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?:
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?:
@gjacobse said in How would you counter offer a job proposal:
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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.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
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.
That's crazy, I've never seen a plan under the TMobile costs before.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
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.
That's crazy, I've never seen a plan under the TMobile costs before.
Tmobile is $70 first phone $50 Second phone $20 Third phone = $140
https://i.imgur.com/dxWKJtw.png
ATT $80 for the data package, $20 per phone including the first. 3 phones = $140
https://i.imgur.com/69VM18S.png
in this situation they are the same price. Once you move to 4 phones, Tmobile becomes cheaper becuase they give you the fourth line free.
There's also the 'unlimited' data portion on Tmobile, but I don't know when they slow your speeds down (if they do). So if you're family a a large user of data, then Tmoblie is also a win. -
Now me personally, I get a 25% discount on the base and one phone line charge because of my employer. So my bill is $20 less.
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@Dashrender said in Cellular carrier - who do you use?:
Now me personally, I get a 25% discount on the base and one phone line charge because of my employer. So my bill is $20 less.
Ok looked into TMobile's discount program.
https://i.imgur.com/v01ueNC.pngWell, I don't have a company provided TMobile phone, I guess no discount for me.
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Something else to consider.
TMobile doesn't include hotspotting at there included rates either, for that you'll pony up another $25/m per phone
https://i.imgur.com/SdbXTyi.png
I wonder what they mean by Twice the Speed? So they are intentionally capping my speed with the normal plan, and they are doubling that speed for $25 more a month.. sigh. lol
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Looks like T-Mobile is very popular in the US. Same here, but they are also by far the most expensive option here.
