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Post by librarylady on Jun 24, 2022 2:35:28 GMT
Anyone here use Tmobile to provide cell phone service?
ATT raised the prices AGAIN and I am thinking of switching.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jun 24, 2022 3:10:45 GMT
We've had T-Mobile for almost 2.5 years (used their pre-paid service for quite a few years before that). So far we've been very happy with it. My oldest son complains once in awhile, but he can be impatient/picky. We pay $140/month for 4 lines of the Magenta plan. I looked into what the Magenta Max plan entailed when I was considering upgrading to the Samsung S22 phones, but couldn't tell if I had to upgrade all 4 lines or if we could mix the two (but then I decided against upgrading my phone for now). We don't travel much, but DS just went to Europe and we didn't have to pay anything extra. Had the trip been a week or two later he would have had better data speed because they just announced more travel benefits. The coverage is fine where we live and where we go to visit family.
I'm not sure about other companies, but T-Mobile offers a lot of perks--we have free Netflix (one user at a time), I'm in the middle of one free year of Paramount Plus, had access to a free year of Apple TV, Free MLB TV (this would be an even better deal if we weren't in the middle of a 6 team blackout area, including the two teams we follow--the Cubs and the Royals, but I still use it for radio broadcasts through the app) and I think we will soon have access to a free year of AAA.
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Post by mom on Jun 24, 2022 3:22:18 GMT
We use TMobile (formally Sprint). We hate them. T-Mobile in my city sucks with service. I can be in the middle of my city (200,000+ people) and not be able to get online and calls drop all the time. The only reason we haven't moved to someone else is because we were grandfathered in on our rates so we pay what we were paying for the last 10 years or so. But even that is not enough to keep us there. Their perks are nice, but not enough for all the dropped calls we are having.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Jun 24, 2022 11:25:30 GMT
We switched to TMobile 5 years ago. We’ve been happy.
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Post by Lexica on Jun 24, 2022 13:46:26 GMT
I use Verizon, but I have wondered about Mint Mobile, the service that Ryan Reynolds advertises and owns some of. They advertise $15 per month unlimited. I use my phone so infrequently that I hate paying such a high price for it. Okay, and Ryan Reynolds...sigh. He seems like such a good person and father to his girls. Yeah, and that translates to great phone service how exactly...
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 24, 2022 13:55:43 GMT
I just switched from Verizon to AT&T. And I haven't had this good of signal in years! I was torn to switch because I've had Verizon since the beginning (my original company was acquired with other providers and became Verizon.) We tried TMobile and it didn't work for us. Which is interesting because I thought they used the same towers. With ATT we have 5G, and a strong five bars.
Anyway, I suggest you ask local to you friends who they use. Everyone I know uses V or ATT.
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Post by paget on Jun 24, 2022 14:05:07 GMT
I use Verizon, but I have wondered about Mint Mobile, the service that Ryan Reynolds advertises and owns some of. They advertise $15 per month unlimited. I use my phone so infrequently that I hate paying such a high price for it. Okay, and Ryan Reynolds...sigh. He seems like such a good person and father to his girls. Yeah, and that translates to great phone service how exactly... My dds use mint and have no issues. Dh and I have t mobile and it’s also fine.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jun 24, 2022 14:10:33 GMT
I've been a TMobile customer since they bought Voicestream (20 years or so), so obviously i'm happy with them. Customer service is great as well.
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Post by teacherlisa on Jun 24, 2022 14:34:26 GMT
For me, and my areas that I work in, live in or travel to verizon is the best. I had sprint and was loyal for over 10 years but once I was traveling and needed to call 911 and could not even get a call out. That was it for me and I made the switch. It is slightly more, but I am happier.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 24, 2022 15:15:49 GMT
This is an area you just have to talk to local people - and/or people where you travel if that's relevant. It doesn't matter if xyz pea is happy if the signal sucks in your area. We're in an area of a lot of mountains and hills, some of the cheaper services are just garbage as they don't have enough towers.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 24, 2022 16:50:06 GMT
I am in Dallas and a local man told me he dropped his Tmobile account because he could not get a signal most of the time. I'm stunned.......big city etc. I would expect lots of towers, or renting space on another tower from Tmobile.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 24, 2022 16:53:23 GMT
I am in Dallas and a local man told me he dropped his Tmobile account because he could not get a signal most of the time. I'm stunned.......big city etc. I would expect lots of towers, or renting space on another tower from Tmobile. Coverage is wild - my husband had Verizon through work and had the absolute worst time in Illinois - or was is Wisconsin / sorry can’t remember but was there for work and when not on wifi he was basically carrying a brick as the coverage was terrible and they’re like number 2 in country a which is why I said this is not a pea question / coverage where YOU need it Is all that matters
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Post by tracylynn on Jun 24, 2022 16:56:51 GMT
We've been on Tmobile since they were Voicestream, and even one before that - since the 90's.
We have no issues. I have travelled all the United States and Canada and rarely have coverage issues. The only times I do have been when I'm literally in the middle of nowhere - think S. Dakota or Wyoming with no towns in sight. But even that doesn't last long.
