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FISHMANPET posted:Are there still issues porting numbers from Straight Talk to Cricket? My wife has ST but I'd like to switch her to cricket at some point but I recall there being issues with the porting, and she's one of those luddites that actually cares about the number her phone has. You'll either have to do the port in a cricket store or call them to get it moved over. It's something specific between straight talk and Cricket that gets things caught up.
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Is anybody else having trouble with Cricket at the moment? My phone is showing full bars, but the little ! symbol next to them which means that something is up. Long Island, New York. Just wondering if this is a cricket/ATT problem or just me.
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Sep 2, 2015 17:38
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I'm updating the OP and going through each carrier to make sure things are up to date. Does anyone know if T-Mob still has the dork plan?
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Sep 2, 2015 17:40
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Is anybody else having trouble with Cricket at the moment? My phone is showing full bars, but the little ! symbol next to them which means that something is up. Long Island, New York. Just wondering if this is a cricket/ATT problem or just me. Might be a local problem for you, mines fine (in Michigan, several hundred miles away). Cycling airplane mode on/off doesn't help?
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Sep 2, 2015 18:06
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SouthLAnd posted:Might be a local problem for you, mines fine (in Michigan, several hundred miles away). Cycling airplane mode on/off doesn't help? I did that a few hours ago when it happened (well, I turned my phone off/back on) and it worked for a bit, then it happened again. I just cycled airplane mode on/off 20 minutes ago and it seems to be working fine again. My phone (second gen Moto G) also got an update this morning to fix stagefright and other bugs, so I'm wondering if it's too much of a coincidence...
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Sep 2, 2015 18:10
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ThermoPhysical posted:Does anyone know if T-Mob still has the dork plan? Looks like it's now listed under "Other Prepaid Plans" but still available. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/other-prepaid-plans
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Sep 2, 2015 23:04
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CaptainCaveman posted:Looks like it's now listed under "Other Prepaid Plans" but still available. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/other-prepaid-plans Thank you! I'll have the new OP up later tonight.
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Sep 2, 2015 23:36
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It looks like Harbor Mobile is about to release their AT&T service. Someone on slickdeals got the pricing information from a customer service rep: https://slickdeals.net/f/8080810-harbor-mobile-2-0-at-t-plans-pricing-revealed?v=1 quote:AT&T plans:
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Sep 3, 2015 06:47
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Rexxed posted:It looks like Harbor Mobile is about to release their AT&T service. Someone on slickdeals got the pricing information from a customer service rep: Yeah, it's on their site too but none of that information was available.  I'll add this to the updated OP.Right now, I'm trying to decide which of RedPocket's plans to add...they've got four different ones. A "featured plan" set where it applies to GSM and CDMA. A GSMA-only set which includes LTE. A CDMA-only set which apparently doesn't have LTE. A CDMAS-only set which...I don't know what the gently caress CDMAS is, really. Currently, I have an AT&T side for their GSM and the Sprint side...I guess I could just use the GSM and CDMA plans respectively...but then what about the "featured" plans? They all have different add-ons and pricing too... ThermoPhysical fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Sep 3, 2015 06:49
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Rexxed posted:It looks like Harbor Mobile is about to release their AT&T service. Someone on slickdeals got the pricing information from a customer service rep: Is there any reason to choose this over Cricket aside from being $2 cheaper? Would the service be exactly the same?
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Sep 3, 2015 12:37
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is there any reason to choose this over Cricket aside from being $2 cheaper? Would the service be exactly the same? This one requires being a "business" and has no option for group discount. Might be full speed as opposed to cricket's throttled speeds. SB35 fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Sep 3, 2015 15:41
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I'm actually wondering if I should even keep Harbor Mobile in the OP. If you're not a business, there's plenty of other MVNOs to chose from and it'd be just trying to take advantage of them. It's not like they're that cheap or anything and I haven't seen anything along the lines of "you can keep using your data once it's gone". In fact, a lot of MVNOs seem to be "if you use up your data allotment, you have no data".
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ThermoPhysical posted:I'm actually wondering if I should even keep Harbor Mobile in the OP. If you're not a business, there's plenty of other MVNOs to chose from and it'd be just trying to take advantage of them. It's not like they're that cheap or anything and I haven't seen anything along the lines of "you can keep using your data once it's gone". Is that true, though? Most plans I've seen advertise "unlimited data" with a certain amount at high speed, then it's throttled to 128kbit once you use up your high-speed allotment.
