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A new report has surfaced this afternoon stating that AT&T isn’t the only one who wants T-Mobile and its millions of customers. We’re hearing Sprint is preparing a bid to buyout T-Mobile USA, which would be a big move to compete with the other main US carriers.
According to the Wall Street Journal nothing is final yet, but Sprint is in the final stages of preparing an offer for the buyout, which of course will need to seek approval before ever completing. Sprint was recently bought by Japanese carrier Softbank, who is now aiming to snatch up T-Mobile too and compete directly with Verizon and AT&T. This could be a major change that would shake up the mobile industry here in the US, and one worth keeping an eye on.
This isn’t the first time a company is going after T-Mobile. As we all know AT&T tried to do the same a few years ago and failed, as FCC regulators shut down the acquisition. If the deal ever gets approved it would leave the US with only three major wireless carriers, and instantly put Sprint front and center as one of the biggest carriers in the USA. Now only if their speed and network was anywhere near as good as Verizon, then we’d actually have something to talk about.
The WSJ states that Sprint is busy studying the approval and regulatory concerns before taking this huge bid any further, but if all goes as planned we could see Sprint launch the buyout attempt early next year. The deal is being reported in the ballpark of roughly $20 billion, depending on the size or percentage of the buyout.
T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom reportedly wants out of the US market, and is willing to let go of its share of T-Mobile USA, which is around 67%. So that’s where the unsure number above actually stems from. AT&T’s effort was worth roughly $39 billion for the entire company, so we’ll have to wait and see exactly what Sprint and T-Mobile actually have planned for the $20 billion being reported.
Even if these efforts are successful and a buyout gets completed, the combination of Sprint and T-Mobile’s post-paid subscribers would be around 53 million, which is a lot, but Verizon has the lead at almost 100 million, and AT&T is sitting in an easy second with 75 million post-paid subscribers.
I hope it doesn't go through. I hate sprint. Nothing they do goes smoothly.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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It's not going to happen. T-Mobile wouldn't sell out, especially after their new 'uncarrier' plan which is working well.
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Wouldn't be a bad move if Sprint switches to GSM after the buyout. If they try to foce CDMA on T-Mobile **** them.
Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Sprint is only awful because of their **** download speeds and because they are cdma. If they switched over to gsm and gained access to the T-Mobile network, it probably would only help both companies honestly. They need to get rid of Hesse and make T-Mobile's guy the CEO though.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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AT&T offered 39 billion yes, but that was for 100% of the stock. Sprint is offering 20 billion but didn't disclose for how much of a percentage.
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Also, I really hope it doesn't go through. I like being able to make phone calls inside buildings.
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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all I want to say is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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I must admit, I laughed harder at that than I should have.
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The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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This.
If the feds didn't let AT&T buy T Mobile why would they suddenly let Sprint do it?
And if they did AT&T would have a pretty firm case to keep this bogged down in the courts for years to come by claiming biased and uneven rulings by the feds that cost AT&T $3 BILLION due to thier "If the deal doesn't go through clause".
AT&T could demolish Sprint just by making their stock too volitile to touch due to the unsure nature of the merger that AT&T would tie up for years.
i left you for a reason sprint, everything you touch goes horribly wrong unlimited data doesnt mean squat if you cant use it. though i wouldnt mind t-mobile getting another chunk of cash for the deal not going through. would help them buy spectrum they want and benefits all of us
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Why would they? Their "4G" was worse than some of my EDGE speeds. If they throttled at 4GB your bill would cycle before you hit 3.5
Sprint can blow a fat one. When/if you get a signal long enough to call their customer service - good luck getting anything accomplished. BTW, I live in their home city and I constantly roamed. WiMax gave me a massive 2-7 Mbps on a clear day with a full signal. They sucked so bad that I can't think of another way to say how badly they sucked unicorn d*** and gobbled up the balls without missing a beat.
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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???... I have unlimited data and never get throttled. I think most of their data plans are unlimited - but only xGB are at full speed - except the unlimited plan. I've been over 10GB just in my line and didn't get throttled (moved, was waiting on my ISP). You might want to double check which plan you have then call customer service.
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I think the FCC didnt permit the ATT/T-Mobile deal to go through is because AT&T is quite large to begin with. It would have basically created a market with only TWO national carriers and price fixing rather than a fair competitive market.
