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Post by tomca32 »

shanac wrote: post #61
tomca32 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. In Croatia, T-Mobile is absolutely the worst carrier. Highest fees, worst customer support. They can get away with it because they have the most customers and it's just too much of a hassle to change providers. At least that's how it was around 3 years ago. I don't live there anymore so maybe something changed (I doubt it).

t-mobile isn't own by the same entity in Croatia

Really? I was pretty sure that it's under T-HT, which is owned by Deutsche Telecom [1]. Is T-Mobile in US not owned by DT?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Hrvatski_Telekom

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by selectodude »

mahyarm wrote: post #106
MacsHeadroom wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So talk using VoIP over 3g/4g and have unlimited minutes. T-Mobile will not throttle until at least 5GB. In my experience they just don't throttle at all though.

VoIP for me over 3G tends to be not nearly as stable as an actual phone call.

I think the plan works over LTE, which would make it a much more tenable position once T-Mobile's LTE rollout is a bit more fleshed out.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by kevingadd »

eropple wrote: post #47
gergles wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

T-Mobile throttles after 5GB on that plan, not 2. Straight Talk straight up terminates your data connection after 2 GB. They claim that they throttle, but they effectively terminate it - the throttled connection is so slow and has so many packets dropped that I couldn't use a single app on my 'throttled' phone without it timing out and giving up.

I've read that elsewhere, but that doesn't match my experience in the New England area on TMO. I had my connection completely croak after my phone read 2GB of data usage. Maybe the behavior is different in different geographic areas? (The last time I went over 2GB was a year ago on TMO when my home internet wasn't yet installed, so for me it's basically academic.)

Are you sure you weren't just on a plan with a 2GB cap? Different plans are different.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by jhome »

wyclif wrote: post #108
jhome wrote: post #105

I live in the UK, and never found anything special about T-Mobile.

This thread is about T-Mobile US.

I am aware of this, but I wanted to highlight that the brand reputation isn't consistent throughout the globe. I wish this was also T-Mobile UK !

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by pearjuice »

Completely off topic but I am truly amazed by how good that spoken article was at the bottom of the post. I expected some Microsoft Sam voice, but it was actually a good clever sound with near-perfect emotional context switches in tone use.

Is that a plug and play solution or does the author have to do manual fine tuning? In both cases it is amazing how far we are with text-to-speech compared to only a few years ago.

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Post by aestra »

throwaway9848 wrote: post #84

Ting, Ting, Ting. A thousand times Ting. A customer, not an employee. I won't gush, see ting.com, it's an MVNO on the Sprint network. EDIT: It kind of bothers me that someone downvoted this. It's not like I used an affiliate link or stand to benefit from this. Sorry for sharing :P

Only do light users save money. Heavy users pay more.

Only reason I didn't sign up is Sprint has bad reception here. If I wanted bad reception, I would have stayed with T-mobile.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by aestra »

wyclif wrote: post #109
SwaroopH wrote: post #44

I love T-mobile whenever I am in the US. Coupled with Google Voice and Nexus 4 (LTE works!), I pay way less than an AT&T contract + phone. The only time I was unhappy with their coverage was in my apartment in Mountain View this fall. Apart from that, I've never had to call their customer service. Every time I come back to US, I simply recharge my account online and get going in minutes. I am curious to try out the W…

Curious about the details of the Walmart plan. Anybody?

It's been mentioned several times. Unlimited text, 5GB data, 100 minutes. Prepaid.

http://see.walmart.com/t-mobile/

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Post by goggles99 »

greenmountin wrote: post #99
Shivetya wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am so tired of two year contracts, but I have a list of 'approved' carriers I can choose from and have my phone partially paid for. Until recently T-Mobile was not on the list. Now all I need to do if wait out my current two year with the other guys. There is certainly nothing smart about paying seventy, eighty, or more, per month for a smart phone. If anyone is smart its the guys charging for it and getting it.