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Post by basketdiva on Jun 24, 2022 17:34:45 GMT
I think we will soon have access to a free year of AAA I wish they would bring back the AAA discount I had with Sprint.
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Post by breetheflea on Jun 24, 2022 17:52:30 GMT
I've had T-mobile for years and the only place it doesn't work in certain places on the coast (Washington and Oregon) in Longview, WA (except on the freeway), and inside my local elementary school. Otherwise, no complaints from me.
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Post by baylorgrad on Jun 24, 2022 18:14:22 GMT
I use Verizon, but I have wondered about Mint Mobile, the service that Ryan Reynolds advertises and owns some of. They advertise $15 per month unlimited. I use my phone so infrequently that I hate paying such a high price for it. Okay, and Ryan Reynolds...sigh. He seems like such a good person and father to his girls. Yeah, and that translates to great phone service how exactly... I looked into Mint Mobile last year when I was looking to leave AT&T. According to Mint's website, I would have no problem getting coverage where I live or when I go see my mom (small town only 20 min away). However, when I did a live chat with a Mint Mobile representative, he told me there wasn't coverage in either location. Hmm. No one could give me a straight answer either way, so I decided to go with Verizon. MUCH better coverage in both locations, and the perks are pretty darn good.
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Post by kimi on Jun 24, 2022 20:13:06 GMT
I have BoostMobile which uses T-Mobile towers. My LTE service is fine, but 5G gets spotty. (I'm near an airport so that may be the reason for spotty 5G). I have a pre-paid plan and pay $35 a month for unlimited talk/text & 10 gb of data/month.
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Post by momto4kiddos on Jun 24, 2022 20:23:19 GMT
We have T-Mobile too. we don't have any problems with service. They're rates are great, dh is 55 so we have an over 55 rate (two lines are costing us $70). We currently have Apple tv free for a year and I need to sign us up for Paramount and see if we qualify for Netflix. dh was just saying he got an email that they're giving a year of AAA service now too. Can't say a bad thing about them.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 24, 2022 20:36:11 GMT
I dropped Tmobile several years ago when I was driving through fairly large cities in my state and had ni service. I switched to Verizon and have never had an issue including at our TN familys home in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 24, 2022 23:27:55 GMT
I had a horrible T Mobile experience like 20 years ago. I’ve boycotted them ever since. That being said, I would ask folks who live on your street/neighborhood. Only they can tell you if the coverage is decent.
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 25, 2022 3:56:32 GMT
We switched to T-Mobile a few years ago.
I used to switch providers every couple years in the days when you essentially were paid to port numbers. IME, the coverage with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile is the same.
We have stayed with T-Mobile because they have unlimited talk/text/data to and from Canada, whether in Canada or the US. AT&T only offered the unlimited to/from Canada if we were in the US and we had to buy an upgrade to use our phones while in Canada.
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Post by minjoy on Jun 25, 2022 11:19:45 GMT
I am one also to say you need to ask local to you people. When we left ATT almost three years ago we went with Cricket cause they use the same towers. We went from a $190 bill for 4, paid off smart phones to 4 lines on cricket for $100, taxes/fees included. We took our numbers with us and our bill is still exactly $100/month.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 25, 2022 11:38:15 GMT
It really does depend on where you live. We dropped Verizon because we coudn't always get service in our house in a major metropolitan area.
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Post by ameslou on Jun 25, 2022 17:09:03 GMT
I would check out the coverage map, including drilling into the locations you're most likely to spend time. Years ago we considered switching to Sprint but didn't because the service in our home was terrible. Half a mile in either direction and the service was great, but for whatever reason there was a little pocket around our home with little service. www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-mapAnd you might call AT&T and try to negotiate a better rate to keep you as customers.
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Post by lisae on Jun 25, 2022 17:26:15 GMT
No experience. Very happy Tracfone customers in this house. Cheap and reliable.
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Post by markdis on Jun 26, 2022 22:04:30 GMT
I don't send too many text messages and don't make a lot of calls, what is important for me is data and with the t-mobile it seems to work pretty well. At work we don't do any cold calls anymore as it was completely replaced with the microsoft 365 business voice sms. Must admit it was a huge relief for the whole team.
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Post by rhian on Nov 3, 2022 17:40:43 GMT
I most often communicate via social media, so mobile internet is more important.
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Post by froggyscraps on Nov 3, 2022 23:38:08 GMT
I recently switched from Boost to Visible by Verizon and it's so much better and still cheap. Boost wouldn't offer wifi calling and Visible does and that seems to have fixed our problem. The neighborhood FB group is always discussing who to use and it seems everyone has problems with each provider.
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Post by coaliesquirrel on Nov 4, 2022 12:20:20 GMT
Another pea popping in to say it's local (or where you normally travel) that matters. Among us, we have an ATT/firstnet hotspot, a Verizon phone, and a Tmobile phone, and we've been places any one, or even two, of those didn't work at all - different combinations everywhere. No coverage will be perfect because there's always obstacles in the way - or no one wants a tower in XYZ place that really needs one because it won't look nice. You just have to find what's best for your typical area and go with it.
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