Has anyone used simple mobile on a 717Note I am on CM9 and not unlocked yet but curious if anyone has been able to obtain the 4g speeds they offer for 60$ unlimited everything.
Just get T-mobile's monthly 4G $30/month plan. Unlimited text and web (5gbs at 4G) and 100 mins. You can't beat that.
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That's AWESOME
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I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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Simple mobile has data capped at 2GB only on their $60 unlimited plan.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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3G?.. Lol, after 2 gb you are down to dial up speeds... You can't avoid that no matter which plan you choose on prepaid. Atleast on the tmo plan you have 5gb which is pretty epic.
If you want truly unlimited, you are stuck with Sprint contract plans. And they are only unlimited because they are slow as ****.
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You misread my post. I can find unlimited non capped 3g speeds anywhere. I wanted unlimited 4g. And how do I go about getting that tmobile plan? Prepaid? Can I use my old SGS4G sim card? And is there a free unlock option available yet?
I had simple mobile and let me tell u it was worse than wen i had cricket when they first emerged so ya stick with a real provider
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I dont care about phone calls btw. I will be using Groove IP to make all my calls like I do now I just need a decent usable data connection.
How about H2O? I use it and get at least 1mb up and down. Sometimes I would get 2mb up and down. Its not as fast as everything out there but I do live in long island. Might be different in other places and you don't need to unlock your note. Just put in the similar card and download an app to configure data and SMS. And your good to go. $60 a month is better than $170 a month
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Do yourself a favor and order the straight talk sim card....straight talk is att lil brother....my speeds at lowest are around 6mb down..... 1.5 or 2 up....excellent signal.....I love it.....straight talk is the way to go....and btw its 45 unlimited everything......
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Hey guys I just bout my Atrix the other day off contract and I got this text.... AT&T Free Msg: Did you know an eligible data plan is required for your 4G Smartphone? Pls call 611 to select a plan and establish your 4G data connection today and I have the unlimited data plan from forever ago. Am I safe?
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I get the message once a week, as well as an email. It happens when you still have the unlimited plan. They can't make you change your plan. I would not worry.
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I get the message once a week, as well as an email. It happens when you still have the unlimited plan. They can't make you change your plan. I would not worry.
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I never got that with my captivate I'm getting it now because this phone has higher data speeds
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I've read that they send you those messages and then they change your plan to data if you call them but if you don't they just keep sending you the message without doing actually changing your plan.
But I don't actually have AT&T so I'm just talking from word of mouth(or keyboard if you will...)
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I've read that they send you those messages and then they change your plan to data if you call them but if you don't they just keep sending you the message without doing actually changing your plan.
But I don't actually have AT&T so I'm just talking from word of mouth(or keyboard if you will...)
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So if you call that number by mistake then they change it automatically or do you have to confirm it with them?
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they probably want to switch you to the 4g plan, which has an unlimited data option for those grandfathered in.
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they probably want to switch you to the 4g plan, which has an unlimited data option for those grandfathered in.
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Is this any better then my current unlimited plan? And are you sure they wouldn't try and swindle me and get rid of my unlimited plan
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I had iPhone 3GS before and was grandfathered in. Wife was also grandfathered in. All you should have to do is tell them you do not want to lose your unlimited plan, and want to be grandfathered in and you should be set.
If you are unsure, call an AT&T store and ask them without giving your information. Also, make sure you go into a store to have the changes done. When I bought my phone they automatically put me on the 2GB plan and I spent 2 hours trying to get unlimited back, which I got after a manager authorized it.
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I had iPhone 3GS before and was grandfathered in. Wife was also grandfathered in. All you should have to do is tell them you do not want to lose your unlimited plan, and want to be grandfathered in and you should be set.
If you are unsure, call an AT&T store and ask them without giving your information. Also, make sure you go into a store to have the changes done. When I bought my phone they automatically put me on the 2GB plan and I spent 2 hours trying to get unlimited back, which I got after a manager authorized it.
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See that last part is the trouble I don't wanna have to deal with. Can you guys tell me what's the ddifferent between the 4G plan and the regular old unlimited I've had since my 3GS?
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with the 4g plan, it allows you to use the phone apn instead of just wap.cingular. using the phone apn, i get speeds of over 7mbps sometimes. using the wap one, i max out at 3.9 where i live. that's the only difference. they activate that apn for you
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with the 4g plan, it allows you to use the phone apn instead of just wap.cingular. using the phone apn, i get speeds of over 7mbps sometimes. using the wap one, i max out at 3.9 where i live. that's the only difference. they activate that apn for you
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I might see about this
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lol i got on the chat and called and they kept *****ing about LTE =p so i gave up
I just signed with att got a note was really fast first bit.... then I rooted stock rom... still decent hspa speeds...THEN THE KICKR!