Two year contracts are a lie, a prop, an illusion. If you break it, you basically pay back the prorated part of the phone discount you got. If you go to a carrier without phone subsidies, they'll charge you less month-to-month an amount equal to the monthly prorated phone discount. This was my realization when pricing out basic phone service with T-Mobile, ATT, etc. You have to really work hard to pay different. Just…

You clearly have never used an MVNO(Reseller)

I just went to Verizon and chose a free SmartPhone (Droid 4) with a 500MB data plan. It was $80/mo 2 yr contract

I can buy that phone outright (brand new) for $300.

If I go to PagePlus (Verizon MVNO) and sign up for their $1200 Minute, $3000 Text/MMS 500MB $30/mo plan here is what I paid after two years.

Verizon - $80 * 24 = $1,920

PagePlus - $30 * 24 + $300 (phone) + $50 roaming (average usage cost for 2 yrs) = $1,020

And what did I get for my $900 difference? (That is $37.50/mo BTW) A big "Verizon" label on my phone, and a two year contract.

You could get two plans and phones from PagePlus and still pay less.

I realize that there are other factors like level of customer service, and no roaming charges that VZW and ATT die-hards will tell you about. Well, in my experience, the service is no better and most people almost never use roaming service while using a Verizon MVNO. I would say that i have only spent around $20 in the last two years from roaming.

Other factiods: Have Verizon or ATT and want to change your plan options (Minutes, Data amount ETC)? Sure - that will require a new two year contract. Don't want a new phone. Well you will still be paying the same regardless. Break the contract and you will still pay the same penalty. This seems to refute your claim that you are just paying back a subsidy.

Want a new phone with your new contract? OK, choose a "free" one from a list whose retail prices have a $150-$200 difference in price. Are you going to pay less per month if you opt for the cheaper (3g) free one? If your statement was true you should.

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Post by michaelgold »

I think Fred might be disappointed when he switches back to t-mobile. I was a t-mobile customer for years and I agree they have awesome customer service. The big problem for me was the terrible cell reception in many buildings in NYC. That said, I hear there are many areas in the US where t-mobile provides decent service. For people considering switching if t-mobile's international data deal isn't that important to you, you may want to check out http://www.solavei.com first. They are a t-mobile reseller (MVNO) and you may be able to save some money compared to going through t-mobile directly. Their prices are similar to straight talk (mentioned in some of the other comments) and they also allow you to refer customers to reduce your monthly bill.

Best cell phone service for the price IMO is http://www.pagepluscellular.com/ (a verizon reseller). $55 / month (including taxes and fees) for unlimited calling, unlimited texts, and 2 gigs of data. I have been a customer of theirs for a year and a half. Their customer service is pretty good, but more importantly their signal strength (coming from verizon's towers) is the best out of all the carriers in NYC.

The one big caveat with the MVNO resellers is that they don't offer LTE data and some don't support LTE phones (ie iphone 5, 5c, 5s, etc).

TL;DR - if you're down to use an iPhone 4S or other 3G smartphone you can save some serious money per month going through an MVNO reseller.

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Post by mynameisvlad »

goggles99 wrote: post #118
greenmountin wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Two year contracts are a lie, a prop, an illusion. If you break it, you basically pay back the prorated part of the phone discount you got. If you go to a carrier without phone subsidies, they'll charge you less month-to-month an amount equal to the monthly prorated phone discount. This was my realization when pricing out basic phone service with T-Mobile, ATT, etc. You have to really work hard to pay different. Just…

You clearly have never used an MVNO(Reseller) I just went to Verizon and chose a free SmartPhone (Droid 4) with a 500MB data plan. It was $80/mo 2 yr contract I can buy that phone outright (brand new) for $300. If I go to PagePlus (Verizon MVNO) and sign up for their $1200 Minute, $3000 Text/MMS 500MB $30/mo plan here is what I paid after two years. Verizon - $80 * 24 = $1,920 PagePlus - $30 * 24 + $300 (phone) + $50…

Generally, MVNO customers have lowest priority on a network. I know AT&T, for example, gives network priority to Postpaid first, then Prepaid, then MVNOs. So on a congested network, you'd be the first to be kicked off.
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