I'm planning on switching from T-mobile to Verizon soon (December 24th, the first day we can leave t-mo) and am wondering if there is a best way to start service with Verizon? In a corporate store? Online? Verizon kiosk in a local store? (most of these kiosks around here waive certain fees and throw in extra car chargers, etc.) We'll be activating four lines, three with the DNA. Are there any ways that give discounts over others? Any input from a VZW employee (or anyone who knows) would be great.
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Interesting, I'm planning on leaving Verizon for T mobile, any reason your leaving? I just miss unlimited data.
I would start an account using a 3rd party retailer as you can save a bit off the phone price. I purchased 3 DNAs from Wirefly for $150 each, use coupon code WIREFLYBLUE83 and you'll get a free bluetooth for each phone.
I also think I read something about the dna at Walmart for about the same price and you get a gift card.
Edit: also check if your place of employment gets a discount, I just recently found out that mine does so I get 19% off monthly, mine as well apply it to your account from the start if available.
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Interesting, I'm planning on leaving Verizon for T mobile, any reason your leaving? I just miss unlimited data.
I would start an account using a 3rd party retailer as you can save a bit off the phone price. I purchased 3 DNAs from Wirefly for $150 each, use coupon code WIREFLYBLUE83 and you'll get a free bluetooth for each phone.
I also think I read something about the dna at Walmart for about the same price and you get a gift card.
Edit: also check if your place of employment gets a discount, I just recently found out that mine does so I get 19% off monthly, mine as well apply it to your account from the start if available.
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Doesn't tmobile pretty much kill your data after 5 gigs. Like put it down to 2g.
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I didn't know that, damn I just use Netflix, and xbmc a ton and its killing my limit.
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Interesting, I'm planning on leaving Verizon for T mobile, any reason your leaving? I just miss unlimited data.
I would start an account using a 3rd party retailer as you can save a bit off the phone price. I purchased 3 DNAs from Wirefly for $150 each, use coupon code WIREFLYBLUE83 and you'll get a free bluetooth for each phone.
I also think I read something about the dna at Walmart for about the same price and you get a gift card.
Edit: also check if your place of employment gets a discount, I just recently found out that mine does so I get 19% off monthly, mine as well apply it to your account from the start if available.
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We're leaving (mainly) because we get no reception at our house, work, school, and a few other places we frequent. It works (in LA) fine in most public places, outside, and (sometimes) in the top floor of houses but, at least for us, reception indoors completely drops. Wifi calling partially offsets this, but we don't have wifi everywhere. The big push over the edge for us is that there is only sporadic reception when traveling between cities on most highways.
So, if you have wifi at most places you go and you just need unlimited data for on the road while in the city or in the upper floors of buildings, T-mo will probably be just fine for you.
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Doesn't tmobile pretty much kill your data after 5 gigs. Like put it down to 2g.
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Yes, correct and not an exaggeration.
Hmm, so I guess it's slow data or $15/gb over...
As everyone knows Verizon has the best coverage which is true so I'm sure you'll be happy with the switch.
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Hmm, so I guess it's slow data or $15/gb over...
As everyone knows Verizon has the best coverage which is true so I'm sure you'll be happy with the switch.
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Luckily we're not heavy data users, so we're willing to pay a bit more for far better service. Thanks all for your help.
I switched from sprint to verizon not too long ago and I went to an Official Verizon Store and they wouldnt waive any fees or add any extras in either,
however if you go to a best buy store and sign up through best buy (probably a better way to do it) they will price match any sale that verizon does they may waive some fees and/or throw in a couple of cases too.
The rest of my fam. went to a best buy activated 4 GSIII's and paid $70 per phone + $35 activation fee for each one. The black tie protection that BB offers is much better than vz insurance
Black Tie = $10/Mo. (up to $149) OR a 1 time payment of $149 (up front) per device and you can break your phone every day and get a new one if they have them in stock and NO deductible. (with BB's BT plan you dont pay anymore money after the 149)
VZ Asurion = 6.99/Mo. (forever) $100 deductible every time you break your device
With BB you have 30 days price match guarantee so like i said before, if you can find any regular sale (Cant be a sprint GSIII for $50, it has to be the verizon variant in order to qualify) you get it for that price. We found the GSIII on amazonwireless.com for $69.99 so we went in and they refunded $400 to the CC.