I flashed unofficial in cwm then Ics revamped
Now speeds are like 515mb download and 700mb uploads .THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM HSPA SPEEDS.
So leading to my question I recently hit 3g threshold and I read that att will and does cap speeds ONLY FOR THE UNLIMITED DATA USERS AFTER 3gb
Is this true for any new gb data plan Or is the rom flashing or Rom choice causing my speeeds to slow out of nowhere..
I Just left Sprint for att and now I'm being reminded of sprint speeds
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Its supposed to be 5gb for LTE unlimited plan iirc.
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If you just signed you are on a 3gb plan and get charged extra after that. As for the speeds could just be a bad time of the day
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I'm assuming you have the $50 5g plan? At&t doesn't throttle unless you're grandfathered on an unlimited plan. They tend to throttle after you hit 5g. That shouldn't be your problem.
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The only time your throttled is if your on an old grandfathered data plan. If ur on a new 5gb and go over theyll charge $10 per Gb..no throttling.
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There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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Very awesome! Though I sold my older phones. Womp Womp...
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Must have been a bad time of day Yes i.signed on for 5g 50$plan... my speeds were really like.515 very slow..while on ics rom... i.ODIN back to stock and hit 3-9mb download speeds on speed test
So.someone justify that. .and thats hspa not lte.We have no lte yet in my area. .soon tho.
Im not to sure about some.of the roms that are out for the phone..
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I'm on the 5GB/$50 plan, and get about those speeds on HSPA, usually around 5 mbps. I've seen as high as 19 on LTE. I can confirm that plan has no throttling.
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Must have been a bad time of day Yes i.signed on for 5g 50$plan... my speeds were really like.515 very slow..while on ics rom... i.ODIN back to stock and hit 3-9mb download speeds on speed test
So.someone justify that. .and thats hspa not lte.We have no lte yet in my area. .soon tho.
Im not to sure about some.of the roms that are out for the phone..
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Need to make sure those different readings are at the same time of day and same location. That difference could be you not being in as heavily as saturated of an area with more people using their phone and/or during peak data times. Speedtests are often better for residential areas vs industrial/business park areas and its all about time of day. With mobile devices being more used by businesses you'll see slower speeds during regular business hours.
All about what tower you're on and how many others are too! Thankfully with LTE atleast for now its the difference between lightspeed and ludicrous speed! Not 4G and uuuuh 2G!
And as others have answered at&t only throttles grandfathered unlimited data customers.
-Proud att employee
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So my girlfriend is going to be getting a note.
But we don't get lte in our area. We hardly get 4g.
Do we absolutely have to add a lte data plan on to our account or could we get like a 3g/4g data plan?
Basically don't want to pay for something we are never going to use.
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So my girlfriend is going to be getting a note.
But we don't get lte in our area. We hardly get 4g.
Do we absolutely have to add a lte data plan on to our account or could we get like a 3g/4g data plan?
Basically don't want to pay for something we are never going to use.
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You can call ATT to verify but I'm pretty sure you can use a normal data plan. Your account needs to be provisioned for LTE for it to work (and with the SIM iirc), but you should still be able to pull hspa+ with no issues.
I wasn't charged anything extra for having LTE provisioned on my account, but I'm also grandfathered unlimited.
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Yeah, it will depend greatly on the actual AT&T person who sets you up. Bottom line is that technically, you can use the Note without being provisioned for LTE. My girlfriend and I both had our Notes set up on our old data plan for a couple of months before a store realized the error while fishing in our account for other stuff.
Ok. I actually just called them.
The guy basically said that no matter what I get for data 3g/4g/LTE its all the same price.
It just depends on how much data she wants.
Can anyone confirm this?
She had a 2gb data plan from like 2 1/2 years ago. They don't offer that so they said regardless we are going to be charged more once we upgrade the contract.
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Yeah the 2gb plan is no longer available, it's now like 500mb for 20 3gb for 30 and i dint remember how much the 5gb plan was cause i went with the 3gb
The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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OK sweet. Thanks.
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Just keep tabs on your usage with *3282# SEND. These phone are capable of allot of data even if you do not stream audio and video. 3GB is nothing with Play updates, a little web, FB, Twitter, FourSquare, email and Maps... Youtube can easily chew up a few hundred MB in a session.
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Just keep tabs on your usage with *3282# SEND. These phone are capable of allot of data even if you do not stream audio and video. 3GB is nothing with Play updates, a little web, FB, Twitter, FourSquare, email and Maps... Youtube can easily chew up a few hundred MB in a session.
