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PRADA SLUT posted:Has TMUS announced any iPhone trade-in program like they've done in the past? Yes. See http://slickdeals.net/f/9087143-t-mobile-iphone-6-s-6-trade-in-promo-get-iphone-7-7-plus-new-or-existing-customers for details and discussion.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 19:48 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 09:43 |
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Take anything there with a big grain of salt. Tmobile hasn't really given the info on how the trade in is going to work, just that it will.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 20:03 |
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nimper posted:Yes. See http://slickdeals.net/f/9087143-t-mobile-iphone-6-s-6-trade-in-promo-get-iphone-7-7-plus-new-or-existing-customers for details and discussion. My god... is that for real? I have an iPhone 6, so this seems too good to be true. I realize the possiblity of getting stuck with a phone that can only be used on the T-Mobile network is part of it though.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 22:56 |
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Astro7x posted:My god... is that for real? I have an iPhone 6, so this seems too good to be true. Worst case scenario you pay the balance off. It's a 24 month interest free loan.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 23:05 |
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Astro7x posted:My god... is that for real? I have an iPhone 6, so this seems too good to be true. It can be used on AT&T as well and hey it would be likely possible to use on Verizon if they were to sunset their CDMA network early (ha, not gonna happen but whatever). The T-Mobile/AT&T versions simply lack the CDMA radio.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 23:05 |
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Is the CDMA radio a big deal for Europe? I don't recall what was used there.
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# ? Sep 9, 2016 23:32 |
I'm traveling to Europe in a couple of weeks. Is it possible to add international roaming onto the nerd plan or will that not work as it's prepaid?
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# ? Sep 10, 2016 04:07 |
PRADA SLUT posted:Is the CDMA radio a big deal for Europe? I don't recall what was used there. GSM. CDMA is mostly an American thing only. Wtf is up with the Tmobile one plan? After I get a phone it's 100 bucks every month.
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# ? Sep 10, 2016 22:20 |
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T-Mobile's new plan violates the gently caress out of net neutrality but no one cares because "UNLIMITED DATA!!11 "
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 18:27 |
I mean, I appreciate the unmetered music data personally.
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 18:31 |
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I thought the deal with net neutrality was more isps charging providers for better access. Isn't tmobile free to the provider and basically no barrier of entry?
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:05 |
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Net neutrality is about treating every bit the same, regardless of where it's coming from, where it's going, or what data it contains. Saying certain data is "free" violates that principle.
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:39 |
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Don Lapre posted:I thought the deal with net neutrality was more isps charging providers for better access. Isn't tmobile free to the provider and basically no barrier of entry? At a higher level (or lower level?) the idea behind Net Neutrality is "data is data" and it shouldn't matter what the content/service/server/provider is. Edit: Curse you, Uthor.
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:40 |
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Nitrousoxide posted:I mean, I appreciate the unmetered music data personally. As long as it's coming from the music streaming service that's been whitelisted by T-Mobile through some process that they haven't made public.
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# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:50 |
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I realize it technically does not follow net neutrality, but I feel like the limitation is only in place because the network can't handle everyone streaming 1080p video to their phones simultaneously. It's the same reason why people are okay with data caps on mobile, but when you get into broadband internet and Comcast starts putting on data caps for no reason at all people get pissed. minusX posted:As long as it's coming from the music streaming service that's been whitelisted by T-Mobile through some process that they haven't made public. They've made it public, there was a PDF on how to qualify that I saw soon after Binge On was announced.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 00:07 |
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I currently have metropcs. Its not great but the service is mostly fine. I've decided to make a switch to the big carriers and the phone I want only can do at&t or t mobile. RN I'm thinking t mobile. Thoughts?
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:43 |
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I'm a supporter of net neutrality but I'm willing to be a big ol' hypocrite for as long as my $30/month plan lets me listen to all the streaming music I want.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:40 |
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I used the website to drop my 10GB / mo plan to 6GB / mo cause I'm barely hitting 3 each month. Hoping my stash doesn't vanish and I didn't gently caress nothing up~
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 05:59 |
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Astro7x posted:They've made it public, there was a PDF on how to qualify that I saw soon after Binge On was announced. Now the binge on requiring money to get off of thing for T-Mobile one is a spit in the face of net neutrality, and the fact you have to pay extra to get out of slower speeds is crap.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:05 |
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minusX posted:Now the binge on requiring money to get off of thing for T-Mobile one is a spit in the face of net neutrality, and the fact you have to pay extra to get out of slower speeds is crap. This exactly. The next logical step is offering a plan that throttles streaming services beyond usability and charges a fee to bypass that throttling. If you haven't filed an FCC claim against T-Mo over this you may as well be begging for your cell phone bill to get higher while your provider offers you less.
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# ? Sep 14, 2016 18:35 |
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fun story, I did in fact file an FCC complaint, and T-mobile called me a month later. The rep basically said "we're not an isp, we don't throttle, and why don't you like unlimited data?" i tried explaining the basic premise of the complaint and she basically stuck her fingers in her ears and repeated her spiel. I have no idea why they think it's productive to have reps effectively robocall their own customers with the same weak sauce non-defense they're offering to the FCC in the first place. I just said "well it's really not up to either me or you whether you're violating the Open Internet Order, I wrote the letter so the FCC would investigate and make a determination" and ended the call. Two days later, the complaint was closed. I think i'll open another one.
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# ? Sep 14, 2016 18:49 |
Honestly, complaining to the FCC is pretty pointless since they are well aware of how T-Mobile treats different types of data.
