I think this is great for att as a company but personally as a contract customer I'm worried about my speeds dropping significantly . I currently average around 50-60 dl and 20-40 ul in my area.
I wonder if att is gonna cap the prepaid lte users to 10 or 20 mbps as I'm sure that will help me keep my speeds.
All I know is I pay way to much $ to att for my contract with 5 lines and lte on all phones to not even have unlimited.
If my speeds suffer because of this move I will deff be taking my one to t mobile or sprint if I can to get unlimited data instead of paying for overages.
I don't mind paying overages though when my speeds are 5 x faster than anyone else where I live but if my speeds go down because of overload to towers I might as well get tmobile or sprint ( will HTC one from att be able to use on sprint ? I know I cab wit t mobile but sprint don't have sims ) and not have to pay any overages. Sounds like a no brainer.
I would tread carefully att or your gonna piss off all your contract customers and we all know there the ones keeping the ship afloat
What is your guys opinions on this move by att to grab up the prepaid lte people's ?
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And what this has to do with the HTC One?
This belongs in the howardforums
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This is the att general section and I have a HTC one so get out my thread loser
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This is the att general section and I have a HTC one so get out my thread loser
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This isn't the at&t general forums actually, it's the HTC one forums
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This is the att general section and I have a HTC one so get out my thread loser
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You can't come to xda and act like an ass when the person you called a "loser" made a valid point. If you didn't want an answer like that you should post in a different place. So why don't you leave the HTC ONE forums. Loser.
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I think this is great for att as a company but personally as a contract customer I'm worried about my speeds dropping significantly . I currently average around 50-60 dl and 20-40 ul in my area.
I wonder if att is gonna cap the prepaid lte users to 10 or 20 mbps as I'm sure that will help me keep my speeds.
All I know is I pay way to much $ to att for my contract with 5 lines and lte on all phones to not even have unlimited.
If my speeds suffer because of this move I will deff be taking my one to t mobile or sprint if I can to get unlimited data instead of paying for overages.
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Lol, move to Sprint for unlimited data . It's unlimited because 90% of the time it is unusable. If AT&T added 50 million prepaid customers in addition to their current customers, their LTE would probably still be faster than Sprints. T-Mobile coverage is spotty at best and if you're not in a blazingly fast area, their data speeds are comical as well.
I know AT&T and Verizon make you pay and don't have unlimited data, but they work a bit better than the others.
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So following in VZW footsteps, At&t now has shared data plans as well.
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So following in VZW footsteps, At&t now has shared data plans as well.
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I don't think this really deserved its own thread... There is an off topic thread for a reason.
Not trying to be an ass or anything also, I'm sure most of us already knew this
Yep, difference is that they allow you to upgrade and keep your grandfathered plans (at least for now).
Just saw the commercial.
Well, looks like ill be going to sprint when my contract is over...
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Well, looks like ill be going to sprint when my contract is over...
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Idk man. The unlimited 4G at T-Mobile looks nice when mine's up. Although, I'm trying to be hopeful that it will somehow encourage Verizon to rethink their stance because in terms of coverage in my area, no one comes close.
If you want to keep your unlimited plan just don't upgrade through Verizon. You can usually buy the newer phones on their networks for around $200 - $300 on eBay, swappa, craigslist, or amazon. Just pick up whatever phone you want and walk into Verizon and request a sim for the phone or have then program it.
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Idk man. The unlimited 4G at T-Mobile looks nice when mine's up. Although, I'm trying to be hopeful that it will somehow encourage Verizon to rethink their stance because in terms of coverage in my area, no one comes close.
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I thought about that to but doesn't T-Mobile throttle you after like 500mb though and force you on 3g or 2g for the remainder of the month? I think sprint is the only one that won't cut you off. For me if Verizon forces me off unlimited I think I'll stay cause nobody else has as good of service but sprint might be tempting.
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I thought about that to but doesn't T-Mobile throttle you after like 500mb though and force you on 3g or 2g for the remainder of the month? I think sprint is the only one that won't cut you off. For me if Verizon forces me off unlimited I think I'll stay cause nobody else has as good of service but sprint might be tempting.