The FCC has since allowed Sprint to acquire Clearwater and T-Mobile to acquire MetroPCS. This deal (although slightly larger) still would leave Sprint in 3rd place and 50% behind ATT. The other carriers couldnt object as they did before.
Still it would be bad for business allowing just 3 carriers here. Canada has 3 and is looking to add a forth. Would surely mean hefty price increases to us to help pay for the deal.
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I called account services today to see how much ETF would be for me and my wife. They said i would have to pay $650 for both lines. I told them how bad service was in my house (100KBS download) and they did the unexpected. I will no ETF fee!!!!! All i have to do is send them my sprint phones(NS4G, Galaxy Nexus). As soon i hung up and my data kicked back on i had email from sprint explaining no Charges as long as i send the phone back within 2 weeks of cancelling and they even gave me a shipping label. I couldnt be happier. Now the question is who do i switch to??
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$30 : 100 minutes, 5GB 4G Data, Unlimited Text/MMS
Yeah what the above said. Buy a Galaxy Nexus at the play store for $349 and with that plan, and watch yourself save hundreds a year.
How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
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Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
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lucky go tmo on sept 5 unlimited back
I have been debating on doing this for a few months now. Sprint reliability has steadily decreased in my area over the past several months and I am about fed up with it. Good to hear you were able to get out ETF free.
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Check out the prepaid options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I moved from Tmo to VZW back in April and couldn't be happier. VZW has the best data coverage in America hands down, but as you correctly pointed out, you're going to pay for it. In the end though, it's a good value for your dollar if having reliable data at a decent speed damn near everywhere is important to you.
The straw that broke the camel's back with T-Mobile for me was when they limited data roaming on my plan to 100MB/mo and just cut it off at that without so much as the option of paying for overage. I travel to places where Tmo has no service. In those areas my phone would roam on AT&T, but streaming radio alone would eat up the 100MB roaming allowance. Screw that. I was a Tmo customer for 11 years.
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Verizon is a great deal for me an my wife, because both of our families and most of our friends are on it so we go through like 20 minutes per month. Otherwise, I would probably go prepaid. Just look up some coverage maps to make sure they work in the places you need it.
Wife and I were on Sprint up until January, then I got a letter in the mail saying I was roaming too much...When I called to ask about it I was somewhat annoyed because the wording of the letter was basically telling me they didn't want my business...upon asking them if I should take my business elsewhere we were released form our contract that we had just renewed 10 days before. On top of that we got to keep our phones, which we sold on Ebay (and Iphone that she had and an epic touch) Thank you Sprint...I will say they do have very nice customer service compared to Verizon, always willing to help and not sell you something.
Just my 2 cents...
Chris
You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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I'd read into the prepaid thread a bit. The 2GB limit isn't a hardline cap that they turn off your data at that point. Its more of a common wisdom that's been determined over time from people relaying back their monthly usage and experiences. There's nothing in Straight Talk's ToS that says they cut off at 2GB.
Depending on your market (# of ST users, market saturation, etc.) and usage that month, you may or may not be throttled at the 2GB-3GB range. I've heard lots of stories of people staying around 3GB just fine, and a few (but still some) reporting 5GB or more. It really is market dependent. YMMV for sure.
Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
Duce HD2 said:
How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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I told them I don't have home internet so airrave would be useless. I also told them I had full bars just slow data speed.
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Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
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Not just Sprint. You'll see the same from carrier X to carrier Y. Then next week from Y to X. People just like to make threads.
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You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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I'm in Chicago, I get over 4. So where do you live?
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I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
living just north of Chicago, i have great signal pretty much everywhere and LTE, so I'm lucky in that aspect. plus i use a ton of 4G data
So I am not planning on leaving, but i know if i had crappy service I'd be looking elsewhere.
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Probably switching my 5 lines to Straight Talk. 2 unlimited and 3 on the lower level. It will save me a nice chunk of change, and upgrade my service. Never had Wimax, and will never have LTE. I just beg Sprint every month for the usable 3G that I had 20 months ago. We aren't on a "list" to get anything. They are forcing my hand
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jamarious34 said:
I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
Never. The service is serviceable but the unlimited data for the price is unbeatable.
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
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Does the AirRave cause you to get dupe SMS' or anything? Mine was acting all nutzo.
I don't plan on leaving. I have Spotty 4G around Indianapolis but the price blows away the only other carrier (Verizon) that I would consider. But I am around wireless the majority of the time and haven't been in a situation where I could not get by with 4G.