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I have sprint so I don't worry about it. But I always check for my gf. She is always so close to going over. Lol.
Then I'm like " No more internet". Haha.
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The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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Why do you say for the time being? Are they trying to do away with the grandfathered unlimited? Honestly...that's the only reason I stuck with ATT
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No i haven't heard that they will, but they can at any time. The way things are going its bound to happen at some point.
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Sadly today I got rid of my beloved Note. before my trial period expired I made the decision to cut ties with it. not because it was a bad phone but because of 2 issues. 1) the high price of AT&T phone service and the lack of unlimited data plan. I came from sprint 13 days ago and could not stand looking at my data usage and my first bill scare me. so I returned back to Sprint with my new S3. Love the service on AT&T. I think is the best so far. but not at a cost AT&T want it. so,,, good bye Note!!! :crying::crying:. one more thing,,,,, THANK YOU ALL AT THE NOTE FORUM FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT ROOTING,UNROOTING AND ROM FLASHING YOU ARE THE BEST AT THIS COMMUNITY XDA-DEVELOPERS ROCK!!!!!!
understandable...hate to see you leave but it is pricey. I, too, pay about 45 dollars more a month for att but I couldnt stand sprints service in my area. the trade off for me is worth it for now. plus, i love my note. it IS the main reason I came to att. be cool man. youll be missed...
Me too men. The Note was the reason I switch to AT&T. But I'll be watching for the Note2!!!!
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Thank god I have grandfather unlimited plan. Even though they cap the speed, at least I don't have to worry about overage. Sprint Sucks where I live.
I am sure you will be happy with S3.
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So far AT&T is the best network. I tryed Cingular,Sprint,AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. Here the best in order in my opinion are AT&T and Sprint. I tried Verizon but lost Data connection at home!!! So after 2 days I canceled my contact.
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Thank god I have grandfather unlimited plan. Even though they cap the speed, at least I don't have to worry about overage. Sprint Sucks where I live.
I am sure you will be happy with S3.
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+1. They'll have to pry my unlimited data from my cold dead hands before I leave and switch to another carrier.
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I love in NYC and I must say T-Mobile is the way to go here. Good prices and signal and one seriously doesn't need more than 2gb because one can find free wifi anywhere here.
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I love in NYC and I must say T-Mobile is the way to go here. Good prices and signal and one seriously doesn't need more than 2gb because one can find free wifi anywhere here.
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I was told in NYC they are turning all the old payphones into wifi hotspots. I was wondering if there is any truth to that or if that already happened? If that is the case you would never need to have a data plan.
Certainly understand. I spent years w/Sprint (not always enjoyable) BUT switched to AT&T when I got the iPhone3g when it came out.
I'd love to try Sprint again...maybe they will get a Note.
HAVE FUN with the S3 (even though it is tiny).
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I was told in NYC they are turning all the old payphones into wifi hotspots. I was wondering if there is any truth to that or if that already happened? If that is the case you would never need to have a data plan.
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I never heard of such thing but that would be awesome. Now if they intend to that I'm sure there would be some type of paying plan that would be needed from whatever company that plans to carry this out
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Should had kept the note and get the t mobile plan I pay 70 bucks unlimited everything well 5gbs of 4g
Yes if I didn't have my old cheap unlimited data plan I don't know what I would do as long as I have it, it would be hard to switch
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I pay $80 Unlimited everything on AT$T
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I pay $67.76 every month for my Note.
3 gb of data I only use half of
450 minutes I only use about 300 of
no texting plan since I use Google voice and text messages use data that way
And I get 20% off my minutes with a discount through my employer (Red Lobster).
Not a bad deal.
Straight Talk's $45 Unlimited Plan works well for us and it uses AT&T towers here. I use it on my Note. We use them for hot spots and haven't had any problems there either.
nice note 2
39 for my bill but I'm sure the sprint sgs3 group will be great ' not as good as us though
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Damn!!!!, and now you tell me!!!!
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Straight Talk's $45 Unlimited Plan works well for us and it uses AT&T towers here. I use it on my Note. We use them for hot spots and haven't had any problems there either.
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Damn!!!!, and now you tell me!!!!
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Sounds like OP issues isn't anything with the note as much as ATT which I can understand. I like it for my family as I have been with the big 3 and they each have their hidden features to get your money. Good luck!
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I'm looking to get something like straight talk but I don't know all the options. I'm only looking to mainly text and browse the web. Looking at 5gb data plans. Which company is best for what I want?