Go to BB and they will hook you up and get the black tie protection plan (you wont regret it)
*i was just using the GSIII as an example
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We're leaving (mainly) because we get no reception at our house, work, school, and a few other places we frequent. It works (in LA) fine in most public places, outside, and (sometimes) in the top floor of houses but, at least for us, reception indoors completely drops. Wifi calling partially offsets this, but we don't have wifi everywhere. The big push over the edge for us is that there is only sporadic reception when traveling between cities on most highways.
So, if you have wifi at most places you go and you just need unlimited data for on the road while in the city or in the upper floors of buildings, T-mo will probably be just fine for you.
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Wow I left T-Mobile a year and a half ago for the exact same reason. I could stand on my front porch and have great reception and then step one foot inside my house and then get none. Inside pretty much any place I would frequent would get terrible reception but the minute I stepped outside everything would be fine. Switching to Verizon was an excellent choice as I no longer have that problem. I have excellent reception pretty much everywhere I go now.
As far as the topic goes, I would recommend trying Best Buy as .torrented has mentioned.
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Went to Wal-Mart last night and while I was there I asked if they were going to carry the Note. The person in the connection center said that they were just told by their AT&T rep that Wal-Mart will be carrying the Note in store on the day of launch.
Not sure if this is for all Wal-Mart stores, or just ones in my area.
Usually Wal-Mart is a little cheaper on price, so I'll be heading there to get mine.
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Went to Wal-Mart last night and while I was there I asked if they were going to carry the Note. The person in the connection center said that they were just told by their AT&T rep that Wal-Mart will be carrying the Note in store on the day of launch.
Not sure if this is for all Wal-Mart stores, or just ones in my area.
Usually Wal-Mart is a little cheaper on price, so I'll be heading there to get mine.
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Watch out if you have unlimited data on your account. I've seen many customers come in after going to walmart or any other third party with their unlimited data taken off.
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Watch out if you have unlimited data on your account. I've seen many customers come in after going to walmart or any other third party with their unlimited data taken off.
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I can say this is true. The fact is that Walmart doesn't have the ability in store to keep the unlimited data. The truth is that all Walmart can do is upgrade your phone and give you a cheaper price than AT&T. Anything that deals with your contract can't be handled through Walmart.
The Kiosk used to do the upgrade process is pre programmed with select options and there is no way anyone at Walmart can make core changes to the contract. So if the Kiosk forces them to put you on a LTE or Smartphone Data plan you will lose your unlimited data. From what I hear even calling customer care is causing issues for getting unlimited data back.
I can tell you this for fact and from personal experience. I work the connection counter and do upgrades all the time. So is the saving of $40 really worth your unlimited data? That is the real question.
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If you happen to lose your unlimited data going through them, you can always get it back. Just takes a call to 611 and you explaining that you "didn't authorize a change to your plan".
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If you pre-order from Best Buy you'll get $50 off and a free Samsung flip cover.
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Watch out if you have unlimited data on your account. I've seen many customers come in after going to walmart or any other third party with their unlimited data taken off.
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That's what happened to me when I bought my Dell Streak at Best Buy. Almost took an act of congress to get my unlimited plan back. The ironic part was that the AT&T retail stores had no clue what it was, so Best Buy or Dell was the only place you could buy one.
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That's what happened to me when I bought my Dell Streak at Best Buy. Almost took an act of congress to get my unlimited plan back. The ironic part was that the AT&T retail stores had no clue what it was, so Best Buy or Dell was the only place you could buy one.
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Yeah the process for them to add back your unlimited data plan is serious process. They have to file a internal case to have their domestic data department to actually make sure everything transpired inappropriately. Its quite a hassle and can take up to a week.
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By cheaper..Will Walmart be selling it for like $20 cheaper initially? (As in for like 1st week of release)
Some people seem to think that Amazon Wireless or other 3rd party retailers may sell them for as cheap as $200 rather soon after the initial release.
Purchase at best buy...have them match the walmart price
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I doubt very much you will get it any cheaper then bestbuy your getting a $80 discount when you account for the $50 bucks and free case
I actually work at a Walmart Wireless (new prototype of the connection centre) and we've not heard anything about carrying the Note on launch day. not to say it won't happen, but doesn't seem likely in my area of the country at least.
On a side note, I've upgraded a lot of people with grandfathered unlimited data and never had anyone lose it. The associate just has to call in to AT&T and do the upgrade manually. Customer keeps their data and the store still gets the commission.