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Sep 3, 2015 16:40
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nimper posted:Is that true, though? Most plans I've seen advertise "unlimited data" with a certain amount at high speed, then it's throttled to 128kbit once you use up your high-speed allotment. Actually, no. You're right. I had it mixed up. Most DO have "unlimited data" but there are some that don't and some have that for their 500MB/mo data plan. Harbor Mobile seems to be one that just kind of stops data once you run out. Most that throttle don't actually say what it goes down to though, Cricket is 256kbps but PagePlus is 64kbps.
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Sep 3, 2015 16:50
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To my understanding, Harbor Mobile is the best T-Mo option since it has all the benefits of T-Mo postpaid (international roaming, music streaming) for a prepaid price. I don't think any of the other MVNO's have that (but I also didn't research much). Also, you don't need to be a business.
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clockworx posted:To my understanding, Harbor Mobile is the best T-Mo option since it has all the benefits of T-Mo postpaid (international roaming, music streaming) for a prepaid price. I don't think any of the other MVNO's have that (but I also didn't research much). I used Harbor for a couple months. It's genuine T-Mobile service and signing up was easy enough. They didn't ask for documentation of my "business" but I understand that some people have had to submit LLC/incorporation documentation or what have you.
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Sep 3, 2015 18:35
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nimper posted:I used Harbor for a couple months. It's genuine T-Mobile service and signing up was easy enough. They didn't ask for documentation of my "business" but I understand that some people have had to submit LLC/incorporation documentation or what have you. I'll keep it in, but I'll put in the warning that they may ask you for LLC documentation for proof. There. finally updated the OP! Here, have a changelog! September 04, 2015
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ThermoPhysical posted:I'm actually wondering if I should even keep Harbor Mobile in the OP. If you're not a business, there's plenty of other MVNOs to chose from and it'd be just trying to take advantage of them. It's not like they're that cheap or anything and I haven't seen anything along the lines of "you can keep using your data once it's gone". Don't bother, it's not price competitive anymore
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whatever7 posted:Don't bother, it's not price competitive anymore Knew I forgot something....I'll add them tomorrow as I'm pretty exhausted right now. Unless other people want me to remove Harbor Mobile from the OP too...? I mean, with their new prices, it's pretty much the same as everyone else and there's a possibility that you could be kicked off if they find out you're not a business.
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Sep 4, 2015 08:57
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At least note that their data limit is apparently a hard cut off. Even if they were cheaper the possibility of accidentally going over the limit and being left completely without data would keep me away.
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whatever7 posted:Don't bother, it's not price competitive anymore Is there a better option that includes tethering and unlimited music streaming?
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Did they increase the bandwidth on Cricket? Repeatedly getting 10+mbit on both the up and download the last few weeks using the speed test app.
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Sep 5, 2015 18:02
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tonic posted:Did they increase the bandwidth on Cricket? Repeatedly getting 10+mbit on both the up and download the last few weeks using the speed test app. Bay area here. Just did a test and got 66ms ping, 8.66 down, 2.28 up. So no? At least it hasn't been mentioned in a press release or anything.
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Sep 5, 2015 20:05
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SB35 posted:Bay area here. Just did a test and got 66ms ping, 8.66 down, 2.28 up. So no? At least it hasn't been mentioned in a press release or anything. Bay Area as well, just ran this test. Download is close to 8, but upload significantly higher. 
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I have two Sprint S4s currently using the Sprint Framily plan. I am looking to switch to Cricket in a month or two, and have a couple of questions. I am satisfied with the phones but not the service. 1) Based on my reading, I can jump through some hoops and unlock the Sprint S4s to use them with Cricket, but only HSPA (3G) and not 4G will work. Not getting two new Cricket/ATT S4s or two unlocked 2015 Moto Gs (or something else similar) will save me about $500, but is it worth not having 4G? I figure it might be since even the 3G only on ATT's network is probably better than the worthless 3G and limited 4G that Sprint offers. Will occasional music streaming work well enough with the HSPA on Cricket? 2) The OP recommends using Google Voice to save my number. I use MMS pretty frequently, so not sure if this is still problematic (it was a year ago anyway). Could I port my numbers directly to Cricket or does that entail a significant risk of losing them?
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corrse.cx posted:I have two Sprint S4s currently using the Sprint Framily plan. Unless you're coming from straight talk, you shouldn't have a problem porting the number. Skip Google voice.
