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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

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Post by ScottWhigham »

fady wrote: post #72
ScottWhigham wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone on AT&T now but whose contract has expired, I read stuff like this with great interest. I tested my friend's iphone 5 last week here and he was getting 22mb d/l and 10mb u/l. I could swear at AT&T a whole lot but still enjoy those speeds.

are you in SF? i live in cole valley and have terrible at&t service. its been terrible ever since i moved here, though, at&t has given me discounts, credits, even a microcell (requires highspeed internet). now i get full bars in my house, though,as soon as i step outside its back to one little bar. i wonder if my microcell will work with tmobile? i'm out of contract and have been thinking about switching.

Sorry - I'm in Dallas.

Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

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Post by ScottWhigham »

I can say that this is not correct with my friend's AT&T iPhone 5. We are in Dallas (in McKinney, a suburb) and just last week we turned off his wifi, ran a speed test, and it reported 22mb d/l and 10mb u/l. There is nothing special about his phone - not unlocked, nor has he done anything to it to remove the limits. I was testing out the 4G LTE speed on his to see if it was worth it to upgrade from my iPhone 4S. My 4S' speed was only 5.5mb d/l and 1.5mb u/l.

Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

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Post by josteink »

I dont get the connection. The iPhone and iPad is limited, yes. But how does that relate to T-mobile, a carrier? You buy your gadgets and cellular-services separately.

This headline makes about as much sense as saying China is communist. Cars are the exception.

Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

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Post by fooqux »

TylerE wrote: post #87
anonymoushn wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 prope…

To play devil's advocate, how exactly do you propose they store such a user preference? And keep in mind cellphones don't have stable IPs.

I propose they remove this horrid practice which is annoying, breaks spec, and potentially intrudes on my privacy. Problem solved.

Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

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Post by whafro »

fady wrote: post #72
ScottWhigham wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone on AT&T now but whose contract has expired, I read stuff like this with great interest. I tested my friend's iphone 5 last week here and he was getting 22mb d/l and 10mb u/l. I could swear at AT&T a whole lot but still enjoy those speeds.

are you in SF? i live in cole valley and have terrible at&t service. its been terrible ever since i moved here, though, at&t has given me discounts, credits, even a microcell (requires highspeed internet). now i get full bars in my house, though,as soon as i step outside its back to one little bar. i wonder if my microcell will work with tmobile? i'm out of contract and have been thinking about switching.

I'm in Cole Valley too, and being in the shadow of Sutro causes all sorts of RF issues, especially on the southern half of the neighborhood. AT&T and Verizon are worthless, T-Mobile is barely usable, and the TV signals coming from Sutro pass overhead, while the mountain itself blocks NBC coming from the south. Even Monkeybrains has had trouble with Cole Valley.

I love the neighborhood, but the wireless situation sucks.

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