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Hi, currently I'm a Sprint customer and I would like to know from you ATT users how are your service with ATT. I use about 2GB of data on average, don't make that many calls but received some text messages. I would like to have the Galaxy Note because of the size. what are your charges basicaly with ATT?. What can I expect?.
thank you in advance.
caguas56.
Go to ATT.com, pick your plan and features, and it will answer all your questions. Add about 10-15% for fees and taxes. What else is there to know?
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Go to ATT.com, pick your plan and features, and it will answer all your questions. Add about 10-15% for fees and taxes. What else is there to know?
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that I know to do. what I want is experenses from att users on how cheap or expensive service for a person like me maybe on ATT. you don't have to disclose your expenses just give me an idea if it's worth it or not. thanks anyway.
450 mins (34.99), unlimited texting (20.00), unlimited data (30.00), insurance (6.99)...15% military discount....monthly bill is about $95 bucks.
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Hi, I have the Att galaxy note on straight talk. Forget the Att prices. It costs me 49.969 after taxes for unlimited talk text and web even though the web part is not really unlimited from what I hear. It may cost more and in the long run for the phone but no contract, or any of the att bull crap. Thats just my 2 cents.
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Hi, I have the Att galaxy note on straight talk. Forget the Att prices. It costs me 49.969 after taxes for unlimited talk text and web even though the web part is not really unlimited from what I hear. It may cost more and in the long run for the phone but no contract, or any of the att bull crap. Thats just my 2 cents.
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when did you got yours?. I have checked and is not there.
25 bux a month after fees, unlimited everything. Lol. Employee plan.
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25 bux a month after fees, unlimited everything. Lol. Employee plan.
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Y'all hiring? My AT&T bill = car note...
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that I know to do. what I want is experenses from att users on how cheap or expensive service for a person like me maybe on ATT. you don't have to disclose your expenses just give me an idea if it's worth it or not. thanks anyway.
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Right now AT&T's LTE Network is Completely Unsaturated in most areas, if you look at mine & Wish777's Ultimate Modem Megathread you'll see proof of what a network at 25% of ideal capacity can do. Look at the UCLE2 results. Speedtests screenshots, latency averages, upload & download.
In short, it's the most consistent LTE i've seen, and i've owned LTE data cards on verizon and an Overdrive on Sprint.
It's well worth it. The service is top notch. Customer service? Well...what carrier can claim that as one of their strong points?
AT&T mainly got a bad rep because of the iphone. The truth is, the iPhone wasn't built for america. It was built using an Infineon radio designed for use in densly populated areas-- ie Europe and Asia. The AT&T networks weren't set up to communicate the way the iphone liked to. The "way" the iPhone communicates was surely preferred, but nonetheless, they weren't prepared-- no carrier was.
I'm discussing this because i think it's important. If you look at custome satisfaction and dropped calls before the iPhone (in my experience, no other phones had this issue) AT&T was at the top. Now, the number #1 blemish on AT&T's service record is this issue. If you don't buy an iPhone, you won't drop calls due to the network any more than other carriers...they don't publish data on this, but i make about 5 phone calls a day, for about 5-10 minutes each. I've dropped 4 calls in the past 10 months...and all of them were on the iPhone. I got my note the day it came out, and besides the first ICS leak's shortcomings when it came to hangs, freezes, and FCs, i haven't dropped any call. Nor have i hit a dead-zone anywhere-- even in places i should have. I frequently visit hospitals and other large businesses, and i often have 3-4 bars in places i used to have 0.
But service quality is largely local, and for this reason, i'll summarize my suggestion as such:
Nearly all carriers (including the small ones-- and AT&T) have a policy (as directed by law in some states) that upon the 30 day mark, if you're not happy with your service, you can return the phone and nullify your contract.
You can't go wrong with testing the Note for thirty days, and you can't rely on media reports, or notorious high-maintenance (technologically =D) iPhone users for your judgment of any carrier. My guess is that your service will be ten times better than Sprint's, and even if the service was worse, 2 weeks with the Note will have you begging to stay around. =P
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Right now AT&T's LTE Network is Completely Unsaturated in most areas, if you look at mine & Wish777's Ultimate Modem Megathread you'll see proof of what a network at 25% of ideal capacity can do. Look at the UCLE2 results. Speedtests screenshots, latency averages, upload & download.
In short, it's the most consistent LTE i've seen, and i've owned LTE data cards on verizon and an Overdrive on Sprint.
It's well worth it. The service is top notch. Customer service? Well...what carrier can claim that as one of their strong points?
