Author Topic: 'Murica-Bore: What cell service do you have? (Read 2328 times)

Groogrux · « **on:** February 09, 2013, 11:48:30 AM »

I'm curious to see what services 'Murica Bore uses, and also how well they like it.

I'm thinking about switching from Verizon. I was going to switch to Straight Talk because it costs $45 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data. Then, I found out that "unlimited" data is actually 2gb per month, and they throttle nearly everybody down after a couple of months to make the data service almost unusable.

Also, how much do you pay?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2013, 11:55:40 AM »

virgin mobile prepaid-- $40 a month for a couple hundred minutes, unlimited text/data.

Beezy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2013, 11:58:22 AM »

Verizon. I'm still on my parent's family plan. I lose my unlimited data with my next phone upgrade though, so I think I'll finally be leaving them after about a decade. I don't like any of the others though. $:-\$

ManaByte · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2013, 12:03:54 PM »

AT&T and will be forever since I still have unlimited data.

drew · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2013, 12:05:23 PM »

at&t

the only reason i have them is because theirs is the only service that gets bars where i go innawoods. if not for that fact i would probably get ting (verizon)

ManaByte · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2013, 12:05:42 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on February 09, 2013, 11:58:22 AM

Verizon. I'm still on my parent's family plan. I lose my unlimited data with my next phone upgrade though, so I think I'll finally be leaving them after about a decade. I don't like any of the others though. $:-\$

Are you sure about that?

When it comes to iPhones if you go into the AT&T store, the assholes there will tell you that you can't keep your unlimited data when upgrading. But if you upgrade the phone yourself through Apple, you're able to keep it. That's what I did.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2013, 01:24:30 PM »

Quote from: The Business on February 09, 2013, 12:08:54 PM

Virgin Mobile USA prepaid. It's Sprint's prepaid service. I have an iPhone 4s I bought outright and pay $30 a month for unlimited SMS and data and 300 minutes. The plan is normally $35/month but you get a $5 monthly discount for automatic withdrawal. I used to pay $95/month on AT&T so this plan rules. I have noticed my network isn't quite as good in my area and surprisingly one month I ran out of minutes, but considering the price I think it's a great value.

oh rry, i'm gonna have to do this

virgin prepaid

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2013, 02:44:02 PM »

Wife and I have a family plan on Verizon with two iPhones, works for us.

Huff · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2013, 03:01:24 PM »

iphone 4 with verzion.

so much better than the sprint service I had when on my families plan

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2013, 03:06:32 PM »

At&t family plan with mom/sister. It's about $80 a month, no data. I don't really use my phone much... not sure why I have to shake those two down for money each month, but it is what it is.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2013, 03:25:57 PM »

sprint 3g $:-\$

Beezy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2013, 03:47:46 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on February 09, 2013, 12:05:42 PM

Quote from: Beezy on February 09, 2013, 11:58:22 AM
Verizon. I'm still on my parent's family plan. I lose my unlimited data with my next phone upgrade though, so I think I'll finally be leaving them after about a decade. I don't like any of the others though. $:-\$

Are you sure about that?

When it comes to iPhones if you go into the AT&T store, the assholes there will tell you that you can't keep your unlimited data when upgrading. But if you upgrade the phone yourself through Apple, you're able to keep it. That's what I did.

I'm sure. I looked into this when they killed off unlimited data for their new customers. And I'm not an iphone user.

huckleberry · « **Reply #12 on:** February 09, 2013, 04:09:43 PM »

Tmo prepaid $30 100min/unllimited text/5gb data.

Fuck AT&T and their iphone overage bullshit. I will never go back to a postpaid plan.

Tmo coverage is great if you live where there are other people.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2013, 04:12:54 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on February 09, 2013, 03:47:46 PM

Quote from: ManaByte on February 09, 2013, 12:05:42 PM
Quote from: Beezy on February 09, 2013, 11:58:22 AM
Verizon. I'm still on my parent's family plan. I lose my unlimited data with my next phone upgrade though, so I think I'll finally be leaving them after about a decade. I don't like any of the others though. $:-\$

Are you sure about that?

When it comes to iPhones if you go into the AT&T store, the assholes there will tell you that you can't keep your unlimited data when upgrading. But if you upgrade the phone yourself through Apple, you're able to keep it. That's what I did.