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I'm looking to get something like straight talk but I don't know all the options. I'm only looking to mainly text and browse the web. Looking at 5gb data plans. Which company is best for what I want?
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Straight Talk is the way to go, I have been using them for about 2 months (still have Verizon but wanted the Note). Straight Talk is unlimited everything (45 a month) and I have had no issues in WA State. I am running my note off the AT&T sim on their BYOD program and most custom Roms have me at HSPA+ or 3G depending on my location. My download speed has averaged out at 2.83 Mbps but certain locations like Seattle I pull 6.35 Mbps consistently, I have had bursts as high as 10 Mbps in various locations. I leave my Wifi on and when I am not flashing Roms like I am on Crack I store free Wifi everywhere I go so I am connected to AT&T hot spots and other Wifi that is free. I was very concerned coming from my Razr Maxx where I was getting 36 Mbps consistently but after 2 months I probably will not renew any of my other contracts with providers, this just works well and I buy to many phones. Some more answers to this question below.
My speed has never been capped but I have read online in various forums that Straight Talk drops you to 3G after 2Gb of HSPA+ use, but my speeds are consistent and I check everyday waiting to see if they will cap me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525371
So is there a straight talk store? Or do I have to order it online?
You order the sim card online ~$14. Then buy a refill card ~Target, Walmart.
Straight talk.com or what? And is there a store locally I can get the SIM card from?
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Straight talk.com or what? And is there a store locally I can get the SIM card from?
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No have to order online straight talk.com.
But I've been getting really slow speeds from them the last two months...they throttled me the first month on my atrix 2 and after that super slow(speed test.net app won't even work).
I think I'm gonna unlock and flash the blaze radio and use T-Mobile.
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Straight Talk works very well for most people. I did receive a call from them my first month saying that I was using too much data right after I hit the 2 gig limit.
As others have said, the sim card is only available online, however they are getting ready to start a pilot program to allow them to be purchased in Walmart stores.
Another option might be T- Mobile. Walmart has a plan for $30 that gives you 100 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited 3g data(up to 5 gigs). You just have to flash a tmobile modem to have access to the 3g/4g
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I thought you got 4g with that plan. That's why there is a data cap...and I called and they did something and now my data is some what fast
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I thought you got 4g with that plan. That's why there is a data cap...and I called and they did something and now my data is some what fast
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On straight talk you'll get at&t's marketing version of 4G which is really HSPA+ or slightly faster 3G. The only way to get the LTE is to be on an actual at&t plan and live in an LTE area.
My average speeds are anywhere from 2 to 6.5 Mbps where I live.
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I can deal with 2-6mbps thats easily enough.
Straight Talk
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I can deal with 2-6mbps thats easily enough.
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One piece of advice if you're contemplating going with Straight Talk. CS sucks, most users have come to a conclusion that under 100MB/day and 2GB/mo is the going rate. Go over any of the above, depending on the population on your general location, even under those numbers, if you're in the top 5% of users, they will throttle you, once throttled, you'd have to FB them or call their CS and be prepared to wait, one good thing is that I've read on howardforum that you'll get either a voice or text warning you of excessive use. If you continue to use excessively, you will not get any more warning, ST will shuts you off and lose your phone number. I've been using their service for about 2 months now and as long as we play by their rules, $45.00 + tax a month is pretty good. My download in Honolulu is a steady 3MPS and 900kbps uploads + or -, give a few. One other thing is prepaid, you have to refill before you run out, there's no grace period, best thing is AUTO REFILL.
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On straight talk you'll get at&t's marketing version of 4G which is really HSPA+ or slightly faster 3G. The only way to get the LTE is to be on an actual at&t plan and live in an LTE area.
My average speeds are anywhere from 2 to 6.5 Mbps where I live.
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I was talking about the T-Mobile 30 a month plan.
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I was talking about the T-Mobile 30 a month plan.
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T-MOBILE it is, go for it
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T-MOBILE it is, go for it
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Perhaps it's best to wait for T-Mobile note release and see if we get a more stable modem firmware out of it. Blaze modem is not the most stable one. I mean it is the most stable T-Mobile modem (for me) as far as tmobile modems for the note go, but it works best in weak signal areas, has poor connectivity in high signal area (weird, I know) and drains battery a lot faster even on wifi.
I wish I didn't have to order the SIM card online that's the only part that sucks.
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Two AT&T notes side by side (west Chicago land)... one with a new Straight Talk SIM the other with contract AT&T LTE sim....
The ST note got just over 5 meg (4G) and the AT&T LTE note's Speedtest.net wouldn't complete :crying: unless the ST note was idle then it got just over 6 meg (LTE)
I'll have to see if the ST Note gets throttled.