AT&T mainly got a bad rep because of the iphone. The truth is, the iPhone wasn't built for america. It was built using an Infineon radio designed for use in densly populated areas-- ie Europe and Asia. The AT&T networks weren't set up to communicate the way the iphone liked to. The "way" the iPhone communicates was surely preferred, but nonetheless, they weren't prepared-- no carrier was.
I'm discussing this because i think it's important. If you look at custome satisfaction and dropped calls before the iPhone (in my experience, no other phones had this issue) AT&T was at the top. Now, the number #1 blemish on AT&T's service record is this issue. If you don't buy an iPhone, you won't drop calls due to the network any more than other carriers...they don't publish data on this, but i make about 5 phone calls a day, for about 5-10 minutes each. I've dropped 4 calls in the past 10 months...and all of them were on the iPhone. I got my note the day it came out, and besides the first ICS leak's shortcomings when it came to hangs, freezes, and FCs, i haven't dropped any call. Nor have i hit a dead-zone anywhere-- even in places i should have. I frequently visit hospitals and other large businesses, and i often have 3-4 bars in places i used to have 0.
But service quality is largely local, and for this reason, i'll summarize my suggestion as such:
Nearly all carriers (including the small ones-- and AT&T) have a policy (as directed by law in some states) that upon the 30 day mark, if you're not happy with your service, you can return the phone and nullify your contract.
You can't go wrong with testing the Note for thirty days, and you can't rely on media reports, or notorious high-maintenance (technologically =D) iPhone users for your judgment of any carrier. My guess is that your service will be ten times better than Sprint's, and even if the service was worse, 2 weeks with the Note will have you begging to stay around. =P
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<<<What he said..
I was a 10 year Sprint customer, and, over the last year or so, their service went to hell, their prices went up, and their network sucked big time.
ATT has been great for me; fantastic LTE speeds, pricing is less than Sprint for my family of 3, and the Note is fantastic, speed, view ability, and in every other way..
I'm no ATT fanboy, but so far, this is the best cellular experience I have had in the last 20+ years!
Thank you all! , like I said before, for a person like me who use about 2Gb of data a month what would you recommend as a data plan?
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Thank you all! , like I said before, for a person like me who use about 2Gb of data a month what would you recommend as a data plan?
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you can start with 300 meg for 20 bucks, and upgrade it to 2 gigs for 30 dollars, or, just start there and see what you use for a couple of months
Consistent service and bill, decent customer service in my area, expensive yet worth what I pay for unlimited with 2gb and insurance
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I second that, good service from cell towers / customer service. I'm in a very small town considering what I've seen from other users. We don't have LTE yet, just HSPDA or whatever it's called. But no dropped calls EVER, and data is consistent and reasonably fast.
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Consistent service and bill, decent customer service in my area, expensive yet worth what I pay for unlimited with 2gb and insurance
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as mentioned, why not just go to ATT.com and plug in your options? Like its no comparison to ask up because we dont all have the exact plan/options. Regardless of what we tell you we pay, what you'll pay DEFINITELY will be what comes up when u go to att.com
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as mentioned, why not just go to ATT.com and plug in your options? Like its no comparison to ask up because we dont all have the exact plan/options. Regardless of what we tell you we pay, what you'll pay DEFINITELY will be what comes up when u go to att.com
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How is that gonna tell him how reliable the service is over a broad spectrum like replies from the community regarding coverage and dropped calls or data experiences?
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How is that gonna tell him how reliable the service is over a broad spectrum like replies from the community regarding coverage and dropped calls or data experiences?
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The op asked about charges
Att.com will give you that
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The op asked about charges
Att.com will give you that
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And service....first sentence.
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And service....first sentence.
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how bout you answer him about service
i told him att.com, im done
have a great day
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How is that gonna tell him how reliable the service is over a broad spectrum like replies from the community regarding coverage and dropped calls or data experiences?
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ATT.com has a coverage map. And it looks like Ft. Worth even has LTE. So coverage is good. To give a better idea on dropped calls, data, or anything of the sort you would have to know an exact location. But this really isn't the forum for all this, is it?
Just got one and it made my reception at home great. Plus Att gave me one free just had to ask nicely.
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Sure wish they'd do that for me. I live in a hilly area where the towers just don't reach my home (I'm at 1 bar of service in half the house, no service in the lower level, and on the roof I'm lucky to get 3 bars. 80-90% of calls are dropped here). I've called over a dozen times, tried talking to the stores and having them call and ask, but no luck. Every single rep has said they're not allowed to give out Microcells like that. Especially when I'm a quarter mile from the nearest tower. Sure doesn't matter that there's a freaking hill between me and the tower. LOL.
