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Official death of unlimited Verizon internet

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David. said:
Only for T-Mobile contract plans. Prepaid is limited to like 10gb at 4g.

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You can get a contract without good credit with T-Mobile, you just put down a security deposit.
 
Probably should just ask this here. Best phone company to go with for a single dude?
 
BMAN said:
Would you be able to explain your reasoning? Just trying to see what's out there
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I used T-Mobile for years.

They generally provide a service second to Verizon at the cost a little above cheap brands like cricket, Wal-Mart or boost mobile.

They also are more lax on tethering.. You're able to use foxfi on their phones without much trouble and hide usage.

Additionally, as gouri said, you can stream shit like spotify without eating into your data.

Unlimited 4g is simply not around anymore, except for T-Mobile and boost, and boost mobile isn't available in many places and shitty quality in others.
 
BMAN said:
Would you be able to explain?
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Sure.

I use T-Mobile.

I'd consider myself a power-user, in that I use a great deal of data, I use tethering both Wi-Fi and USB, and I use multiple devices. My phones are rooted, and T-Mobile could care less. Also, I travel extensively, and T-Mobile has great travel plans and have no problem unlocking devices without charging you. I also make a lot of international calls, and T-Mobile is great for that too, sometimes even cheaper than Google or Microsoft VoIP packages.

For me alone, T-Mobile would cost ~$80/mo, IIRC, for unlimited everything. Now is that throttled after 21GB? Perhaps, but to be perfectly honest, I've never noticed it (perhaps because I use a VPN? T-Mo's DNS security is easily defeated)

Also, I may not be getting throttled because I don't use the T-Mobile tethering application or service, but instead the native Android service.

I was a Sprint user from 2009-2013 and I fucking hated it. Sprint is trash. That leaves Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T.

As far as speed, T-Mobile reliably gets me 25 Mbps+ downstream, no problem. Also, coverage is great. AT&T, IMHO has both bandwidth issues and coverage issues for 4G LTE.

As I see it, T-Mobile is the closest you can get to Verizon, which is admittedly the best service there is; but T-Mo is considerably cheaper.

I'd strongly recommend their service over the competition.
 
David. said:
I used T-Mobile for years.

They generally provide a service second to Verizon at the cost a little above cheap brands like cricket, Wal-Mart or boost mobile.

They also are more lax on tethering.. You're able to use foxfi on their phones without much trouble and hide usage.

Additionally, as gouri said, you can stream shit like spotify without eating into your data.

Unlimited 4g is simply not around anymore, except for T-Mobile and boost, and boost mobile isn't available in many places and shitty quality in others.
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Agreed 100%.
 
Thanks guys I currently have Verizon, but it's sounding like T Mobile is cheaper and definitely would be better for my data
 
I've used T-Mobile free for the last 2 years. The service is pretty good as long as you aren't in the middle of nowhere. If you are relatively close to civilization, it is good.

Just something to consider depending on where you live/travel.
 
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I live in the civilization so probably no issues with service.
 
ATT will give you unlimited data if you have Uverse. Not sure if that trade off is worth it to you guys, but worth mentioning.
 
bigfoot5415 said:
ATT will give you unlimited data if you have Uverse. Not sure if that trade off is worth it to you guys, but worth mentioning.
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Wow, did not know that. Will have to look into that. I have UVerse.

I am currently on Sprint and it's just so hit or miss. I live in Columbus so no matter what service you have, it's great. I currently spend $106/mo on Sprint, Unlimited everything, 3gig hot spot, I am sure they throttle my speed after so much. I am basically on WiFi a ton (work, home), so I am looking at other cheaper options. My WiFi used to suck at the house b/c it kept interfering with others, so I had the AT&T guys come out, brought me a brand new modem with two different channels (5.0 & 2.0 or something like that) and moved some other type of bullshit and now we have fast as shit wireless. But before that I would use my LTE, all the time. I was using around 11G/mo, around there.

Verizon is probably out b/c of how expensive they generally are.

I was looking into T-Mobile and even Google's Project Fi. Anyone have any experience with Project Fi? They use Sprint/T-Mobile, US Cellular towers and open WiFi's. I checked the service around Cbus and it's covered, of course.

Plan is up in November so going to switch then, unless somehow Sprint becomes crazy good. Just trying to save $15-20 (possibly way more with Project Fi) Paying over $100 for 1 person for a cell phone just seems ridiculous.
 
I've been contemplating T-Mobile for awhile, but with an older phone, rolling over to them seems unfeasible with how they structure payments for phones by spreading retail over the contract and celebrating no up front cost.
 
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