I'm sure. I looked into this when they killed off unlimited data for their new customers. And I'm not an iphone user.

yup, just switched to sprint last year for the same reason - was on a family plan for 10 years, but they wouldnt give me unlimited data when i switched to a new phone because it was only offered to people who already had previously had it. dumbfucks.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #14 on:** February 09, 2013, 04:22:28 PM »

Verizon. Coverage sucks where I'm at but so does AT&T because I live in BFE.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #15 on:** February 09, 2013, 05:28:39 PM »

AT&T

Still have my unlimited data. Unlimited LTE

I barely ever turn the wifi on.

$240/mo. with my wife and daughter on my account. They both have a 4S and 2GB data plans and insurance. I get an 8% discount and work reimburses me $95 a month.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2013, 09:26:05 PM »

Tmo. It ain't bad either just shitty coverage in rural areas. It sucks for road tripping and those odd trips to podunk areas of your state. Day to day, its awesome.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #17 on:** February 09, 2013, 10:08:55 PM »

Up until a few weeks ago I was using t-mobile, but I decided to switch to Net10 (prepaid, piggybacks AT&T).

So far so good.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2013, 10:10:55 PM »

Quote from: Arde0 on February 09, 2013, 04:09:43 PM

Tmo prepaid $30 100min/unllimited text/5gb data.

Fuck AT&T and their iphone overage bullshit. I will never go back to a postpaid plan.

Tmo coverage is great if you live where there are other people.

Whoa, $30 is a good deal. I don't think this package came up last time I was there.

Groogrux · « **Reply #19 on:** February 09, 2013, 10:44:18 PM »

Quote from: Shaka Khan on February 09, 2013, 10:08:55 PM

Up until a few weeks ago I was using t-mobile, but I decided to switch to Net10 (prepaid, piggybacks AT&T).

So far so good.

My only worry with Net10 is that it's going to throttle down my data like StraightTalk does to their customers. They're both owned by TracFone.

huckleberry · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2013, 10:47:03 PM »

They don't have it at the Tmo stores. You have to get the plan on a new activation online or at a Walmart

I never talk on the phone so it is perfect for me.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2013, 10:58:41 PM »

Sprint, though a family plan and my part is $40/mo including insurance.

My campus is on a mountain in a forest so nobody gets any coverage indoors but coverage seems decent in other places. I used to do 20GB a month of torrents before I went ahead and got home Internet but nowadays the most data intensive thing I do is streaming music and video which isn't a problem even though it's just 3G in my area (~1Mb/s).

If not for the fact that I got a top of the line phone for 1 cent, it would have actually been a better deal to go with the virgin or tmobile prepaid plans.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2013, 11:03:47 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 09, 2013, 02:44:02 PM

Wife and I have a family plan on Verizon with two iPhones, works for us.

Exactly this.

Mupepe · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2013, 12:24:05 AM »

I just recently switched to att. I don't use enough data to really care about caps. I used to have mobile but their phone selection is fucking awful and their service is terrible. With my corporate discount att is actually cheaper than T-Mobile too. 88 bucks a month, 500 minutes w/ rollover and 3 gbs of data. My experiences with att customer service is also much better than my past interactions with T-Mobile

Groogrux · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2013, 12:29:18 AM »

Well, I just found out that TracFone and all it's subsidiaries were cut off from AT&T. Guess that puts the nail in that coffin...

demi · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:21:56 AM »

Havent had a cell ever

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #26 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Groogrux on February 09, 2013, 10:44:18 PM

My only worry with Net10 is that it's going to throttle down my data like StraightTalk does to their customers. They're both owned by TracFone.

That was my biggest concern as well, the store who sold it to me though (mutual friend) uses the same $50 bundle and swears that it doesn't, at least up until "5GB." So we'll see, if starts shitting up I'll switch without hesitation.

The only reason why I really wanted to go with a prepaid first and foremost, is that I needed to import my number from my cousin's family plan. He went back home and doesn't intend to continue paying his contract lol, and I needed my number but had no control over the plan... so importing it to Net10/ST/etc was the only choice.

Quote from: Arde0 on February 09, 2013, 10:47:03 PM

They don't have it at the Tmo stores. You have to get the plan on a new activation online or at a Walmart

I never talk on the phone so it is perfect for me.

That's totally fine by me. I'll see how this one goes, and if it doesn't work I'll totally switch and save me 20 more bucks.

