Cellular carrier - who do you use?
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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?:
@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.
You sure? I thought that the EU didn't allow CDMA. And Wikipedia agrees that both of those are 100% CDMA free. How did you find carriers in those countries and what carriers were they?
Well perhaps it's changed in the last few years. The first time I went, there were CDMA options, looks like they are gone now.
I was in the region in 2012 and Verizon said "no CDMA" at that time. GSM was a requirement for portability, was what I was led to believe.
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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?:
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.
How do you know if anyone works that way? Other than your current carrier.
Before I switched to AT&T I borrowed my friend's AT&T phone. Took it to all of my normal haunts and it worked great! Only reason I switched to them. I had other friends I borrowed their Verizon.. it didn't work at my home at all.
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@momurda said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender Yes but i dont stare at the screen i just listen to the voice of the incorrect directions.
LOL - so do I brother, so do I
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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?:
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.
How do you know if anyone works that way? Other than your current carrier.
Before I switched to AT&T I borrowed my friend's AT&T phone. Took it to all of my normal haunts and it worked great! Only reason I switched to them. I had other friends I borrowed their Verizon.. it didn't work at my home at all.
TMobile and AT&T share towers. In most cases, they have identical coverage, because if you aren't on TMobile you pick up AT&T.
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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?:
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.
How do you know if anyone works that way? Other than your current carrier.
Before I switched to AT&T I borrowed my friend's AT&T phone. Took it to all of my normal haunts and it worked great! Only reason I switched to them. I had other friends I borrowed their Verizon.. it didn't work at my home at all.
TMobile and AT&T share towers. In most cases, they have identical coverage, because if you aren't on TMobile you pick up AT&T.
I just wonder why TMobile has no presence here in Nebraska at all?
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On a site note, I called AT&T today to get WiFi calling enabled on my phone. Apparently the Nexus 6P doesn't support it, even though it does support WiFi calling. Ug AT&T sucks.. these damned locked in phones just SUCK! I'm willing to bet that AT&T only doesn't support my Nexus 6P for WiFi calling because they don't sell 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?:
@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.
How do you know if anyone works that way? Other than your current carrier.
Before I switched to AT&T I borrowed my friend's AT&T phone. Took it to all of my normal haunts and it worked great! Only reason I switched to them. I had other friends I borrowed their Verizon.. it didn't work at my home at all.
TMobile and AT&T share towers. In most cases, they have identical coverage, because if you aren't on TMobile you pick up AT&T.
I just wonder why TMobile has no presence here in Nebraska at all?
Looks like they have coverage on the map.
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@Dashrender You shoudl be able to do it without a store, too. People buy Apple phones in countries with no Apple Store. It is less convenient, but it works.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender You shoudl be able to do it without a store, too. People buy Apple phones in countries with no Apple Store. It is less convenient, but it works.
I suppose if I can order a card, it could be worth 1 month worth of fees to try it, but damn.. I just did that with Playstation vue and ug.. didn't cancel in time, stuck paying for a month I won't use.
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My seven year old got her own TMobile line yesterday.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
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@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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
Little price check, Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
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@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@gjacobse 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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
Little price check, Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
Just an FYI, as a Verizon customer already paying over $100/mo for a Verizon phone, to ADD Vodafone onto your existing plan is like an ADDITIONAL $150/mo. I've done it a few times. It's insane how expensive European plans are for Americans.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@gjacobse 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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
Little price check, Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
Just an FYI, as a Verizon customer already paying over $100/mo for a Verizon phone, to ADD Vodafone onto your existing plan is like an ADDITIONAL $150/mo. I've done it a few times. It's insane how expensive European plans are for Americans.
Was just for reference.
I'm paying exactly 10 EUR per month (Vodafone, no phone included) for 2GB and a few hundred minutes allnet. Don't need more.
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@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@gjacobse 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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
[Little price check]), Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
$130 for phone service, mentioned above, plus $35 each for two phones = $200.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@gjacobse 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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
[Little price check]), Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
$130 for phone service, mentioned above, plus $35 each for two phones = $200.
OK, missed the second phone. Still expensive, but not as much as I thought.
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@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@thwr said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@gjacobse 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.
Only $130? Nice... Mine is twice that... But I'm still in the original Data plan from like 6 years ago... Unlimited everything.
yep, $130 - now my real bill is closer to $200/month, but that includes the fees for the phones. But we shouldn't consider those fees when we are talking about the base plan costs.
I considered one of those unlimited everything plans - and perhaps If I started streaming everything over cellular, it might be worth a more expensive plan. But today I have 15 GB/month for 2 people.. I rarely go over 5 GB, so unless I drastically change my habits and start streaming music for example... I don't need more.
200$? Per month? What kind of contract is that? Free new phone every week?
[Little price check]), Vodafone is EUR 63,07 and T-Mobile EUR 90,63 incl. a iPhone 7, allnet flat and 10GB/month. 19% VAT already included.
$130 for phone service, mentioned above, plus $35 each for two phones = $200.
OK, missed the second phone. Still expensive, but not as much as I thought.
Well the base plan is only that much because of two phones (really we have three phones on the plan (base = $110 for 2 phones and third phone is $20/month, plus handset fees).
If I paid outright for the phones, the bill would be $130
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ting! I really, really like this MVNO. They use the Sprint or Nextel network, depending on the phone you have. So two different coverage maps, that you really won't know for sure unless you already or know people that use Sprint/Nextel. https://ting.com/coverage Price wise, they work it how I always thought it should be. You pay full price up front for your phone (which is why I'm limping through with an SIII at the moment), $6/month for each device on the network, and then you get billed for the amount of minutes, text, and data that you use each month. https://ting.com/rates
My average bill is $26/month. I spend almost all my time on WIFI, it only hit $36 even after sucking down 700+MB the week of MangoCon. Didn't have any issues loosing network access on the road, but I don't travel internationally at all, so I have no idea how their overseas pricing looks like.
Edit: Almost forgot, if you signup for ting, you should use my link: https://z6q0sjd201.ting.com/
Wonder if I should say hey, spend some advertising dollars over @mangolassi.it? -
Moving to Tmobile would raise my bill by $20 ($140 + taxes for three phones).
yeah i said before I have two, I really have three phones on my current plan.
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I would consider Google Project Fi, but that would raise my bill even more - either I'd have to purchase two new nexus/pixel phones or leave them on AT&T and the combined bill would be higher than my current one.
