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The Modern Leper
Dec 25, 2008

You must be a masochist
I have a rooted DINC2 running cyanogenmod 7.2 (stable). I just received an unlock code from Verizon, and am thinking about eating the ETF (my contract ends in May) and switching to an MVNO. I understand my phone can't access other companies' broadband networks cause of the band selection, but how bad are we talking here? I'm currently getting about 1.5 mbps down (max).

Ultimately, it might be worth the cost regardless, but I'm just curious if my current phone will become unusable off of Wi-Fi while I look into a different model.

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The Modern Leper
Dec 25, 2008

You must be a masochist

Tedronai66 posted:

1.5 mbps down is about 7x what I get with sprint. I'm seriously considering eating the 1 year ETF (240) to get something that actually connects to the tubes faster than a single horse-drawn carriage filled with morbidly obese people. (I won't be getting LTE from Sprint until late 2013 at the earliest, according to their roadmap).

Yeah. At the end of the day, Verizon is a really good service provider in my area. Plus, I'm grandfathered into their unlimited (2 GB) data plan. I just feel that I'm overpaying for the minutes I don't really need, and can get a better deal on the data.

Worst case, I figure I bite the bullet and just sign up for a Clear hotspot until a nexus becomes available (depending on total price, I guess).

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