Akala · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2013, 01:14:24 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 10, 2013, 07:21:56 AM

Havent had a cell ever

you are my hero

Huff · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:08:57 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 10, 2013, 07:21:56 AM

Havent had a cell ever

how do you watch porn on the go?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:12:10 PM »

i have verizon my plan runs out in 3 days. i currently pay ALOT for 2 phones, one is a old flipper burner. fucking sucks.

might go to straight talk but I dont want to lose my number / my iphone. this virgin mobile stuff sounds good but i'm afraid it won't have coverage in my area

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #30 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:26:30 PM »

oh straight talk has iphone 5s. might get that.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #31 on:** February 10, 2013, 07:53:06 PM »

Oh, check out Ting also. Real cheap and apparently real good if you go android

https://ting.com/

SA fawns over them

chronovore · « **Reply #32 on:** February 11, 2013, 06:44:37 AM »

Verizon, 2GB data and I think 400 minutes of voice. $79 a month. Coverage is good, customer service over the phone was flawless, so far.

Can't remember the amount of texts, but I am horrified that cell carriers can get away with charging for 160 character text messages separate from the rest of the service. ROKONKULOUS.

chronovore · « **Reply #33 on:** February 11, 2013, 06:45:54 PM »

Quote from: The Business on February 11, 2013, 10:02:05 AM

400 minutes and 2gb for $80/month. A sucker is born every day.

:'(

Groogrux · « **Reply #34 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:09:34 AM »

I'm at an impasse here. Do I stay with Verizon, keep paying $90 a month, get a new phone, and keep my pretty good 3g service? Or should I switch to Net10/Straight Talk, pay $45-55 a month, get a new (but probably not as good) phone, and get sub-par 3g service that might be throttled?

The kicker to either is that most of the places I go have wifi service, so the 3g is mostly needed for when I'm in the car or just randomly someplace where I need quick info...

Groogrux · « **Reply #35 on:** February 12, 2013, 02:36:40 PM »

You do make an excellent point.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #36 on:** February 20, 2013, 02:21:08 PM »

https://www.net10data.com/

Owned :'(

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #37 on:** February 20, 2013, 02:26:45 PM »

AT&T iPhone. AT&T's service in Nashville is incredible...mostly probably because there's an AT&T building here

otherwise known as the batman building or the eye of sauron

Groogrux · « **Reply #38 on:** February 20, 2013, 02:29:25 PM »

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I chose a specific iPhone for Straight Talk. It uses Verizon towers...

So far, other than having to replace my initial phone, I haven't had any problems out of it. I've mostly been running off of Wifi though. My download speeds may be slow, but I'm getting the results I want, and I'm only paying $45 a month for it.

Granted, my boss was kinda pissed that I went with Straight Talk over Net10 because we're running promotions and it makes us look good if we sell it. But then I reminded him that with the phone I have, they couldn't have activated it for me anyway.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #39 on:** February 20, 2013, 02:36:33 PM »

I'll give it another month and see if I have any complaints. Though right now paying $50 doesn't sound like a good deal at all now they've capped data at 1.5GB. I might look into Timo now.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #40 on:** February 20, 2013, 03:36:03 PM »

groogrux does spotify high quality streaming work fine on straighttalk? also whihc iphone didy ou get

Groogrux · « **Reply #41 on:** February 20, 2013, 03:40:39 PM »

I haven't actually got Spotify on my phone yet. I'm still debating on whether I want to get the streaming service or not. I do have Pandora though, and I've used it once. It wasn't bad. I think it played at 128kbps.

I got the iPhone 4. It was cheaper to go that way. I originally got the 5, but it doesn't play well with Straight Talk (the guy at Walmart who sold it to me, who is also a friend of mine, said that 1 out of 3 get returned because they don't work with it). The one thing I found out in hindsight is that the newest iOS update is the culprit. My phone's OS isn't above 6.1.1 right now.

Groogrux · « **Reply #42 on:** February 20, 2013, 03:44:02 PM »

Also, I think it should be noted that if you're going to be playing a lot of videos or streaming a lot of music, Straight Talk/Net10 might not be the best option for you.

Even though the service is listed as "Unlimited," you'll get throttled down if you use more than 100mb per day and 2gb per month of data.

[Edit] However, there are free apps out there for iPhones (and I'm sure Android has them too) that monitor how much data you use. I've got one now just to be safe.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #43 on:** February 20, 2013, 04:09:20 PM »

I dont' stream music too much, it's nice ot have it sometimes tho.

Althoguh that sucks about the iphone 5 not working, especially since they say it does

Groogrux · « **Reply #44 on:** February 20, 2013, 08:08:30 PM »

It worked all the way up until the moment I updated the iOS. Then it pretty much became a brick outside of WiFi zones.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #45 on:** February 20, 2013, 08:30:08 PM »

sprint 3gs feels like internetting in the 90s. cant even reliably stream with google music :'(

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