I just got my S3 last week from Radio shack for 99 dollars that came with 50 dollar Google Play Credit. That came in handy for stocking up on a few widgets I needed to customize it.
I would be gone if I didn't pay $41 a month for unlimited everything with insurance included. At&t, Verizon, and MetroPCS all have LTE in Sacramento where I live and T-Mobile has HSPA+ 42. Sprint doesn't even know when they are going to start to roll out LTE here. In the meantime my 3G is absolutely pathetic. It is very frustrating to say the least. I'm highly considering Straight Talk or T-Mobile with a unlocked Nexus 4 when my contract is up in June.
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jamarious34 said:
I here a lot of people talking about just how terrible Sprint service is (myself included). I wanted to know how many of you are thinking of leaving Sprint to go to Verizon, AT&T, etc. I definitely know that I will be switching to Verizon after my 2 year contract is up. I love the SGS3 but hate the service. So...who's with me? lol
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Honestly, after 2 years you probably won't feel so strongly about leaving anymore, assuming data is still unlimited.
Sprint now has 100% of clearwire....That makes them the Company with the Biggest Spectrum and SoftBank putting Billions into being the number one, He's that type of Guy, no second in the Game for him, so that means lower cost to be coming, unlimited to stay and All others to Envy us Sprint Users.....Good things come to those who WAIT....lol....
I'm in Hudson County, NJ and prior to Hurricane Sandy, the signal was sketchy at best. After the storm, I have yet to reach two bars of signal at my home. I called Sprint and they said the towers in my area were afffected by storm and they were aware of the situation and trying to get things back to normal. I have yet to see any improvements. Wimax was available here but LTE looks like mid 2013 at best. Since I renewed my contract to get the SIII, I'll be on the hook until 2014 but this will be my last run with Sprint if I dont see significant improvements on their network around here.
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I would be gone if I didn't pay $41 a month for unlimited everything with insurance included. At&t, Verizon, and MetroPCS all have LTE in Sacramento where I live and T-Mobile has HSPA+ 42. Sprint doesn't even know when they are going to start to roll out LTE here. In the meantime my 3G is absolutely pathetic. It is very frustrating to say the least. I'm highly considering Straight Talk or T-Mobile with a unlocked Nexus 4 when my contract is up in June.
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How do you only pay $41??? If that was all I had to pay I wouldnt complain either lol. But I live in Tallahassee, FL and I am lucky to get 300kb/s download speeds, so needless to say, I only use wifi. Also I would only have to pay $15 more to switch to Verizon so thats a no brainer to me.
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Sprint now has 100% of clearwire....That makes them the Company with the Biggest Spectrum and SoftBank putting Billions into being the number one, He's that type of Guy, no second in the Game for him, so that means lower cost to be coming, unlimited to stay and All others to Envy us Sprint Users.....Good things come to those who WAIT....lol....
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So will we be able to use this service with our current phones or do we have to wait and buy newer phones that will have the compatible radios?
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Probably switching my 5 lines to Straight Talk. 2 unlimited and 3 on the lower level. It will save me a nice chunk of change, and upgrade my service. Never had Wimax, and will never have LTE. I just beg Sprint every month for the usable 3G that I had 20 months ago. We aren't on a "list" to get anything. They are forcing my hand
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Have you thought of going to page plus? I hear their service is pretty great, not to say that Straight Talks service is not.
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Never. The service is serviceable but the unlimited data for the price is unbeatable.
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Unlimited Data?? Hahaha when you only get 300kb/s down, unlimited data is useless. I would rather pay $15 more on Verizon and get LTE speeds on have 4gb of data that I will never exceed. I guess it would be a good deal if I lived in an area that had reasonable data speeds tho.
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I live in WNY, and actually get pretty decent Sprint service day to day. It prob helps that I have an Airave at home, and am on Wifi both at the office and home. Just renewed for 2 yrs with the Sam's Club $0.96 GS3 deals, renewed both lines on account. Also get 23% discount, and unlimited data...so it's gonna be very hard to leave Sprint any time soon...my entire company is on VZW, and our company gets 17% discount, still not worth giving up unlimited data for!
