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I'm needing to replace my iPhone 5 on net10 at the Genius Bar and I was wondering it AT&T phones need unlocking to work on net10. I posted in the iPhone proper thread asking how the swap would work since I don't have one of the carriers that they sell through. Someone kindly pointed out that AT&T offers five unlocks provided the etf is paid (which it was) but not sure if that applied to replacement devices. Then I remember reading that straight talkers don't require an unlock. Appreciate any feedback!
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# ¿ Apr 21, 2013 22:35 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 15:47 |
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hotsauce posted:$41.49, no tax. Used them many times. Legit. Does Refillmobi ever put the net10 family plan on there?
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# ¿ Apr 23, 2013 00:35 |
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mAlfunkti0n posted:Throwing my brand new experience with Net10 out here to warn people about. Oh dear, that wasn't my experience at all. It was a little bumpy (at least in understanding what was happening and that it was working correctly) porting my and my wifes number from T-mobile prepaid but it worked out in the end. I did do the whole thing on the phone from the start though.
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# ¿ May 8, 2013 21:02 |
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Mister Fister posted:Oh AT&T launched their prepaid service: Minutes/texts for each plan?
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# ¿ May 9, 2013 19:15 |
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SB35 posted:StraightTalk or Net10 could put you at ~ $50/month and on At&t's towers Net10 gets a bad rap on many sites for various reasons, but for our use case it's damned near perfect. We don't stream often, but when we do it's maybe an hour of Pandora (~20mb?) here and there. For $89 on callingmart (no tax that way!) I get a phone for my wife and I that works well with the caveat of being a bit mindful on data usage. I've found that if you don't stream, you pretty much don't need a big data plan at all. On the other hand, for an iPhone, you HAVE to have it jailbroken so you can access the APN settings. Also, the settings seemingly random reset themselves and you have to back and set them in order to regain 4G access and MMS capability to non-iMessage folks. This is inconvenient more than a problem. Strangely it happens a lot on my phone and very rarely on my wifes. She is at home most of the day on our Wifi so I don't know if that's a factor.
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# ¿ Jul 3, 2013 14:55 |
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Can anyone on AIO with an iPhone do a trip report? Currently have my 5 and my wifes 4S on net10 family plan and we're jailbroken to set the APNs which frequently get forgotten and need to be re-entered. Does MMS work while jailbroken? What obstacles did you have to jump through to get it working? I'm also very interested in precisely what information I will need from net10 in order to port my number over. I despise their customer service and would be willing to jump. Am I gathering that the $40 plan is bullshit for smartphones leaving the $55 as the floor? I use about 500-750 megs a month and don't stream often so I could handle the 256kbps.
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# ¿ Sep 10, 2013 14:49 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:
Does that mean I would have 3G/4G speeds? I'd be fine with that, really.
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# ¿ Sep 10, 2013 19:33 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:Speaking of ATT MVNOs, HowardForums seems to think that GoPhone is straight up postpaid ATT with cheaper plans. I buy all of my refill cards for net10 on callingmart. Don't think it's sketchy at all, but I would be considered about the future pricing of the cards. Callingmart basically subverts sales tax for me so I'm paying a little less than the $90/mo for the unlimited family plan. It was $95 with the discount + tax to go straight through them.
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2013 18:23 |
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Would it only make sense to get the LTE for the latency? With a 1.5gb cap its not like you can really make good use of it.
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# ¿ Sep 14, 2013 02:12 |
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I think you've pushed me over the edge to finally transferring my number to GV. I am on a family unlimited plan on Net10 with my wife. What will happen to her phone number if I do this? I obviously want to preserve her number along with mine. Considering jumping to the AIO on mine and keeping her on net10 until I find out how it is. What do you all recommend given how awful their tech support is?
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# ¿ Sep 14, 2013 13:37 |
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The Entire Universe posted:I would recommend making peace with losing your numbers or waging a battle of attrition with their service reps. This is very ominous, would I be better served by porting both out then?
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 13:35 |
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The Entire Universe posted:The problem is that porting them will be like pulling teeth. A quick google brings this, it's from a year ago: quote:i porrted my phone number from net ten yesterday successfully. i used the imei number for my account number and the last four digits of my phone number as the pin number. it only took one day too. i hope this helps.