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The new plan going live on the 5th is being advertised as truly unlimited. No caps or throttling:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/21/t-mobile-leak-suggests-truly-unlimited-4g-data-add-on-launchin/
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I thought about that to but doesn't T-Mobile throttle you after like 500mb though and force you on 3g or 2g for the remainder of the month? I think sprint is the only one that won't cut you off. For me if Verizon forces me off unlimited I think I'll stay cause nobody else has as good of service but sprint might be tempting.
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Sprint can't throttle you because if they slowed it down any more, it wouldnt even load the play store. It already took long enough to do that when I had sprint. I loved sprints customer service but their data network is awful, not to mention it will take them forever to roll out 4g. Verizon might cost more per month but it's worth it. Sprint has unlimited because their 3g is so slow you can't use a lot of data and their WiMAX is almost nonexistent unless you live in huge cities. Just warning you guys.
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Sprint can't throttle you because if they slowed it down any more, it wouldnt even load the play store. It already took long enough to do that when I had sprint. I loved sprints customer service but their data network is awful, not to mention it will take them forever to roll out 4g. Verizon might cost more per month but it's worth it. Sprint has unlimited because their 3g is so slow you can't use a lot of data and their WiMAX is almost nonexistent unless you live in huge cities. Just warning you guys.
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Stamp. So damn true about Sprint... Verizon is second worst on 3g though, to be fair. GSM has always trumped CDMA in the 3g department in my experience.
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The new plan going live on the 5th is being advertised as truly unlimited. No caps or throttling:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/21/t-mobile-leak-suggests-truly-unlimited-4g-data-add-on-launchin/
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Yea looks good but their 4g isn't that good or as fast as lte and they won't have lte for a while and their service isn't great especially in my area. But in the next 5 years when everyone has lte it will be good to see them really compete for customers.
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Bonus is you can take the Rezound over to Tmo. They always have better android phones than vzw half the time anyway.
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I don't think this really deserved its own thread... There is an off topic thread for a reason.
Not trying to be an ass or anything also, I'm sure most of us already knew this
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Is this not the general discussion board? Is this not a general discussion? For ****s sake...
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Is this not the general discussion board? Is this not a general discussion? For ****s sake...
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Last I checked, I'm allowed to share my opinion without being called out
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Yea looks good but their 4g isn't that good or as fast as lte and they won't have lte for a while and their service isn't great especially in my area. But in the next 5 years when everyone has lte it will be good to see them really compete for customers.
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Yeah they are behind. I have a long time on my contract though, so who knows by then.
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Stamp. So damn true about Sprint... Verizon is second worst on 3g though, to be fair. GSM has always trumped CDMA in the 3g department in my experience.
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I never had a phone on att that worked worth a damn (iPhone back when I didn't know how truely evil apple was) on 3g but I have seen others on att do well on 3g. But 3g works well for me on Verizon. I use it all the time since it doesn't hog battery like 4g which is great in my area. But when I'm running a speestest on 3g with my buddy and his HTC evo 3d next to me and I pull almost 2.0mbps down and 1 up and he barely pulls a .5 down and .1 up with his 400ms ping, Verizon's 3g is the **** lol. But you are right att 3g is better, their 4g is garbage through. Everyone i know barely pulls 7-8 down on att 4g while I'm flying by them at 40mbps while streaming Pandora in the background
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Yea I mean if atts service didn't literally make me mad, I would still use them just for the phones.. Verizon's is the only one I've had that I actually notice how good it is. The phones and the lock down aren't that great that ¦~\ but service is first and foremost. Plus on LTE I've never had lower than 11 down and 2 up (its usually over 15 and under 40 up, with over 5 down) and I've been across states down south in 4G areas... ATT and TMO and Sprint don't compare in places Ive been down here. Plus my 3G speeds are as fast and their 4G pretty often and that's unacceptable to me.
Pitty there isn't unlimited anymore and some gooder phones lulz
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Pitty there isn't unlimited anymore and some gooder phones lulz
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We can thank the bastards that have usenet accounts and use 50-100+gb per month for that one. It really is useless, they probably just have one for the sole purpose of racking up as much data as possible.