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But unlimited data means nothing unless you can use it. If you are on wifi all the time then unlimited data is worthless to you too. With Verizons "limited" data plan you can get 4gb of data and trust me you will never use that much. But like I told the other guy, if you get reasonable data speeds where you live then Sprints plan IS unbeatable. I only get on average 300kb/s down lol
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Here in the Atlanta, GA area, I get pretty good service since they turned on all the LTE towers. One place I don't get good reception is in my house. I have considered trying to get a free airrave to solve that. I will be sticking with Sprint, unless things suddenly go to pot.
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I'd say that's not bad for 3G inside my house.
2 months ago it was unusable.
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Honestly, since the network vision started my service became alit better. In every way. I had dead spot in my area in one block I would perfect signal the next completely dead, and now it have a 50% increased in sign in all my dead spot. An network vision has been fully deployed. Before making rush decision I would say wait and see what sprint offers with their network upgrades specially now that they 100% clear. And will have 800mghz spectrum too. I say it going to go to number two if they actually able to keep their word with network vision
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I got forced to leave sprint. I had 4 lines on a shared plan, and they booted my number because of excessive roaming. Now I'm stuck with a pretty new GS3 with no use for it. I ported my number to a dumbphone on straightalk toi save the number. Therefore if anyone wants I have a GS3 (16gig) with a cracked screen that I found after I got my new one through insurance, a GS3 (16gig) that Id be willing to trade both for a decent android GSM phone.
PM me if anyone wants it
Just so everybody knows, Effective 7/1/2013, Sprint has abandoned WiMax. To leave your contract, You have to contact sprint's account services department. And refer to this line in the new Terms and Conditions.
New Agreements on the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network: Your Service on a device activated on the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network may require a new one or two-year Agreement per line. Sprint expressly reserves the right to migrate your Service during this Agreement term from the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network to the Sprint 4G LTE network to complete your Agreement term. Reasonable advance notice of the Service change will be provided to impacted customers, who can then select one of the following options: (a) Choose to complete the Agreement term using your existing device without 4G (WiMAX) capability (b) Elect to complete the Agreement term by contacting us after receiving notice from Sprint to transition to the Sprint 4G LTE network with no additional term commitment required (Transition Option)(c) Deactivate service. Deactivations because of this Service change will not result in an Early Termination Fee (ETF). Transition Option: If you select the Transition Option, you will receive a free standard Sprint LTE capable device and can maintain your existing Service plan, if available. During the Agreement term, Sprint may provide other offers that are separate from the Transition Option, and these offers will be subject to a new two-year Agreement per line.
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This isn't just for new customers that get a phone from sprint. This is for all current and new customers. There is no limit on this either. So the 30 days of notice to cancel does not apply to this, You can cancel at any time if you have a WiMax phone or mark your contract as fulfilled and get a upgrade to a newer 4G LTE phone.
Personally I cancelled all my lines already with ETF waived and switching all my phones to Ting.
This is great news...I will be heading to Tmo with either the Nexus 4 or GS4 as soon as I can convince my fiance that this is legit.
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This is great news...I will be heading to Tmo with either the Nexus 4 or GS4 as soon as I can convince my fiance that this is legit.
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Well I added a source to back me up there. So use that since it links to sprint's new terms and conditions. Good luck with the fiance lol.
PS you might need to talk to escalations at the account services department.
That's weird. I'm on Boost, which is on the Sprint network, and I'm sending this on 4g!
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That's weird. I'm on Boost, which is on the Sprint network, and I'm sending this on 4g!
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Well they said after this point they are only supporting LTE 4G, so Wimax will still exist. But the support will end.
That's what I was thinning both virgin and boost still sell wimax based phones and I know just 3 months ago sprint was giving away s2s for free with new contract so I don't think its like they are going to just turn off the off switch and leave everyone hanging. Plus I remember reading another article that stated that sprint was working on a deal with clear wire to renew there contract.
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That's what I was thinning both virgin and boost still sell wimax based phones and I know just 3 months ago sprint was giving away s2s for free with new contract so I don't think its like they are going to just turn off the off switch and leave everyone hanging. Plus I remember reading another article that stated that sprint was working on a deal with clear wire to renew there contract.
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They could, and they aren't leaving anyone hanging, per se.
3g is not affected. So you still have data, just not WiMax. In my experience WiMax coverage was abysmal to begin with, so I haven't ever had 4g. YMMV.
MVNOs are not postpaid, contractual plans, so Sprint (and Boost and VM) has no obligation to provide a similar deal. You can already cancel ETF free anytime on MVNOs.