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 15:28 |
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I was hoping to benefit from the collective wisdom and past experiences of the goon hive-mind. As you can see from my recent posts I'm highly considering moving my prepaid number to GV. My question is how have you integrated GV with your iPhone? I am hoping to make the integration as seamless as possible. Here is what I have gathered/hypothesized. iMessage (text and MMS): Don't link to disposable number, but to email address. Educate friends to just use that and not phone number? This is the area I have the least amount of understanding around. If I do not have data I will not have any 'send as text' backup for those contacts. I send a lot of pictures/videos with my iMessage friends, so I would like to maintain this if possible. Non-iMessage Text: Use GV App, or other Jailbroken app/tweak to integrate with iMessage? Non-iMessage MMS: Out of luck. Calls: Easy as pie, that's not an unknown What are the best practices? The weirdness of iMessage throws a real wrench into the mix. I appreciate the feedback!
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 21:42 |
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goku chewbacca posted:If you set up iMessage/FaceTime with your email and disassociate your disposable number, here's what will happen: other iPhone users will still SMS text your GVoice number. Reply in GVoice app and you wont be iMessaging. When you'll reply in iOS Messaging, your reply will come from your iMessage email. They'll be too obtuse to understand why some new person is responding to the SMS text they just sent. To you it'll be inline in the same thread, but our contact will see a new thread, even if they have your email in their contact book. Then they'll have two messaging threads with your name on it and will pick one seemingly at random when they want to contact you. Every god drat time you message them from your iMessage email, they'll reply, 'who/what is this?' iMessage savvy users will ask, "I thought you had an iPhone?" when they message you and it's green. So the simplest implementation is to disable iMessage completely and solely use the google voice app losing MMS completely? They almost sounds preferable to having a hodge podge of addresses to give people and just let them know to email me. If I do not have data is there any way to get them routed to me through text or just always get two notifications for the app and text for that odd case? Last question: I know you get a special google number when a text forwarded (or called) that you can reply to and it is from the google voice number. This doesn't support mms either, right? I believe there are some jailbreak tweaks to alleviate some of these pains such as not being able to use the stock dialer. Curious as to what other tweaks are available. Thanks for the information, its very helpful! You're encouraging me not to do it but the pitfalls may be something I willing to deal with so its appreciated.
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 23:16 |
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A horrifyingly foreign idea just occurred to me also. Since I am farting around with prepaid and have no interest in contracts any longer perhaps I should *gasp* get an android to do it proper and either keep my iPhone 5 or get a touch to fill the gap in apps (or use the ones I've sunk the cash into) during the transition. Just for a thought exercise: are there any good android phones that aren't the size of pop tarts and don't have crippling battery life. Yes, these are the biases I have about android. :/
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 23:31 |
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Can someone with an unjailbroken iPhone on net10 let me know how easy it is to get the phone working with data on the service? Is the only feature you're missing MMS? I have been jailbroken for so long I have forgotten if it's even possible to roll net10 without a jailbreak. The obvious reason is that I want to update to iOS7 and still maintain basic functionality of my phone. I can do without MMS. That being said, can anyone speak of the same with an unjailbroken phone and AIO? I've basically abandoned by idea of going to Google Voice & Android. Too complex of a move (transitioning apps, data, use behaviors, etc) for minimal gain. I love my iPhone, what can I say? Thanks in advance!
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# ¿ Sep 19, 2013 14:26 |
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SB35 posted:Net10 or StraightTalk on a non-jailbroken iPhone is easy. You just need http://www.unlockit.co.nz/, visit that with safari and install the correct APN. Restart and good to go. Thanks! I will try that. Do the settings persist? I frequently have to go into the APN settings and re-enter them as they get reset to 'phone'. I will experiment today, clear the settings, uninstall the jailbreak app and install that APN. Appreciate the feedback.
