So there I was with a friend in the TMobile store, not defending Verizon, but arguing with the sales person about how TMobile's rent a phone program is no better than Verizon's two year contract program. As he was touting all of TMobile’s virtues and explaining why it was costing my friend $175 with her insurance to replace a Galaxy S4, he stated how much greater TMobile's speeds were.
He did a speed test, which he showed me on his phone, and his speed was 17 mbs. Now look at my speeds (the three at the top of the list) and that was after restarting my phone because I wasn’t even in 4g.
Pathetic!
We were not in a mall, but in a strip center. We left there and went to a corner restaurant where I stopped trying to search online because of this ridiculous speed.
Seriously Verizon!?
P.S. Look at my Cox speed at the bottom. $55 a month for all that! Also, the TMobile dude tried to match my bill with my five lines and 6 GB data. He quoted me $10 a month less. It was really funny when I told him I did not want a rent a phone. He looked insulted and questioned the use of the term rent a phone.
Well, when you pay $300 for the use of a phone for a year and then turn it in for another, it is a rent a phone. The Edge is no better, in fact worse, because you have to pay 21 months worth before you can hand over your phone just to get to upgrade three months earlier. I remember when Verizon just let you upgrade after 20 months AND keep your old phone. I actually remember when Verizon let you upgrade after one year, and keep your old phone.
Oh ... and the reason the insurance deductible is so much higher at TMobile is because TMobile's program is more like a "club." What? Lol! A club? He said, yes, we can help you find your phone if you lose it. Really?? Isn't that something!? I told him how I found a pinging phone that had been on a four lane road overnight, through Google locations. Sales people really don't want to argue with me about phones. I already know.
All mobile providers suck!
He did a speed test, which he showed me on his phone, and his speed was 17 mbs. Now look at my speeds (the three at the top of the list) and that was after restarting my phone because I wasn’t even in 4g.
Pathetic!
We were not in a mall, but in a strip center. We left there and went to a corner restaurant where I stopped trying to search online because of this ridiculous speed.
Seriously Verizon!?
P.S. Look at my Cox speed at the bottom. $55 a month for all that! Also, the TMobile dude tried to match my bill with my five lines and 6 GB data. He quoted me $10 a month less. It was really funny when I told him I did not want a rent a phone. He looked insulted and questioned the use of the term rent a phone.
Well, when you pay $300 for the use of a phone for a year and then turn it in for another, it is a rent a phone. The Edge is no better, in fact worse, because you have to pay 21 months worth before you can hand over your phone just to get to upgrade three months earlier. I remember when Verizon just let you upgrade after 20 months AND keep your old phone. I actually remember when Verizon let you upgrade after one year, and keep your old phone.
Oh ... and the reason the insurance deductible is so much higher at TMobile is because TMobile's program is more like a "club." What? Lol! A club? He said, yes, we can help you find your phone if you lose it. Really?? Isn't that something!? I told him how I found a pinging phone that had been on a four lane road overnight, through Google locations. Sales people really don't want to argue with me about phones. I already know.
All mobile providers suck!