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Sure wish they'd do that for me. I live in a hilly area where the towers just don't reach my home (I'm at 1 bar of service in half the house, no service in the lower level, and on the roof I'm lucky to get 3 bars. 80-90% of calls are dropped here). I've called over a dozen times, tried talking to the stores and having them call and ask, but no luck. Every single rep has said they're not allowed to give out Microcells like that. Especially when I'm a quarter mile from the nearest tower. Sure doesn't matter that there's a freaking hill between me and the tower. LOL.
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Ahh your right they can't but the Rep I talked to found a way around it. She credited my account 216 which is what my bill is then she said now instead of paying your bill this month go to Att store and get a microcell for the same price. They can credit your account for drop calls.
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Ahh your right they can't but the Rep I talked to found a way around it. She credited my account 216 which is what my bill is then she said now instead of paying your bill this month go to Att store and get a microcell for the same price. They can credit your account for drop calls.
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Hmm...I'll have to try that with them. Thanks
Paid for mine about a year ago, definitely helped the the signal inside the house, get a steady 4-5 bars now when before it was one if I was lucky. Its a shame though some had to pay for a micro-cell when ATT should have been investing in increasing thier network towers, and then they want to turn around and try to charge you $20 a month for unlimited calling on the micro-cell! That means they want to charge you to help them by decreasing their tower traffic and using your wifi, that's BS where I come from, luckily I hardly use my minutes I pay for anyway!
The problem around here is none of the residents want the towers nearby, but then complain about bad signal all the time.
And I totally agree about charging for unlimited voice over the microcell. It's using my cable connection I'm already paying for, why should I pay again? They should be offering it for free to relieve stress from the overcrowded towers.
I didn't get that call crap.
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I had terrible signal at my house. There was literally a 2x2 foot area I could stand in my front yard and I could get one bar. Talked to AT&T about a Microcell, but they wanted $200 for it. I gave up arguing with them, so the wife calls immediately after I hang up and they send her one for the cost of shipping, which was $10. It was pretty irritating, but it's nice to have full bars in my house now.
One odd thing I've noticed. If I'm home for most of the day, connecting through the Microcell, I have to reboot my phone when I leave the house for it to pick up a regular signal. Not really a problem, just a quirk that I run into.
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I needed one in my last place I rented. Att gave me one free of charge. Really does make a hugh differnece.
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I had terrible signal at my house. There was literally a 2x2 foot area I could stand in my front yard and I could get one bar. Talked to AT&T about a Microcell, but they wanted $200 for it. I gave up arguing with them, so the wife calls immediately after I hang up and they send her one for the cost of shipping, which was $10. It was pretty irritating, but it's nice to have full bars in my house now.
One odd thing I've noticed. If I'm home for most of the day, connecting through the Microcell, I have to reboot my phone when I leave the house for it to pick up a regular signal. Not really a problem, just a quirk that I run into.
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Try turning airplane mode on then back off. Shouldn't have to do a full reboot.
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considering buying this device because service in my house is awful. i am not technically an att customer but i am using their service through net 10 with an att sim card. i know very little about femtocells but was curious if there were any other options of products besides this "att microcell". is it possible to purchase another brand of femtocell other than this official att microcell and have it improve my att signal? any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have an at&t microcell and I love it! You have to have an at&t account to set it up, and configure the gps. So I'm not sure you should even consider an at&t microcell unless net 10 can let you access it. Maybe if you have a friend or family member on at&t you can ask them to set it up for you. I searched for many other ways to improve my signal and they were pricy! Like $500 bucks for a crappy signal booster that required mounting antennas and stuff. I settled on the microcell and have no regrets! Sorry if I'm not much help.
I was crunching numbers because I am thinking about leaving AT&T for something cheaper, and I noticed that with the One Up program you only pay $65 for the unlimited service instead of 80, and more importantly you don't have to pay the $349 for the phone up front. All you should have to pay for is the activation fee initially.
If their One Up prices fall in line with other companies (we don't know what it will be for the note 3 yet, but I assume $27) then you are looking at about $92 a month. Over a year, if you include the price of the phone if you don't have One Up you are paying $1345 (80 a month, plus $345 for the phone, plus $36 for activation). If you are in the One Up program then its only $1140 for the year ($65 a month, estimating 27 a month for one up fee, $36 for activation).