Thats wonderful. I will do today, and post here what they say to me
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By "abandoning wimax" I'm pretty sure they mean that they will no longer continue deployment. All existing towers will still be there, but it's up to them whether they will be deactivated or not
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
I'm just waiting for a couple people to say this works for sure, then s3 here I come... Or the Optimus G, they're both free right now.
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It's only for customers who purchased a phone after may and the wimax towers getting shut down in that particular area. Bummer
The account service rep also played completely dumb at first until I gave her the Web address and stayed reading word for word then it was your line doesn't qualify
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Im on phone with sprint CS
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Ohhhhhhh Finally I got out of contract just month to month.
Let me tell you what I playing them
1 I asked what do you guys change in your new ts&cs as effective 7/1/2013 ???
CS:- it's not affect for you. Just we shut down Nextel towers.
2 I asked her nothing change other than nextel?
CS:-she said you can read online if you want
3- I said let me read for you . I read the Op terms and conditions.
CS:- she hold me for 10 minute and transfer to account service department.
4:- I ask him i stay out of contract after back and forth talkung. Finally he agree with me and he gave me confirmation number .
Good luck
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It's only for customers who purchased a phone after may and the wimax towers getting shut down in that particular area. Bummer
The account service rep also played completely dumb at first until I gave her the Web address and stayed reading word for word then it was your line doesn't qualify
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That's BS, its not for customers after May. it's for all customers. Don't let them BS you. Escalate it.
Ya after evobb10's success I'm going to be calling back again lady was totally playing me I was at work and didn't have enough time to fight her about it
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i wonder if i can get boost to let me trade in my epic for a s3....or will i have to play the its broke and i want an upgrade game and pay the difference...lol.probably have to pay difference either way,but thats better than the whole cost...any info is welcome...thanks guys...this is the best community online...
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i wonder if i can get boost to let me trade in my epic for a s3....or will i have to play the its broke and i want an upgrade game and pay the difference...lol.probably have to pay difference either way,but thats better than the whole cost...any info is welcome...thanks guys...this is the best community online...
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I would doubt it. Sprint has to offer something because they are changing the terms of the contract. Boost has no contract, and thus, no obligation.
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i wonder if i can get boost to let me trade in my epic for a s3....or will i have to play the its broke and i want an upgrade game and pay the difference...lol.probably have to pay difference either way,but thats better than the whole cost...any info is welcome...thanks guys...this is the best community online...
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Adreaver is right. You're stuck paying for it if you want to upgrade. But IMHO, don't spend the money. Stay on S2 until Boost releases the S4, which at the rate they are going well be within year's end. Not enough bells and whistles on the S3 to justify upgrading my Boost S2, but again, that's just MHO
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Thks for the info..you're probably right...I love this phone anyway..lol
Hey everyone! When. My contract is up with sprint I will most likely be leaving them for another carrier. I am leaning towards T Mobile because of their upgrade plans and good "4g" speeds.
What carrier would you move to and why? I live near Orlando Florida if that makes a difference. Thanks!
T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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I have been testing t mobile for work, and we already have sprint. What a difference. I can't wait for my contact to end. My phone calls don't drop longer, the speeds are 4 times as fast... T mobile is a good option IMO.
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My contract is getting terminated on the 3rd of September. I am going over to AT&T. I love their customer service, and where I live they have great service. My biggest concern is where I work. That could be anywhere from Alaska up to New York at any ship building yard and sometimes a few miles off shore, any other carriers other than Verizon have no signal in those areas. Verizon is ok, but AT&T has a good signal inside the ships and a few miles offshore. T-Mobile and sprint... Nothing even around the ships.
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I'm on boost right now, but definitely looking to T-mobile for the future..Better speeds...I'm just waiting to save the money for the S4...Doesn't matter where I'm at..I will always have a Samsung device..:good:
Whichever is cheapest without a contract.
