Cellular carrier - who do you use?
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
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My TMobile plan gives all of our phones free unlimited data and text to about 180 countries. It totally changes how easily you can travel.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
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@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
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@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
AT&T has the capability but not the plan.
Verizon and Sprint don't have the capability and require you to get another carrier and require that you have a phone from another network type to support it. Verizon needs you to get a Vodafone capable phone and a Vodafone account to do it. No different than not supporting it at all.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
Like I said I don't generally travel outside of the US. This is a non-issue for now. If I do I will investigate it then.
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@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
Like I said I don't generally travel outside of the US. This is a non-issue for now. If I do I will investigate it then.
That screws a lot of travelers. Locked into expensive plans when it is too late to change. Been there. Never again.
#verizonneveragain
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@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
i wouldn't call that easy
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
Like I said I don't generally travel outside of the US. This is a non-issue for now. If I do I will investigate it then.
That screws a lot of travelers. Locked into expensive plans when it is too late to change. Been there. Never again.
#verizonneveragain
Good thing I'm not on Verizon. I don't have a contract, and my costs are minimal. I could feasibly get a throw away phone when I'm in a different county.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
AT&T has the capability but not the plan.
Verizon and Sprint don't have the capability and require you to get another carrier and require that you have a phone from another network type to support it. Verizon needs you to get a Vodafone capable phone and a Vodafone account to do it. No different than not supporting it at all.
Really? I thought LTE was universal?
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
i wouldn't call that easy
Definitely not. With AT&T only do you get to keep your number when doing it. The others you need a new phone number for it to work!
At that point it is cheaper and easier to just buy a foreign SIM card.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
AT&T has the capability but not the plan.
Verizon and Sprint don't have the capability and require you to get another carrier and require that you have a phone from another network type to support it. Verizon needs you to get a Vodafone capable phone and a Vodafone account to do it. No different than not supporting it at all.
Really? I thought LTE was universal?
LTE is a signally system and a lot of countries don't use it. That's 3G.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
i wouldn't call that easy
Definitely not. With AT&T only do you get to keep your number when doing it. The others you need a new phone number for it to work!
At that point it is cheaper and easier to just buy a foreign SIM card.
Well, other than T-Mobile, it's always easier to buy a new SIM card.
It's what I did last summer. -
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
Like I said I don't generally travel outside of the US. This is a non-issue for now. If I do I will investigate it then.
That screws a lot of travelers. Locked into expensive plans when it is too late to change. Been there. Never again.
#verizonneveragain
Good thing I'm not on Verizon. I don't have a contract, and my costs are minimal. I could feasibly get a throw away phone when I'm in a different county.
That's what essentially everyone on anything but TMobile does and i5/ crazy. None of your apps, none of your contacts and you get a new number with every SIM card.
It breaks all of the assumptions that Americans make about people not changing phone numbers.
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Don't forget for those of us who never leave the US, T-Mobile coverage sucks pretty bad,.
At least it does around here, and I've never heard anyone say "my TMobile coverage is awesome".
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
AT&T has the capability but not the plan.
Verizon and Sprint don't have the capability and require you to get another carrier and require that you have a phone from another network type to support it. Verizon needs you to get a Vodafone capable phone and a Vodafone account to do it. No different than not supporting it at all.
Really? I thought LTE was universal?
LTE is a signally system and a lot of countries don't use it. That's 3G.
I think you are saying that 3G is what a lot of countries do use, and that 3G Verizon/Sprint aren't compatible because they are CDMA instead of GSM - is that right?
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
i wouldn't call that easy
Definitely not. With AT&T only do you get to keep your number when doing it. The others you need a new phone number for it to work!
At that point it is cheaper and easier to just buy a foreign SIM card.
Well, other than T-Mobile, it's always easier to buy a new SIM card.
It's what I did last summer.I've done that and it really sucks. So hard for people to contact you. So much effort and risk. I've had to help people in other countries do that many times. It seriously makes travel much more stressful and eats up loads of travel time.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all have the ability to move between counties but there are significant costs involved in that.
AT&T has the capability but not the plan.
Verizon and Sprint don't have the capability and require you to get another carrier and require that you have a phone from another network type to support it. Verizon needs you to get a Vodafone capable phone and a Vodafone account to do it. No different than not supporting it at all.
Really? I thought LTE was universal?
LTE is a signally system and a lot of countries don't use it. That's 3G.
I think you are saying that 3G is what a lot of countries do use, and that 3G Verizon/Sprint aren't compatible because they are CDMA instead of GSM - is that right?
Lots of countries have moved on to 4G. LTE is 3G. All countries are GSM except the US.
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@BRRABill said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
Don't forget for those of us who never leave the US, T-Mobile coverage sucks pretty bad,.
At least it does around here, and I've never heard anyone say "my TMobile coverage is awesome".
Depends where you are in the US. Texas gets better TMobile than Verizon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@coliver said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
So from another thread we started talking about cell phone plans and carriers.
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@Dashrender said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
@coliver said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
$100 a month for your cell phone? You need some Republic Wireless in your life.
My AT&T costs me $130/month for two phones.
My plan is 20$/month for one phone. Granted it is only 1GB of data but I rarely use even a fraction of that. The best things are wifi calling and seamless handoffs between wifi and cell.
Who do you use and what does it cost? What kind of travel restrictions do you have? and what is their home base?
I have no real travel restrictions. They piggy back off the Sprint network so it generally works. They also allowing roaming to the Verizon LTE network.
Limited to one country is a pretty major restriction.
True, I don't generally travel outside of the US. If I do I can always do calling over Wifi.
First time you can't call for a taxi or book a hotel in a foreign country because of your carrier you'll rethink that quickly.
Like I said I don't generally travel outside of the US. This is a non-issue for now. If I do I will investigate it then.
That screws a lot of travelers. Locked into expensive plans when it is too late to change. Been there. Never again.
#verizonneveragain
Good thing I'm not on Verizon. I don't have a contract, and my costs are minimal. I could feasibly get a throw away phone when I'm in a different county.
That's what essentially everyone on anything but TMobile does and i5/ crazy. None of your apps, none of your contacts and you get a new number with every SIM card.
It breaks all of the assumptions that Americans make about people not changing phone numbers.
Eh, I don't see the issue. email, Facebook, Google Hangouts, Google Voice (which I don't think works overseas) are generally how people get in touch with me.
