Cellular carrier - who do you use?
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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?:
@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.
I don't know about eating up loads.. but sure, it's not a 5 min deal normally.
You talk to people on the phone? ever? lol
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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?:
@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.
Well, now I'm going to talk out the other side of my mouth and say - I don't need the phone access much if at all while traveling abroad, it's more about data. I wouldn't call people at home while traveling using traditional means - but I would have the problem where my family would not be able to call me in emergency cases, but they could and do use Facebook, etc instead.
It's for safety. You need people to be able to reach you in an emergency and vice versa. If you have no need of a number while traveling, do you need a phone at all? Why does you phone exist if at the moments of greatest logistical and support needs that you don't need it?
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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?:
@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.
I don't know about eating up loads.. but sure, it's not a 5 min deal normally.
You talk to people on the phone? ever? lol
My phone is for emergencies. Someone going to a hospital, credit card getting stolen, needing a taxi. Things that I can't be without when traveling.
As far as time. I've many times seen it eat 2-4 hours for someone to deal with.
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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?:
@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.
I have those for normal stuff. Not the "get on a plane now - there has been an accident" stuff.
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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?:
@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.
I have those for normal stuff. Not the "get on a plane now - there has been an accident" stuff.
See, that's the opposite for me. I find the phone unreliable where I live so texting (via Google Voice/Hangouts) is generally more reliable. That may change overseas of course but around here Wifi is more accessible then a cell network. Although now that I can do Wifi calling it's not as much of an issue.
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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?:
@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.
I have those for normal stuff. Not the "get on a plane now - there has been an accident" stuff.
See, that's the opposite for me. I find the phone unreliable where I live so texting (via Google Voice/Hangouts) is generally more reliable. That may change overseas of course but around here Wifi is more accessible then a cell network. Although now that I can do Wifi calling it's not as much of an issue.
Right. Anyplace that I can get wifi OR a cell service I can get a call. So for emergencies it remains the best immediate way to reach me and email us the best non-immediate.
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Boost Mobile 30/month for unlimited text and talk. 100+/month for a phone seems like a bigger waste of money than 275/month(avg Comcast bill) for cable.
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@momurda said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
Boost Mobile 30/month for unlimited text and talk. 100+/month for a phone seems like a bigger waste of money than 275/month(avg Comcast bill) for cable.
How much data on that?
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(Canada) Rogers - unlimited calling anywhere in Canada, 4gb data, ~$100/mth inc tax+fees
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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?:
@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.
That's not true - several countries in Europe have CDMA, but I agree that GSM is MUCH more prevalent.
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@momurda said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
Boost Mobile 30/month for unlimited text and talk. 100+/month for a phone seems like a bigger waste of money than 275/month(avg Comcast bill) for cable.
$30 for text and talk - I thought we agreed already that most don't text talk, instead we use data - so how much is data?
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T-Mobile for $120/month for 4 lines. Unlimited everything. Plus all the international benefits.
Poor service in out state Missouri and some places in central Illinois.
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I was only willing to leave Sprint (which had horrible service in my home) after I tested other carriers in my house. Verizon was horrible, just like Sprint, but AT&T worked even in my basement (fully underground).
I would be willing to suffer the local phone number issue (probably solvable through a Google Voice number) but only after testing and confirming good coverage by the new carrier at home and most places I visit around the city. Sprint worked for me everywhere but my house - covered national traveling very well (I don't visit the countryside).
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Straight Talk for my wife. $45 a month, unlimited calling and texting and 5 GBof data. Mine is on ting because I never use it since I have a work phone. So pretty much $6-$8 for mine.
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@stacksofplates said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
Straight Talk for my wife. $45 a month, unlimited calling and texting and 5 GBof data. Mine is on ting because I never use it since I have a work phone. So pretty much $6-$8 for mine.
huh, is your office strick that you can't use your office phone for personal stuff that you have the need for a personal phone?
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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?:
@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.
That's not true - several countries in Europe have CDMA, but I agree that GSM is MUCH more prevalent.
What countries are those?
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
I was only willing to leave Sprint (which had horrible service in my home) after I tested other carriers in my house. Verizon was horrible, just like Sprint, but AT&T worked even in my basement (fully underground).
I would be willing to suffer the local phone number issue (probably solvable through a Google Voice number) but only after testing and confirming good coverage by the new carrier at home and most places I visit around the city. Sprint worked for me everywhere but my house - covered national traveling very well (I don't visit the countryside).
Why not use Wifi at home? That's what made TMobile the best for me... best and earliest Wifi calling so that anywhere I go regularly, I'm covered that way.
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My Data is 2GB, but that is never used as i am near wifi at home or office 95% of the time. I dont text and drive or app and drive. I do use the navigation feature once or twice a year.
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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?:
@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.
That's not true - several countries in Europe have CDMA, but I agree that GSM is MUCH more prevalent.
What countries are those?
Span and Italy for sure. Of course like the US, those countries aren't exclusively CDMA.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
I was only willing to leave Sprint (which had horrible service in my home) after I tested other carriers in my house. Verizon was horrible, just like Sprint, but AT&T worked even in my basement (fully underground).
I would be willing to suffer the local phone number issue (probably solvable through a Google Voice number) but only after testing and confirming good coverage by the new carrier at home and most places I visit around the city. Sprint worked for me everywhere but my house - covered national traveling very well (I don't visit the countryside).
Why not use Wifi at home? That's what made TMobile the best for me... best and earliest Wifi calling so that anywhere I go regularly, I'm covered that way.
That might be totally doable - as long as T-Mobile works everywhere else in my city I normally go. But how can I know that? I don't know anyone in this city who has it to let me try it out.