<3ing T-mobile
I bought an HTC One outright on Swappa for $460 and put it on the T-mobile prepaid $30/month plan Sim-kit I got at wal-mart. (Did I get raped for $20 you ask? NO because this includes the first month of use with it, so technically you can ignore the entire "add funds" step on the setup page. Comes with 5GB unthrottled data but only 100 mins. I use Groove IP + Google Voice anyway so this is a sweet deal for me. Gonna stick it to sprint who wouldn't let me out of contract due to material changes in July, since to them they are not "material" unless they make my bill go up. Which is utter bullcrap. Did you know? Sprint is NOT a member of the BBB. I find that funny.....I am currently roaming data trying to get my line cancled, but will probably eat the ETF(which with less then 9 months left, shouldn't be so horrible, and port my # to google voice for $20(so I never have to worry about giving my t-moble # out anyway)
I also feel that we do not get any roaming data on this plan.....but I'm near wifi enough daily to not really care, and even not roaming, the 2G speeds are still waay faster then any ****ty Sprint speeds. I've gotten 4GHSPA+ and 4GLTE in nearby towns and boy it was nice and fast! Still no Sprint 4GLTE what so ever, nor any 4GWiMax remotly near me (ironically they chose to give New Bedford MA LTE before Boston even? Seriously sprint?( Thus my GS2 is a very very sad phone to use
I also like how the ONE has b/g/n wifi so now I can actually get 100% signal in my bedroom whereas my poor GS2's G only had 1-1/2 a bar with me hanging it over my head to use -.-
Left Sprint for T-Mobile just this week. Been great so far and signal in my house is better than it has ever been with Sprint.
Only issue is that the Nexus 4 I got has a dead pixel Going to the store to get the phone replaced tomorrow.
I left them for PagePlus. While PagePlus does not have 4G yet, it's a BYOD (If you know the right people) and their coverage and 3G speeds are just like Verizons (they are true Verizon MVNO). Only $55 a month for unlimited talk/text with 2GB of data, and normally with promo codes you can get it down to $52.50. I plan on sticking with them until I can afford real Verizon (which currently for 1 line and 2GB of data would cost me $90 a month after company discounts :crying
I was with Sprint and actually never had a problem with their service. I was on the Unlimited Everything plan on the Samsung Epic 4G Touch and it came out to about $132.00/month with the phone insurance. The service for me was sensational as I am in West-Central Florida although I lived in 3G coverage and 4G was not available unless I went towards Tampa/West Coast. I never had any complaints or problems.
Eventually though I asked myself why I was paying that much a month for service when I could just hop over to MetroPCS and pay $40.00 for unlimited. I had a couple MetroPCS phones lying around for donor phones and I have not looked back since. The 3G coverage is a little spotty in some areas if you travel away from the coast but all in all; it was a way cheaper option.
When T-Mobile completely takes over MetroPCS and forces people onto GSM devices (Epic 4G Touch is CDMA), if that happens; I will gladly switch over to the S4 or S5 if it is out by then. Until then my Epic 4G Touch does everything I want and don't see too many reasons to upgrade yet.
Ting
Ting. Because I couldn't find anything cheaper. Also I like how their plans are structured.
I'm thinking of going to tmobile I heard it's pretty good
I'd love to go to Verizon since it's a power house here in DC.. but I was with them a while back and their customer service was terrible and I don't do well with limited data
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i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
I'm going to Tmo....I have crappy data and signal drops regularly. I swear if it weren't for the development I would have convinced my wife and we would have switched already... Upgrade smupgrade, I'm leaving asap. The devs are awesome though... Thanks guys!
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I went with Ting because of their Bring Your Own Device program. It has worked really well for the past 6 months. The only part that annoyed me was the phone number porting process. After that, it has been the same service as Sprint, but it only costs $33 a month for my usage.
Here's a $25 credit link, if anyone is interested in switching to Ting.
https://zooqns67q1.ting.com/
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i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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prepaid
I guess AT&T isn't to happy with people leaving AT&T for T-mobile so they are now gonna pay $450 to make you switch back.
So I say switch to T-mobile and let them pay your ETF and try out the service because if you end up liking your AT&T service better than T-mobile (which i doubt IMO) AT&T will pay you to switch back and you get new phones from it all.
So there you go for those on AT&T afraid to try T-mobile.
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They have big plans to spend the money you give them.
I seen this AD this morning. Pure genius. Happy I made the switch.
I have no desire for a note 3 with a locked boot loader.
I chatted with att about migrating over. They were excited til I asked can you give me unlimited data too since tmobile has it
Basically no. So why do I want to go to att with no uimited. They said they have more coverage. My reply is I'm well covered here with unlimited data too and cheaper.
I added I don't need to have coverage 2000 mi away I need it 100 mi away.
Then lunch break ended
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Lol I switched my 4 lines from att to tmobile and can't be happier. I should have made the switch long time ago and saved lot of money.
