Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
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Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#2Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon.
No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#3Nice article.
No transparency, as usual, from those carriers.
I wonder though if overall user performance would be worse if they didn't throttle - carriers may think (correctly or incorrectly) it is their best option for the capacity/throughput issues they have?
Can't wait to a future of non-monopoly/duopoly wireless last mile...
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#4Can you override (with or without a jail break?)
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#5Nice article. No transparency, as usual, from those carriers. I wonder though if overall user performance would be worse if they didn't throttle - carriers may think (correctly or incorrectly) it is their best option for the capacity/throughput issues they have? Can't wait to a future of non-monopoly/duopoly wireless last mile...
To be fair, the carriers aren't the only ones being misleading or opaque. Apple quite happily chips in (with a good second-long shot of their logo, no less) for the already blatantly false ads declaring "iPhone on the fastest network [AT&T]".
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#6I just unlocked my phone and switched from AT&T to T-Mobile and couldn't be happier.
Decent service, and the $50/month prepaid plan including mobile hotspot is a great deal.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#7Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon. No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
In the peninsula where many Hacker News readers probably reside, their network is pretty great. In Austin, using T-Mobile is a lot like not having a data plan and having a phone with only moderately high probability. People who call you will sometimes get some message saying that your number doesn't exist.
The opt-out process for T-Mobile's DNS hijacking is not satisfactory:
> Note: In order for opt-out to work properly, you need to accept a "cookie" indicating that you have opted out of this service. If you use a program that removes cookies, you will have to repeat this opt-out process when the cookie is deleted. The cookie placed on your computer will contain the site name: "http://tmob.search-help.net.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#8This is why it's bad that virtually no net neutrality rules were implemented for the wireless market when the net neutrality law passed.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#9You can apply the IPCC file without jailbreaking, although I believe it still requires erasing all your settings and contents.
The IPCC file is a ZIP file with a bunch of images and XML files with interesting settings within.
There's a lot of superfluous FUD ("iOS uses more data than other smartphones, even when idle", which is not true) regarding iOS in the article.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#10Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon. No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
I have had T-mobile for almost a decade and never had any problem with them. They are a GSM network so you can just swap out your sim card if you want a new phone, without having to jump through any hoops. They even went so far to correct problems that users were having with jailbroken iPhone on their network when they were still relatively new, which is pretty incredible.
I have never had any problem with coverage in major cities, if you get out of populated areas you will see that you are typically bouncing off partner towers, so you may lose data service, but will almost certainly have cell service. Basically as long as you live in a large city you will be fine. I never have had any problems (at least noticeable enough for me to remember) with dropped calls, or flaky service where I live.
I assume other peoples experiences may vary, but I think they are hands down the best cell provider.