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# ? Sep 14, 2016 19:02 |
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The FCC Chairman also approves of Binge On http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/11/t-mobiles-data-cap-exemption-for-video-gets-fcc-chairmans-approval/
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 02:20 |
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The problem isn't allowing toggling of Binge On, the problem is having a tier of service where you have to pay more to have non-"optimized" traffic.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 03:19 |
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PRADA SLUT posted:The problem isn't allowing toggling of Binge On, the problem is having a tier of service where you have to pay more to have non-"optimized" traffic. Then just pay the full amount and consider the regular price a discount. Or just go to a different phone company.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 04:00 |
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Don Lapre posted:Then just pay the full amount and consider the regular price a discount. But it's not a discount. Words have meaning. Why don't I just file complaints with the FCC until they start enforcing the law, as is their job?
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 04:05 |
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Plastik posted:But it's not a discount. Words have meaning. Why don't I just file complaints with the FCC until they start enforcing the law, as is their job? According to this arstechnica article its not against the rules to do what they are doing and wheeler thinks its innovative and wants to promote innovation http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/11/t-mobiles-data-cap-exemption-for-video-gets-fcc-chairmans-approval/?comments=1 "Its clear in the Open Internet Order that we said we are pro-competition and pro-innovation," Wheeler said today. "Clearly this meets both of those criteria. It's highly innovative and highly competitive."
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 04:08 |
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Exciting though that may be, the only wiggle room in the wording of the law is whether or not T-Mo is an ISP. I dunno, they do seem to Provide me with Internet Service an awful lot for an organization that's not an ISP... What they're doing is federally illegal and the only and I do mean only way to interpret otherwise is to deliberately misinterpret the definition of ISP in clear defiance of the intent of the law. This isn't a discussion, the two sides are "People Who Stand To Profit From Deliberate Misinterpretation Of The Law" and "Literally Everyone Else". You think you're on the first side, because you like Binge On, but when they think this has been going on for long enough that they can change course and start restricting service without benefitting the consumer they will. Oh wait, the One Plan is here. That's literally happening now. gently caress you if you want to watch HD video. And if you imagine this isn't indicative of things to come then you clearly don't understand how this whole Business thing works.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 07:14 |
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Plastik posted:Exciting though that may be, the only wiggle room in the wording of the law is whether or not T-Mo is an ISP. I don't think anyone is saying that the phone carriers aren't making policies that violate network neutrality. They clearly are. The issue to me is "well what can you do about it?" -Filing a complaint isn't a bad idea, that's adding a voice to it. -Writing a letter to whatever local/national politician is another -Voting by switching carriers is another. Although TMobile, ATT and Verizon (and probably Sprint) are all taking policies that basically ignore network neutrality, so i'm not sure who you can switch to ethically. But overall, I just see the debate as being a circle of the same statements over and over again. Any solutions are going to get fixed at the national level by either the FCC or Government, and neither of them inspire me much hope that they'll intervene anytime soon.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 13:10 |
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The only solution at this point is some tech company with lots of money to throw around create a new technology that can poo poo on current mobile and cable technology.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 16:52 |
5g speeds should exceed most people's wired internet speeds. It will hopefully allow companies to just build really hefty pipes to cell towers and handle the point to point connections via cell.
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# ? Sep 15, 2016 17:06 |
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News about the iPhone: You can only get the trade-in deal if you switch to the One plan. Otherwise you get the normal, lovely trade-in price.
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# ? Sep 16, 2016 00:07 |
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Edit guess starting today you do have to but not if you already ordered.
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# ? Sep 16, 2016 00:27 |
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Don Lapre posted:Edit guess starting today you do have to but not if you already ordered. Glad I did it that first night. Do I have to include the charger and stuff when shipping them my 6S?
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# ? Sep 16, 2016 23:13 |
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I didn't last year.
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# ? Sep 16, 2016 23:36 |
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Orders before 9/15 don't have to swap to One for the free iPhone trade deal, newer ones do. This seems kind of obvious considering the size of the discount and add a line prices with limited data plans, glad it existed at all.
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# ? Sep 17, 2016 03:03 |
Fiancee and I are thinking of switching over from Verizon to Tmobile to get unlimited data. Are there any "catches" on the Tmobile One plan? $120 per month for two lines, unlimited everything, with unlimited travel coverage seems way too good to be true.
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# ? Sep 19, 2016 16:16 |
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Anybody here, please correct me if I'm wrong, it's hard to keep up with Tmobile's fuckery of their plans. - I think one the catches is that video streams are at best 480p, which I guess is a deal breaker for some. - If you use up more than 21 gb of data before a month is up, you might get throttled to 3G when networks get congested. - If you do want HD quality streams or unthrottled speed, you have to pay $25 per line per month (ONE+) on top of your $120 bill. - Tethering will always be 3G unless possibly if you get the ONE+ connectivity pass. Tmobile ONE is pretty new so you may want to try to find some feedback from other people on the internet. e: If you want to HD video stream for just a day or two, there's a pass for that too, but costs $2-$3 a day, you'll have to look into that. ijii fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Sep 19, 2016 |
# ? Sep 19, 2016 17:01 |
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I am seeing conflicting information on the iPhone 7 trade in deal. Do you have to change your plan to T-Mobile ONE? I really would rather not do that.
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# ? Sep 21, 2016 00:56 |
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TheManWithNoName posted:I am seeing conflicting information on the iPhone 7 trade in deal. Do you have to change your plan to T-Mobile ONE? I really would rather not do that. There's a number you could call or a store you could visit to clear that right up.
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