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I chatted with att about migrating over. They were excited til I asked can you give me unlimited data too since tmobile has it
Basically no. So why do I want to go to att with no uimited. They said they have more coverage. My reply is I'm well covered here with unlimited data too and cheaper.
I added I don't need to have coverage 2000 mi away I need it 100 mi away.
Then lunch break ended
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lol that sounds like a fun way to spend a lunch break. you should have added "wait isn't tmobile allowed to roam on at&t for call and text for free". I think data on at&t too but for only 200 or 500 mb a month.
but unlimited data is great, been trying to find new ways to use it, so far i am up to and 10 GBs a month.
wish i could have shared this thread with more people but I have a note 3 now and its the forum I am in most of time.
Only thing I miss since leaving ATT is their hotspots.
Does T Mobile have any hotspots ?
I decided to keep my AT&T account because it was going to cost me more to switch after buying four new phones.
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You could not pay me enough to go to at&t
TWEAKED soon 2.0 NOTE 3
*upto $450... the * signifies alot incase you weren't aware, it doesn't mean everyone is getting $450, only the few that meet their criteria. I've been with tmobile for about 8 years and wouldn't switch to anyone else unless they get bought out.... and that depends on who's buying
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Only thing I miss since leaving ATT is their hotspots.
Does T Mobile have any hotspots ?
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Yes they do.
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deeje00 said:
Yes they do.
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What are they called.?
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deeje00 said:
Yes they do.
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Mobile Broadband
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What are they called.?
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Actually, $20 nationwide unlimited has 2.5GB sharing included.
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Mobile Broadband
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T mobile hot spot is called mobile broadband ? What's cable wifi then ? Bright house ?
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I looked into the "switch" program, but they don't even give you enough to pay for anything unless you bought your phone outright. Those who are on an EIP would lose big time in this deal. They will only pay up to $200 towards your buy out, and up to $250 for your phone, which obviously if on an EIP you would most likely owe more, and the $250 for phone is only for use for an AT&T product. Crappy deal IMO.
Other than that, for the past 6 (excluding this year as I just switched to T-Mo), I have tried every carrier. AT&T did have fantastic coverage. The con of that is they are expensive for not having unlimited data, and their customer service is by far the absolute worst.
Verizon, well, they have just about everything you could want from a carrier, but the price. Too expensive. Customer service is OK, but they are stickler's with their contracts (as far as locking you into a phone) goes.
Sprint - Just plain sucks, all around. Customer service better than AT&T, but service is the absolute worst. They have decent coverage in some areas, but zero 4G (except for failed Wi-Max), and still have yet to fully do anything about this LTE network they have been shoving down throats for like 4 years.
T-Mobile. Great phones, great price, LTE, and so far I have had great customer service. I don't see any reason to switch from T-Mo, unless I move somewhere they don't work...
AT&T can keep their $450 dollars!
Yeah thats cool but I agree I have T-Mobile for truly unlimited data and no throttling. Here's an idea what are the exact rules on this? What of you switched to T-Mobile they pay the ETF's then switched back to AT&T got 450 then switched back to T-Mobile and had them pay your ETF's again then switched back to again and get another 450 making it 900 bucks then then you pay out right for a brand new phone with T-Mobile after switching again?
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Yeah thats cool but I agree I have T-Mobile for truly unlimited data and no throttling. Here's an idea what are the exact rules on this? What of you switched to T-Mobile they pay the ETF's then switched back to AT&T got 450 then switched back to T-Mobile and had them pay your ETF's again then switched back to again and get another 450 making it 900 bucks then then you pay out right for a brand new phone with T-Mobile after switching again?
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That is if somehow you got into a plan with at&t that wasn't a contract based one, and they didn't take the phone back from you.
If you own and bring your phone over from t-mobile, you get up to $250 credit to purchase an at&t product. They only give you $200 to help with the etf, which you won't get because t mobile is the uncarrier (doesn't have etf). Plus you have to surrender your phone.
Edit: my previous post was doubled.
If you don't own phone, you have to pay off the eip from t mobile, which at&t will give you up to $200 to do so, but the rest would come out of pocket. And if paying that much, I sure as hell wouldn't let them buy it back from me for only $250 that I have to use towards an at&t product.
Just do the math in your head using ball park figures. They worked in details so you cannot switch back and fourth without coming heavily out of pocket yourself.
You know they are only going to give you like $30 for a year old phone anyway. That's how they roll...
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What are they called.?
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Just called a hot spot? Lol. They're in the store.
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