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corrse.cx posted:I have two Sprint S4s currently using the Sprint Framily plan. I am looking to switch to Cricket in a month or two, and have a couple of questions. I am satisfied with the phones but not the service. Streaming works fine on Cricket, even on HSPA. The OP recommends porting to Voice because, once done, you don't need to worry about porting again. You just pay the $20 and you're fine no matter what carrier you go to. Skipping Voice means you get to worry every time you want to change carriers. MMS works OK using Hangouts at least for me.
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tonic posted:Did they increase the bandwidth on Cricket? Repeatedly getting 10+mbit on both the up and download the last few weeks using the speed test app. Albuquerque - 8.05 down, 7.80 up. The download did burst to about 12Mbps for a couple seconds but the throttling clearly kicked in after that.
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ThermoPhysical posted:Streaming works fine on Cricket, even on HSPA. In addition, using Voice is great because you don't have to worry much about your cell signal as long as you have wifi. I get little to no service at work but I can still text and see if someone is calling on my desktop. MMS works fine, though I'm unsure if group messaging is fully functional yet.
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Sep 7, 2015 21:46
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Sprint Moto E (2015) is 40bux at BestBuy right now. If you live in an are that Sprint isn't a turd, FWIW. They seem to be aggressively rolling out LTE on 800Mhz so that helps a lot.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:MMS works fine, though I'm unsure if group messaging is fully functional yet. I use Google Voice very recently (probably in the last month) I've noticed that group texts are working. This is using Hangouts on a Nexus 5 with the t-mobile dork plan.
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Prescription Combs posted:Sprint Moto E (2015) is 40bux at BestBuy right now. Link? I only see the Sprint Prepaid no contract version. Sprint doesn't allow Prepaid phones on their normal plans and vice versa. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sprint-...1&skuId=2729581 Prescription Combs posted:Well.. This is the prepaid thread. It'll apparently activate on Ring Plus if that's your thing, too. Oops. Forgot what thread I was in. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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goku chewbacca posted:Link? I only see the Sprint Prepaid no contract version. Sprint doesn't allow Prepaid phones on their normal plans and vice versa. Well.. This is the prepaid thread. It'll apparently activate on Ring Plus if that's your thing, too.
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So I'm taking my friend to a Cricket store Thursday to shop for her first smartphone. She's in her late 50's and currently has an ancient dumphone with a dying battery and is spending way too much for whatever big name carrier she uses. She'd like to spend less than 100 dollars (and buy new) on the phone, are any of the cheapy Cricket phones not terrible? It looks like they have a deal on the Lumia 635, having never used a Windows phone do you guys think it would be a good option for a first time smartphone user?
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SouthLAnd posted:So I'm taking my friend to a Cricket store Thursday to shop for her first smartphone. She's in her late 50's and currently has an ancient dumphone with a dying battery and is spending way too much for whatever big name carrier she uses. She'd like to spend less than 100 dollars (and buy new) on the phone, are any of the cheapy Cricket phones not terrible? It looks like they have a deal on the Lumia 635, having never used a Windows phone do you guys think it would be a good option for a first time smartphone user? I think they have a deal on the Moto E, possibly.
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FAUXTON posted:I think they have a deal on the Moto E, possibly. This is what I got for my father-in-law and he loves it. It was $80.
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I got the galaxy prime when I signed up, and it's pretty awesome. Downside is it won't work where my mom is at, even though the entire goddamn zipcode is in green.
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FAUXTON posted:I think they have a deal on the Moto E, possibly. Good call on the Moto E, they sold it to my friend for 49.99 plus a 25 dollar activation fee. I think it was a good buy compared to one of the low end ZTE phones. From the little bit I played around with it, it should be a stellar first-time smartphone.
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ThermoPhysical posted:
Fantastic effortpost, however the pricing is wrong for Fi. It's $20 a month for everything but data, then $10 per month for every GB you want. So for the plan you mentioned, it would be $50 per month, not $30. I was scrolling through trying to find a cheap plan and got excited, but it's really not better pricing than any other MVNO. 
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Michael Scott posted:Fantastic effortpost, however the pricing is wrong for Fi. It's $20 a month for everything but data, then $10 per month for every GB you want. So for the plan you mentioned, it would be $50 per month, not $30. Thanks! Sorry about that, hit the wrong key. Fixed now! You're right, Fi isn't as good as it first seemed if you compare it to other MVNOs.. So far, for me, nothing can beat $55/mo 20GB LTE + unlimited voice and text on Cricket's Advanced Plan.
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