Thoughts 2 Weeks on T-Mobile- Life after Verizon

[Mike Dupp]

Can you elaborate on the issue regarding no google voice on TMobile? I have ordered the N4 and am planning on going with TMobile but google voice is my main phone number/system. Thanks!

As long as you don't plan on ever giving your t-mo number to anyone and everyone dials the GV number, you are fine. Mixed use cases struggle because t-mo does not allow conditional call forwarding on its' prepaid plans. It makes managing voice mail difficult when people use both numbers.

 

[brkaras]

Both of those beers taste like ****.

I'm a New Glarus drinker myself...but that's strictly a Wisconsin beer

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[TheLibertarian]

Listen to Mickey (the Cell Phone Junkie and frequent guest on A.C.). Find the carrier that provides coverage for 90% of your time. For those of you able to go with T-Mo there is no doubt that it will be cheaper BUT there are MANY of us outside of big cities (T-Mo only covers about 220 million Pops (as Mickey calls them) of the total US population). Verizon has 450 markets covering almost 300 million pops with the stated goal of covering their current 3G areas by the end of 2013. Although not traveling as much lately (I used to be on the road 150 - 180 days a year) Verizon does have a better network - if someone else is better and cheaper, good for you, otherwise you need to check out the other carriers (whether it be T-Mo, Straight Talk (ATT or T-Mo), Sprint, or even one of the regional carriers. I would have to KNOW that another carrier provides better coverage everywhere I travel (mostly US, mostly urban) before I could justify switching from Verizon because I can't stand surprises and I need to be able to be reached and call home when I'm on the road. While there may be a FEW places where another carrier is better than Verizon, there aren't many and while I would love to have an alternative to Verizon, right now there isn't one. By the way, one place where Verizon shines is at high density events like sports stadiums and CES.

THIS.

Numerous times my friends on AT&T can't make a call or send a test without issue at extremely populous events. Tailgating at Kinnick for a Hawkeye game? Good luck reaching an AT&T customer; entirely hit or miss. I love Verizon... but I also love the freedom of jumping around carriers with a GSM device. But for now nothing rivals Verizon's network, whether it's LTE speeds or coverage. Sure, on occasion in a specific area, another network may be quicker or have better coverage, but far more often than not Verizon comes out on top.

I don't really understand all the hate on Verizon. The built a premium product and they charge a premium price for it. Props. I jump on prepaid plans only because I can't afford Verizon, but I'll always miss a network like that.

 

[Ry]

I don't really understand all the hate on Verizon.

Because

 

[Saucz]

THIS.

I don't really understand all the hate on Verizon. The built a premium product and they charge a premium price for it. Props. I jump on prepaid plans only because I can't afford Verizon, but I'll always miss a network like that.

Definitely not hating on Verizon. In fact, I loved Verizon and was an advocate for them. I think it was the difficulty of moving away from Verizon that a lot of people had when the Nexus 4 came out. The move away was a progression from them getting rid of the 1 year contract, tothe final straw, when I gave my upgrade to my brother to get him an S3 for Christmas and they charged me a $35 "upgrade fee" which they no longer waived at any cost (over a decade of loyalty). I got behind Google's efforts to change the mobile plan structure whole heartedly after that.

 

[bacalao]

Yochino, I feel the same. I think sometimes you have to vote with your wallet to make a change. Been with vzw for 8 years, and the quality is excellent, but not 350% more excellent for the price. (I've been forking over $107/month, and don't even use more than 60-70 minutes a month.)
I'm getting behind google and saving $77/month by switching to the tmo $30 plan.
Good beer is expensive.

 

[anon(55900)]

I think all providers can be great in some places and horrible in other places. I've had T-Mobile in North Carolina, Charlotte region. In my specific town T-Mobile is good, next town 20 miles over it's just EDGE. Supposedly T-Mobile is supposed to complete LTE update sometime 2013. I'm curious how or if reception changes. It was about 1 year ago I went from a Blackberry 3G phone to a 4G phone and the reception improved just by that personal transition. There is a store nearby where there was virtually no service inside of any sort on the 3G BB, but with the 4G BB, 90 percent of the store has 4G to EDGE coverage. Is LTE supposed to have better inside building capabilities?

 

[PWC Realtor]

I think all providers can be great in some places and horrible in other places. I've had T-Mobile in North Carolina, Charlotte region. In my specific town T-Mobile is good, next town 20 miles over it's just EDGE. Supposedly T-Mobile is supposed to complete LTE update sometime 2013. I'm curious how or if reception changes. It was about 1 year ago I went from a Blackberry 3G phone to a 4G phone and the reception improved just by that personal transition. There is a store nearby where there was virtually no service inside of any sort on the 3G BB, but with the 4G BB, 90 percent of the store has 4G to EDGE coverage. Is LTE supposed to have better inside building capabilities?

Pro ably not since supposedly T-mobile LTE is going to be deployed on the same frequency as its current 3g network (1700 mhz)

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