Yo Step Off Verizon!!! T-Mobile Unlimited!!! - Page 2

Homeslice · 10-28-2009, 02:12 PM

I am about to get a new phone and a new laptop broadband card........Right now I have ATT for the phone and Sprint for the laptop...........Hoping to consolidate them into one provider -- whoever has the best data coverage map.

Amber Lamps · 10-28-2009, 02:19 PM

Yea I know that it's not great for everyone... did I mention that there is NO CONTRACT?!?!? No? Where I live, their coverage is very good and getting better. T-mobile is an up and coming company who's coverage has vastly improved in just the year I've been with them. Heck, they are using AT&T for secondary right now and are working on a deal with a local company for "roaming" towers.

It's all relative to where you live and what you do. I've never gone over my minutes either but that's mostly because I watch them like a hawk!!! Now I won't need to! That's the difference. Also, if you get unlimited, you can kill any home phone service that you may have...shit, for $10 T-mobile will hook you up with a VOIP type home phone with unlimited minutes, long distance, etc.

BTW I'm aware of these small companies like Boost, Cricket, Metro, etc that offer unlimited plans for $30 or whatever but from what I've seen, the coverage is terrible and the phones are either expensive or LAME! Like I said, to each their own but I'm liking T-Mobile.

Homeslice · 10-28-2009, 02:46 PM

How about hooking up a phone to my laptop? But I couldn't use my phone's call functions while I'm browsing the web, right?

Amber Lamps · 10-28-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

How about hooking up a phone to my laptop? But I couldn't use my phone's call functions while I'm browsing the web, right?

Yea I can do that too but it's so slow without 3G.

It uses my minutes... oh yea who cares?

Homeslice · 10-28-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yea I can do that too but it's so slow without 3G.

It uses my minutes... oh yea who cares?

What phone is this? Why doesn't it have 3G?

And if I had an unlimited plan, then how many minutes I was online wouldn't matter, right?

Amber Lamps · 10-28-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

What phone is this? Why doesn't it have 3G?

And if I had an unlimited plan, then how many minutes I was online wouldn't matter, right?

True and T-Mobile doesn't have 3G here yet...in their defense, neither does anyone else except Verizon in very limited terms.

Cutty72 · 11-02-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

How about hooking up a phone to my laptop? But I couldn't use my phone's call functions while I'm browsing the web, right?

Correct, with Verizon anyway. You can text and use the phone as a modem, but as soon as you answer a call, the internet connection goes away. As soon as you hang up, right back where you started.

Dave · 11-02-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

Correct, with Verizon anyway. You can text and use the phone as a modem, but as soon as you answer a call, the internet connection goes away. As soon as you hang up, right back where you started.

not true with the glyde at least. my browsing can be interrupted by text or calls and it will go right back to browser after i respond

Sixxxxer · 10-28-2009, 05:19 PM

Verizon also has some BIG plans in the works...as In...They bought the analog signal that was used for the Old TV's with antennas and apparently there trying to use it as a Super mega cell tower...I.E. you would get service virtually anywhere you would get T.V. Reception...which means...ALOT more than where it stands now.

Just a rumor I heard from an inside source I have...

EpyonXero · 10-28-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Verizon also has some BIG plans in the works...as In...They bought the analog signal that was used for the Old TV's with antennas and apparently there trying to use it as a Super mega cell tower...I.E. you would get service virtually anywhere you would get T.V. Reception...which means...ALOT more than where it stands now.

Just a rumor I heard from an inside source I have...

Theyre supposed to be rolling out their 4G LTE network in the beginning of next year and theyre saying you can get speeds up to 60Mbps.

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10-28-2009, 02:12 PM	#1
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I am about to get a new phone and a new laptop broadband card........Right now I have ATT for the phone and Sprint for the laptop...........Hoping to consolidate them into one provider -- whoever has the best data coverage map.

10-28-2009, 02:19 PM	#2
Amber Lamps Moto GP Star Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,556	Yea I know that it's not great for everyone... did I mention that there is NO CONTRACT?!?!? No? Where I live, their coverage is very good and getting better. T-mobile is an up and coming company who's coverage has vastly improved in just the year I've been with them. Heck, they are using AT&T for secondary right now and are working on a deal with a local company for "roaming" towers. It's all relative to where you live and what you do. I've never gone over my minutes either but that's mostly because I watch them like a hawk!!! Now I won't need to! That's the difference. Also, if you get unlimited, you can kill any home phone service that you may have...shit, for $10 T-mobile will hook you up with a VOIP type home phone with unlimited minutes, long distance, etc. BTW I'm aware of these small companies like Boost, Cricket, Metro, etc that offer unlimited plans for $30 or whatever but from what I've seen, the coverage is terrible and the phones are either expensive or LAME! Like I said, to each their own but I'm liking T-Mobile.