I'm not sure if I'm going to join Sprint or not because of this, but it is pretty compelling. I'm also looking at Tmobile as an option because they have LTE in my area, while Sprint doesn't.
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I was crunching numbers because I am thinking about leaving AT&T for something cheaper, and I noticed that with the One Up program you only pay $65 for the unlimited service instead of 80, and more importantly you don't have to pay the $349 for the phone up front. All you should have to pay for is the activation fee initially.
If their One Up prices fall in line with other companies (we don't know what it will be for the note 3 yet, but I assume $27) then you are looking at about $92 a month. Over a year, if you include the price of the phone if you don't have One Up you are paying $1345 (80 a month, plus $345 for the phone, plus $36 for activation). If you are in the One Up program then its only $1140 for the year ($65 a month, estimating 27 a month for one up fee, $36 for activation).
I'm not sure if I'm going to join Sprint or not because of this, but it is pretty compelling. I'm also looking at Tmobile as an option because they have LTE in my area, while Sprint doesn't.
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From what i heard about network quality from members on this board, i'd recommend looking at t-mobile instead. Also read through the Sprint triband note 3 fiasco. I think it may always be better to purchase your phone outright and go prepaid. Then when you're ready to upgrade just sell it.
They would have to pay me to stay with Sprint at this point as their network in Colorado is abysmal. Of the silly constant-upgrader plans, the Sprint solution is one of the more compelling from a price standpoint, though.
Dont do it
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They would have to pay me to stay with Sprint at this point as their network in Colorado is abysmal. Of the silly constant-upgrader plans, the Sprint solution is one of the more compelling from a price standpoint, though.
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Leaving AT&Tfor Sprint is like leaving Beyonce for Rosie O'donnel
Im international roaming sitting in my living room in Jacksonville, Florida.
I had awesome 4 g coverage until 4 weeks ago now very crappy
and i get lies from sprint constantly why its happening.
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Leaving AT&Tfor Sprint is like leaving Beyonce for Rosie O'donnel
Im international roaming sitting in my living room in Jacksonville, Florida.
I had awesome 4 g coverage until 4 weeks ago now very crappy
and i get lies from sprint constantly why its happening.
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My friend in Jax has Sprint and it's terrible as well. Doesn't get any better when he travels across the state either. Basically, it's dial up speeds when it should be 3G or 4G.
$70 BILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT.
Softbank should have bought some common sense this network sucks. Sprint the not now network lol.
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Sprint is the fastest carrier in my area. My city and all surrounding cities are blanketed in Sprint LTE!! My upgrade isn't until 1-1-14, so I'm doing the One Up program in the morning instead of having to wait until January. Can't complain about not having to pay the $350!!
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stanglifemike said:
Sprint is the fastest carrier in my area. My city and all surrounding cities are blanketed in Sprint LTE!! My upgrade isn't until 1-1-14, so I'm doing the One Up program in the morning instead of having to wait until January. Can't complain about not having to pay the $350!!
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I was in atl a few weeks ago you are so correct.
I have never seen lte that fast before i hit 37 dwn with no issues
but back in jacksonville its maybe 1.2mbps or 12-14 dwn
sometimes i get dial up speeds on lte
im sticking with them for a while hoping for improvements
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I was just at the Sprint store. They are having "provisioning" issues with the Note 3 for people wanting to do one up. So if you are going to do one up call before you go. This affects all Sprint stores. I bet the iPhone 5S was provisioned before the launch though...
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I was just at the Sprint store. They are having "provisioning" issues with the Note 3 for people wanting to do one up. So if you are going to do one up call before you go. This affects all Sprint stores. I bet the iPhone 5S was provisioned before the launch though...
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Yup, they even called Sprint and confirmed that everyone was having issues. You did get it though, right? I just got home with mine though. I was the only customer in the store this morning, but was still in there 1.5 hours!! They said no other local store had been able to do it yet, but they finally got it to go through for me!!
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Mine went through no problem. Left store' got in car was all working dandy. Corporate store in Delaware
Lots of familiar faces here as I look through the few threads already created. I got mine a little while ago and had to wait due to the provisioning problems. I did the One Up program and am looking forward to the onslaught of goodies to come. I finally gave up my S2, she was good to me. Let the fun begin!!