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We can thank the bastards that have usenet accounts and use 50-100+gb per month for that one. It really is useless, they probably just have one for the sole purpose of racking up as much data as possible.
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I don't really think that's the reason... But I'm sure they considered that as well... I think it's because they own so much spectrum that they can increase the price of whatever they want and people will pay for it... Plus ATT started the teird data garbage. Verizon followed a year later... Then Verizon started the share plan garbage.. now ATT has followed that. It's all about money. Data used to be a lot cheaper once upon a time, but not as good persay.. Personally I think they should still have unlimited 4G and capped 3G or vice versa... Idk though... Meh it is what it is.
I know folks here are mostly enthusiastic about the One so please encourage me for strong reasons to stay...
I am from Verizon ... giving up their unlimited data plan
And from Galaxy Note 2 ... giving up the 3100 mAH battery...
What do you think, if you were me....
I am so torn but HTC One is just too beautiful to pass
I don't necessarily think the One is worth it, but AT&T gets almost every phone or can use the international version. I switched to AT&T from Verizon 2 years ago for that reason, and there has never been a phone on the market that I wanted but couldn't have Well worth it.
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I remember you from the Dell streak 7 forum. I'll never forget that forum because that's the one that cut my teeth on android dev
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I know folks here are mostly enthusiastic about the One so please encourage me for strong reasons to stay...
I am from Verizon ... giving up their unlimited data plan
And from Galaxy Note 2 ... giving up the 3100 mAH battery...
What do you think, if you were me....
I am so torn but HTC One is just too beautiful to pass
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I wouldn't give up unlimited data IF they're not throttling data after 5gb. Which I'm told they're doing
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Verizon is forcing everyone off unlimited data on next phone upgrade. So even if you stay on Verizon you will not have unlimited data for long unless you buy the phone off contract.
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Don't do it your gonna hate it. All att has is the best phones and great service and top lte. Not to mention the HTC one. Honestly if you need convincing I suggest you just stay put.
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I would do it. Just pulled the trigger myself. and like it was said, you will be buying a full price phone, on verizon anyway since they are killing unlimited plans. And the One is oh so sexy! Time to put my note 1 on craigslist.
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Was really thinking of switching to AT&T from Verizon for the ONE. But Verizon just announced that they are offering any phone for 99 down and a monthly payment plan... And we keep the unlimited data. I have 2 lines.
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I remember you from the Dell streak 7 forum. I'll never forget that forum because that's the one that cut my teeth on android dev
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Hey buddy how's going? It's been a while. Glad to see you become a recognized dev here
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I don't necessarily think the One is worth it, but AT&T gets almost every phone or can use the international version. I switched to AT&T from Verizon 2 years ago for that reason, and there has never been a phone on the market that I wanted but couldn't have Well worth it.
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I have to second this. Verizon's network coverage was (and still is) great, but their limited selection of phones always drove me nuts! AT&T used to have a reputation for slower network speeds and poor service, but they're worth it now!
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I have to second this. Verizon's network coverage was (and still is) great, but their limited selection of phones always drove me nuts! AT&T used to have a reputation for slower network speeds and poor service, but they're worth it now!
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Yeah no complaints about AT&T service here. My LTE is consistently faster than my Verizon friends here in the D.C. area.
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Verizon is forcing everyone off unlimited data on next phone upgrade. So even if you stay on Verizon you will not have unlimited data for long unless you buy the phone off contract.
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Only way around that is to buy the phone at full price
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Any folks near New York area using ATT service? Do you have coverage when you have some road trip to Bear Mountain or some other hiking place?
My biggest fear was losing data connection when you need the driving direction the most.
Verizon saved me once in Ithaca back then near those wineries, but I am not sure if AT&T can pull off the same there....
Thanks for any comments here.
I am not so concerned about the unlimited thing because my wife will still be using Verizon's unlimited line in our family plan. Not like I lose such option forever.