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# ¿ Sep 19, 2013 14:36 |
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SB35 posted:Do they persist? Um, if you install the profile they should persist. I've never really dicked around with changing APN settings on the iPhone after I had installed the profile. When I was jailbroken I didn't have the profile installed, just manually had the settings input in the Cellular settings menu. To get to that menu (with net10 at least) you have to jailbreak and install TetherMe. Seems like the settings are forgotten every so often. This is how I was able to get MMS on net10, but seeing as 99% of the people I MMS with are on iMessage, I really don't need that and can simplify my life and go unjailbroken. I have already set up the profile and it's working just fine. Just need to update to iOS7 now. Thanks!
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# ¿ Sep 19, 2013 14:58 |
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Order two sims from the tmobile website. They are typically $1/piece. Activate one with the $3/day unlimited plan. Try it out and see how your signal is and such. If it works fine then activate the other one under the $30 plan and port your number. I had the $30 plan on my AT&T iPhone 5 for a bit but left because signal in my area was shite.
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# ¿ Sep 20, 2013 21:55 |
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Nihiliste posted:Speaking of T-Mobile and iPhones, here's an interesting situation. Right now I have a Galaxy Nexus with the $30 T-Mo plan. The GNex uses a full-sized SIM, the iPhone 5s uses a nano-SIM. If I ask for a nano-SIM, presumably I can get one without switching plans and just pop it in a new 5s? Don't believe you can do this. Go online and buy a sim cutter for $10. Something like this Techno Earth® Nano Sim Cutter for Iphone 5 Ipad Mini Simcard Cutter Cut Any GSM Sim Into Nano or Any Micro Sim Into Nano Sim + Car Charger for USB Devices http://amzn.com/B009WTXB5G
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# ¿ Sep 20, 2013 22:30 |
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TheLastManStanding posted:I've had them switch my account to a new sim before, so I know they can do it. I don't know if you can do it through the online activation though. If you do call, google around for their Prepaid Department number. You'll get much faster results that way. But not to the magic $30 plan. Or at least it's an uphill battle.
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# ¿ Sep 20, 2013 23:37 |
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Someone recently posted all of the downsides to AIO (no short codes, etc), would someone mind posting a similar pros/cons (more focused on the cons) for GoPhone? I'm very interested in seeing what the tradeoffs would be. I'm willing to do eBay vendor gymnastics to cut the cost.
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2013 14:48 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:I'm also curious about GoPhone. I just said gently caress it and ordered two sims for my wife and I on the net10 family plan. My biggest fear is screwing up the porting process by only doing one phone so I'm just going to do both and see what happens. Everything I'm reading is highly positive save for the short codes thing. I like the 2gb cap and the ability to add data if needed. Callingmart has $57 refills, which is reasonable to me for the security of the company (net10 feels so fly by night, despite being a huge company) and the reliability of the service. I'll give it a try and see what happens. Beauty of prepaid, if it sucks I just switch again! How do the refills work for GoPhone? Do I need a specific refill card or just get dollars in the account however way I can and the $60 is deducted?
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# ¿ Sep 26, 2013 16:42 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:AIO's "no shortcodes" thing seems to be temporary, according to the reps I've asked. Also, Google Voice is now able to use them so you could just use that on AIO (which I do anyway). I would, but the gymnastics required to get GV to work 'well enough' on an iPhone isn't worth it. I wish it were because it'd solve a lot of problems.
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# ¿ Sep 26, 2013 18:12 |
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Mister Fister posted:About $47 a month, buy only from highly ranked sellers though. Do you have to buy high dollar value to hit $47?
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2013 01:09 |
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Mister Fister posted:Yeah i think you do, i tried looking on ebay but i can't find it but i remember someone in the straight talk LTE thread at howardforums and someone mentioned it and i looked it up on ebay and it was there, forgot the dollar amount you have to buy though. I'll have to give that a strong look after I try out the service. No sense in buying up a years worth of service if I want to switch after a month.
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2013 14:51 |
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Mister Fister posted:Straight Talk/Net 10 is supposedly adopting a more 'transparent' data use policy: This is because I bought two GoPhone sims this week. If they still QoS the crap out of their connection it's not going to be any better, just more clear.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2013 02:21 |
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Panic mode ceased, I didn't waste the cash on the sims.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2013 03:02 |
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Just got my two net10 numbers transferred to gophone relatively painlessly. I made the mistake of activating the sims before calling and had to run to the corporate store to get two more for free. Can anyone who has an iPhone on gophone share which setting on unlockit.co.nz they using? GoPhone isn't working. Thanks!