Yeah I finally got mine. There was a problem early this morning, I was there when they opened @ 9. It was a problem affecting all Sprint stores. The phones were not provisioned right but they got it squared away around mid 11-ish, because I called stores on both ends of the country and then called my store.
Any1 in florida done the one up upgrade? I went to corporate store and wad told fl is not doing it yet.
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Anyone get the note 3 with the one up still eligible for the upgrade? I text upgrade to 1311 and it says still good for one up and my original upgrade for feb 2014
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Can some explain this one up plan with my current situation? I have 1500 everything family plan with three sg3 phones. I can't upgrade until March, but I am eligible for one up.
My question is, since I'm eligible what are my options. Do I have to trade my sg3 or can I trade in a old phone? Also what about my bill? It's currently 240 does it increase?
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Okay now I am NOT an expert at this but this is how I understand it and you seem to be at the same point I was. First be aware that if you want to do the one up you must must must change your plan to the unlimited plans they have now. On the unlimited plans the first phone is $50 a second phone is $40 and the third phone is the $30. Then on top of that you need to add $30 for unlimited data or $20 for 1 gigabyte or something like that. Because of this I did not do the one up program because I do not really care about Unlimited Talk I only care about unlimited data and it would cost me way more money to get unlimited data with their new plans. As far as the one to program yes since you're not eligible for renewal right now you will need to trade in your phone. I was told by sprint representative that you could put any phone on your line that was in working order and use that to trade in. Whether or not that is the truth is yet to be seen.
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No One Up for me
I also have the 1500 Everything plan and similar to cherylbaker, I didn't opt for the One Up plan either because I did not want to change plans. If you read the fine print, the new plans are not as good and open the door to throttle data. I'm staying on the Everything plan until they kill it; I hope that never happens but with Sprint pushing "unlimited for life" with the new plans makes me think Everything is going away at some point. I was afraid adding a third line would force me to change plans but so far that is not the case.
The other thing with the One Up is that you need to turn in your current handset.
Try updating ur prl shouldn't that help
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What if your screen is cracked? Still works, just cracked.
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I'm really considering switching to Tmobile with all the crap Verizon is pulling. Tmobile offering to pay ETF's. My question is and I'm not sure many devs will come across this but who's all down to switch and say the hell with you Big Red.
With this new talk of Verizon wanting to control Internet traffic. Enough is enough.
So who's all down to teach Verizon to treat their paying customers better?
Also having the unlocked bootloader on Tmo is a plus.
So they pay ETF'S, unlocked bootloaders, and no annual contracts.
I'd love for everyone to go to Tmo the same day and pickup a Note3 unlocked.
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I'm really considering switching to Tmobile with all the crap Verizon is pulling. Tmobile offering to pay ETF's. My question is and I'm not sure many devs will come across this but who's all down to switch and say the hell with you Big Red.
With this new talk of Verizon wanting to control Internet traffic. Enough is enough.
So who's all down to teach Verizon to treat their paying customers better?
Also having the unlocked bootloader on Tmo is a plus.
So they pay ETF'S, unlocked bootloaders, and no annual contracts.
I'd love for everyone to go to Tmo the same day and pickup a Note3 unlocked.
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Why would you ever do the tmobiles switching program? You have to turn in your phone also making you pay for another note 3, they profit by selling your phone by having money left over after paying the etf. I'm planning on switching by selling my phone for 600+$ paying the etf and I will have over 300$ to pay for another note 3. Verizon can suck my dong, I'm done.
EDIT: And unlimited FU**ING data!
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Why would you ever do the tmobiles switching program? You have to turn in your phone also making you pay for another note 3, they profit by selling your phone by having money left over after paying the etf. I'm planning on switching by selling my phone for 600+$ paying the etf and I will have over 300$ to pay for another note 3. Verizon can suck my dong, I'm done.
EDIT: And unlimited FU**ING data!
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Yeah I didn't know you had to pay for a new Note3 if they pay you ETF. So sell the phone then have them pay the ETF?
I just started this to see if any and how many folks will switch.
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Yeah I didn't know you had to pay for a new Note3 if they pay you ETF. So sell the phone then have them pay the ETF?
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Shoot I accidently liked your post, I don't want to confuse anyone. But how it goes is they will pay your etf if you trade them qualifying phone. That leaves you phoneless with no cash to buy a new phone on tmobile. So to calculate your etf fee is $350 originally - $10 for every month completed of your contract. So mine would be 320$ I think. So if I sell my phone on swappa for 650$ and me pay my etf, I'll have 330$ left for a new phone!! You get it?