I'm from Albany, drive down to Long Island a lot, take the Amtrak train occasionally. LTE is hard to come by, but Hspa is pretty consistent. No complaints at all. I jumped from big red in 2011 and haven't looked back. AT&T has been great to me.
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I travel from New Haven to NYC everyday and I get pretty consistent LTE speeds.
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I'm in the same boat - gave up VZW + Unlimited data, and I had a Galaxy Nexus. Just got my HTC One after a week wait (argh). What a great device!
AT&T 4G (at least download speeds) are so much slower than VZW's (from speedtests). The upload on AT&T 4G is slightly faster. Overall happy with the service here.
I'm onboard too I switched from Verizon and I'm pleased with the service! Yeah the lte isn't as fast but I barely use data... I was dropping calls left and right on Verizon and I haven't yet on att
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Verizon is offering any new phone with a payment plan and we keep our unlimited. In store only.
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Verizon is offering any new phone with a payment plan and we keep our unlimited. In store only.
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Yeah but basically you are paying twice for the phone. Verizon does not lower the price of their plans which includes a new phone subsidy, then on top of that they take the full price of the phone and charge you monthly for that until you pay it off. And lastly a $24 financing charge. Verizon is the ultimate scam corporation.
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With unlimited internet, but 4g caps off at 5g, is there a way to remove this cap?
Sign up for unlimited 4g.
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If there was, what would be the point of throttling? You can pay for unlimited with no cap.
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Geez.. I thought my question was in a developer forum where there are hacks for almost everything. but I'm just getting tmobile in-store answers.
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Your not that fast getting throttled, and no, that is a limit set by the company. You want a dev to go hack something inside the company for you? So pay up for unlimited 4g.
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Let me dumb it down, your device is point B, T-Mobile network is point A, throttling happens at point A. Developers here don't mange the T-Mobile network
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Geez.. I thought my question was in a developer forum where there are hacks for almost everything. but I'm just getting tmobile in-store answers.
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Please do us the favor and leave if you don't like the answers. The reality is, there are virtually no workarounds for getting unlimited on a not officially unlimited plan. If you have a problem with being throttled, pony up the extra few bucks to get unlimited with no throttling.
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Does an unlocked T-Mobile version of the HTC One work with AT&T's LTE and the prepaid $60 plan?
A friend of mine uses an unlocked tmo one just fine on AT&T.
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Is the LTE Speed the same as T-Mobile for them or if they have prepaid AT&T, is the speed the same?
His speeds are around 40mbs down, I've personally witnessed this. He was getting 15 down with tmo.
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His speeds are around 40mbs down, I've personally witnessed this. He was getting 15 down with tmo.
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Good jump in speeds for sure. My HTC One gets about 10-25 mbs down and 1-7 mbs up. I think AT&T is where I take my service to soon because they just had a major gaffe on their part and I need a new unlock code asap.
Love the Evo 3D community so looking forward to hearing any responses. I'm getting very close to buying a new phone and since I've been off contract with Virgin Mobile am thinking of switching carriers as well as Virgin Mobile is just too spotty in my area.
I wanted to hear any feedback anyone wants to share about picking my next device and carrier within the next two weeks. My current frontrunner is the Note 3 on T-Mobile. I'm not concerned with screen size being too large, etc but was wondering after moving from this phone what others would recommend if making a purchase within the next week or so. I'm also torn between the Nexus 5 and LG G2 for either Sprint or T-Mobile which seems very similar to the Nexus 5 and comes with a much better camera. Any thoughts or mistakes being made?
H2o wireless.
$30 for unlimited talk/text with 500mb data with a nexus 5 may be my next move.
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H2o wireless.
$30 for unlimited talk/text with 500mb data with a nexus 5 may be my next move.
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$30? Their site says you get 50mb for 30...and only 100 outgoing texts...
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Check out ting, or freedompop. Both run off sprints network but are at least half the price on average.
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$30? Their site says you get 50mb for 30...and only 100 outgoing texts...
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They are increasing it in December..
its 100 outgoing international texts. minutes/texts for US is unlimited.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...er-including-quot-unlimited-quot-All-plans-up