
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Yes, but it doesn't have lte...only hspa+.
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drwx said:
Yes, but it doesn't have lte...only hspa+.
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We have no LTE service here anyway.

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We have no LTE service here anyway.
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if i had no option of having lte, it would still be a tough decision between the 2. fortunately, we have lte in the nashville area, so my decision is easy.

Just did it today.got tire of waiting for sprint to upgrade their slow 4g ...AT&T flies ...
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Just did it today.got tire of waiting for sprint to upgrade their slow 4g ...AT&T flies ...
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Welcome to the att forums, my uncle has Sprint and is also frustrated on his iPhone about data speed in LA which is supposed to be pretty good here
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Thinking of going to Sprint from Verizon.

Sprint now offers 4g lte in my area and really would like to have unlimited data again. Verizon put me on 4gb data plan on which I now pay more and go through the data in no time. The largest and most reliable network is useless when you can't use it. So I'm going the Sprint unlimited data plan. Is there anything I should know about before switching our a reason as to why I would regret the switch? Im bringing my unlocked note 2.

neemo6 said:
Sprint now offers 4g lte in my area and really would like to have unlimited data again. Verizon put me on 4gb data plan on which I now pay more and go through the data in no time. The largest and most reliable network is useless when you can't use it. So I'm going the Sprint unlimited data plan. Is there anything I should know about before switching our a reason as to why I would regret the switch? Im bringing my unlocked note 2.
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If 4g is available in your area, I would say go for it! Sprint is actually a great provider.

Unless you have issue with VZ in your area and using more than the standard data cap, I would not suggest go to sprint at this ponit. (long time sprint user).
They are currently in the network transition and got so many crazy call-drop, data drop signal.
If no compelling reason, no need to switch.

Go for it. I did the same thing as u. Left Verizon wjen sprint got LTE in my area. Speeds are great and the devices have unlocked bootloader unlike Verizon that locks everything.
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I would see how other sprint users like the service in your area. I'm in an area with LTE. I don't see nothing like Verzion's speeds, but it's still pretty good to get the highest bandrates for the services. You'll want to see if there are dead signal pockets in the area you frequent and so forth.
The service can be frustrating when they're working on the network. You'll see anything from really good bandwidth to can't get a connection. There was a good month where LTE was slower than 3G.
I like Sprint and have been with them for over ten years. They're not perfect, but still the quirks of Sprint, usually, don't bother me.

I had Verizon 4G then they did away with unlimited, now I have Sprint 3G
I'd rather have Sprint 3G unlimited than Verizon 4G limited.
I'm done with verizon and their phone lockdown policies as well. It's my phone I paid for I should be able to do with it as I will.

Verizon is the best service I have had to date; that's customer, call, and data. Only problem is that all that comes at a premium price. But if you have a good deal, a grandfathered plan, or can afford it, by all means stay with the best.
As for Sprint, they have been the very worse for me. Only good thing about them is unlimited data but even considering that, their data suck in my area. Customer service reps arent that bad but the company will gouge you at every opportinity. For me, they extended my contract without notifying me and when I went to change providers they told me I had to pay etf. Worse part about it, they said id have to get a court order to see where I agreed to contract extension. STAY AWAY FROM SPRINT!

Your unlocked Verizon Note 2 can't be activated on Sprint. If you can verify that Sprint has good 3G & LTE service where you live then I'd say definetely go for it because Sprint will not have unlimited data forever. If you wanr to save a lot of $$$ each month and you can tolerate the data problems in some places, then go for it. But you might want to wait till the Note 3 is released. That would be the time to switch.

Why can't my unlock note 2 be activated on Sprint?

CDMA phones are not locked in the same way GSM phones are. Sprint and Verizon limit the phones carrier use by their ESN. Your Verizon phone's ESN is not listed in the Sprint database. Therefore it cannot be activated on Sprint.

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