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I just started this to see if any and how many folks will switch.
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I'm glad @BeansTown106 is
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Yep got it
Thanks for the info.
So to go into Tmo with a clean slate is going to benefit everyone.
Come on in, the water is nice. I am a long time t-mobile customer, and I couldn't be happier. Low rates, top phones, good coverage (urban), unlimited international text and data (not a gimmick, I used it in Japan for a week).
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I thought you would be able to utilize the zero down program after they pay your ETF.
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I thought you would be able to utilize the zero down program after they pay your ETF.
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You can, but still. Why would you do that. You would get screwed by both of thier programs.
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Okay I clearly need to research it a bit more.
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Okay I clearly need to research it a bit more.
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Sounds all good but look at T Mo's coverage map. Kinda gargles rhino balls..... most people that will stay with Big Dumb Red is for coverage reasons. In more places than not, if you're off the interstate you're out of luck.
My Sprint LG G2 is on the way. If the coverage has improved since they finally got LTE in my area I'll eventually switch my family over and get another N3. Got the G2 cuz it's free online. Done with Verizon and their locked bootloaders
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I gave T-Mobile a go with the $30 plan last month. Service is definitely a keeper in urban areas, but not so rosy elsewhere. I suggest giving the Walmart $30 a go on your Note 3s before dumping your Verizon contract, as unlike AT&T, they aren't buying us back.
I frequent Philly, I95 south of there to NC, and I40 west to AK. Every urban area on that route had superb T-Mobile voice/data performance. However, once you are 5 miles out of the urban areas, you're on Edge. I had never experienced Edge while on a highway before, so I set my assumptions based on the .12mbps speed tests, as in it would be fine for simple web browsing/maps. Unfortunately, it is not very usable on the highway. Edge cannot load even simple web pages quickly, and I find it times out quite often when the phone jumps to a new tower. Don't even think about Google Maps or Pandora. The only other issue is handoffs to AT&T roaming towers, very common in western NC and eastern TN. The handoffs are quite crude, dropping calls and ending your data session.
Verizon is the exact opposite, useless in the cities on that route, but incredible everywhere else. I can maintain LTE the entire 20 hour drive. I dropped the T-Mobile plan, as I am keeping my Verizon UL and the Sprint Student Promo with Nexus 5. However, when I can afford plane tickets between only urban areas and/or Verizon takes away my UL data, I'll dump them for T-Mobile.
All these comments are good information for ultimately making a decision. Thanks guys
The only complaint I have is their service is area is not that good in places. Other than that I have been a happy Tmobile customer.
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The only complaint I have is their service is area is not that good in places. Other than that I have been a happy Tmobile customer.
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I'm not talking smack on T Mo at all. Their business plan and service rates are fair and unlocked phones are nice. It's just the service you DONT get if you're a heavy traveler. I use T Mo at home in my sim # 3 spot because I do get good data at the house. When I'm in South Texas oil fields I use my # 2 sim AT&T. If I'm in west Texas oil field I use Big RED. The 3 sim setup is nice and I always have service...... my bill is around $200 a month but it's a write off anyway.
I thought long and hard about the switch because I too am sick of Verizon's BS. But after it's all said and done I'd only be saving $10 maybe $20 a month. I get a discount on my Verizon bill through work that T-Mobile doesn't offer, otherwise the savings would be greater. When it's all said and done I'd rather put up with the BS and pay the extra money for the coverage.
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I thought long and hard about the switch because I too am sick of Verizon's BS. But after it's all said and done I'd only be saving $10 maybe $20 a month. I get a discount on my Verizon bill through work that T-Mobile doesn't offer, otherwise the savings would be greater. When it's all said and done I'd rather put up with the BS and pay the extra money for the coverage.
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Check with your company, I get 15% @ T-Mobile through corporate perks web page with my company. 85 bucks a month for two lines, unlimited talk, text, and web.
I realize we are at different companies, but if your company is using corporate perks it should be similar.
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Check with your company, I get 15% @ T-Mobile through corporate perks web page with my company. 85 bucks a month for two lines, unlimited talk, text, and web.
I realize we are at different companies, but if your company is using corporate perks it should be similar.
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I tried checking my eligibility on the T-Mobile site (you enter your work email) but it said I wasn't eligible. I guess it won't hurt to ask the big wigs at work about it ... I think the City I work for only deals with Verizon, so that may be why.
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