This is the speeds I'm getting in Houston (Galleria area) on T-Mobile.
Is this good?
I'm on T-Mobile prepaid $30/mo. 100 minutes, UL text, UL/5gb cap data.
They have $60 tier with: UL minutes, UL text, UL/2gb cap data.
and a $70 tier with: UL minutes, UL text, UL/5gb cap data.
Simple Mobile has $60 UL / UL / UL (cap ~8gb) plans.
Do you use any VOIP or SIP accounts to supplement your 100 minutes? I've been on the 60 dollar Monthly 4G plan with my Galaxy Nexus. I'm considering switching but 100 minutes is pretty low.
Secondly, I thought Simple Mobile throttled way before 8GB. If thats their limit would it make their $60 plan a better option than T-Mobile's $60 dollar Monthly 4G plan ?
In Phoenix and areas in the East Valley I only get an average of 3Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up. Peak speeds sometimes reach 4Mbps. I'm not terribly impressed since this is the same speeds my 3G Galaxy S Vibrant got as well.
But since I've had four Galaxy Nexus and they've all done it and I know others get better results in other places, I assume it's just lame HSPA+ service here in the Phoenix areas (at least the parts where I've been trying it).
It's sufficient though, so I'll live with it.
I make calls via Google Voice + Google Talk in GMail whenever I'm at my computer (requires that you're into Google Voice). VOIP solutions are so clunky and inconsistent to use for regular calls imo. To drop to this 100 minute plan you either need to not talk much or be able to deal with the VOIP solutions.
I know there are a lot of people who do VOIP, but its just not worth the hassle to save such little money. Once you're into VOIP you're paying monthly + per minute for that service on top of your own plan, plus the hassle, you might as well just get an unlimited talk plan.
General consensus that I'm aware of is that they throttle in the 6gb-8gb range. We know for a fact that Simple throttles much higher than 2gb, so It does make their plan a better deal than the $60 T-Mobile plan, and potentially even better than the $70 T-Mobile plan.
There is another option much better than the T-Mobile $60 plan, from Straight Talk. They offer UL / UL / "UL"(2gb) plan for $45. So if you're staying under $45 and don't "abuse" (they're pretty strict) your data then you can save more there.
The only merit I see to the $70 T-Mobile plan is the security to know where they throttle at. You pay just a little more in order to know that you have that full 5gb. Its pretty much a power-users plan (or someone who doesn't want to have "minute anxiety" or "data anxiety".
For someone with the Galaxy Nexus (or other flagships), the only 2 relevant plans from T-Mobile are the $30 plan for heavy data / light talk users, and the $70 plan for heavy data / heavy talk users. The other two runners (mentioned above) are Straight Talk $45 medium data / heavy talk, and Simple Mobile $60 heavy data / heavy talk. ALL of which are killer deals compared to AT&T and Verizon, honestly.
I just switched to the $30 dollar plan to give it a test run. Searching about Simple Mobile it looks like they will cut your data off after 2GB. And Straight Talk isn't even a option. I can't deal with being watched like that.
So far its going good. I'm using Talkatone with Google Voice set up so that I could receive calls as well as make outgoing ones. And it all shows up as my Google Voice number. It works pretty good on wifi and HSPA+. I'm in New York City
Yeah, I'm getting speeds of about 1-2Mbits in the same spot my Galaxy S2 gives me 5-6Mbits.
I don't think it's worth it, I'm gonna play with it some more but I think I'm gonna return it
I have a SGSII I got two months ago on contract. I was thinking of selling it as I can get a price for it and not lose money and get the Nexus (not breaking my contact, just use my SIM).
Do you think it is would be worth it to go to a +21 from a +42 device. I would like to get OS updates quickly and a pure Google experience.
Thanks.
I don't think many places have +42 yet, so it probably would. Yo can always ask T-Mobile if they even have +42 in your area.
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I don't think many places have +42 yet, so it probably would. Yo can always ask T-Mobile if they even have +42 in your area.
I live in a 42m area, although my SGSII gets nowhere near that speed.
Wonder how a Nexus would do.