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# ¿ Oct 6, 2013 17:24 |
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TraderStav posted:Just got my two net10 numbers transferred to gophone relatively painlessly. I made the mistake of activating the sims before calling and had to run to the corporate store to get two more for free. Holy cow, they really set GoPhone up proper. It wasn't working because I was putting settings in. I removed the APN settings and my iPhone5 fired right up and working perfectly. I think even MMS is working... If this is true, then GoPhone is THE poo poo. Had to reset network settings on the wifes 4S, but that's up and running just fine!
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# ¿ Oct 6, 2013 17:49 |
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Quick trip report for my net10 porting to GoPhone with my iPhone 5 and 4S. As net10 is a reseller for AT&T, it seemed like the port was ridiculously easy. I had purchased the sims in advance, created the accounts and got some temporary numbers. I called customer support to get the port going and they said in order to complete the port they needed fresh sims. I went to the corporate store and after receiving two free sims I called the customer support number (will update this post with the actual porting department number when I get home) and in 15 minutes had both phones ported over to GoPhone. For net10, the account number was my IMEI on the sim card and there was no PIN code needed. I was struggling to get the data to work on my iPhone and kept going back to unlockit.co.nz to get the right APN selected until I realized that GoPhone is not 100% supported by AT&T. I removed all APN profiles and every function on my iPhone works, even LTE. So, to summarize: net10 Account number for porting: IMEI of sim card net10 Pin number for porting: None (some have said last four of phone if given hassle) Data: LTE (in Ann Arbor, MI) quick test showed 78ms ping, 14.71 down, 4.20 up MMS: Working natively without any changes needed. Successfully sent picture to Android user on Verizon Visual Voicemail: Working, had to call in and set up initially and then change the pin code in my Settings to enable Short codes: Working, receiving local news alerts that I signed up for via nixle. Tethering: Haven't tried, not in my use case Hope this information can help someone else as I had a hard time finding all of it on my own.
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# ¿ Oct 7, 2013 13:13 |
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BonoMan posted:The "MY AIO" app on my phone (and you should be able to download it from the app store) shows exactly how much I use each day. It's right under the vague bar graph-y part. Anything similar for gophone on ios?
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2013 03:09 |
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If I am shopping eBay for GoPhone refills, will any denomination work? Can I buy up a bunch of $50 refills and throw them on the account for the $60 unlimited plan? I would think so, but before I start gobbling them up I'd like to make sure of it. Thanks!
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# ¿ Oct 10, 2013 16:37 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Can I port my ST number over if I do that? Yes, $.10/minute which is very reasonable.
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# ¿ Nov 7, 2013 13:59 |
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These work in iPads, correct? I may grab an extra one to swap out for occasional usage for when I go through my free 200mb.
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# ¿ Nov 11, 2013 16:04 |
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IuniusBrutus posted:So I'm reaching a point where I'm running over on minutes every month with the $30/month plan on TMo. I get really good LTE speeds (for TMo) in my area - 19-25 Mbps down, and 7-10 Mbps up on my N5. As such, I was just going to go to the $50/month plan with unlimited talk and text, but only having 500mb of LTE kind of makes the high speeds useless. How many minutes are you going over? If it's under 200 you're at breakeven and can keep your old plan.
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# ¿ Nov 21, 2013 16:50 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:Oh, so that's what happened. Was just gonna go here to check. GoPhone worked without issue here today in Detroit. Never had an issue yet, actually. It's like regular AT&T but cheaper. I love it.
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# ¿ Dec 20, 2013 04:10 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:AIO just changed up their plans. These are all after-tax out-the-door costs right? So a $40 for my wife and a $50 for me, less $10 for auto-pay, would come out to $75/month for the pair of us or $37.50/line average? That's really fantastic. I presume these lines do not have tethering included.
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2014 15:01 |
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Oops, terrible math. $40/mo is fantastic. Great news that you can put an iPhone on the $40 plan as that's what I'd be putting. We have an iPhone 5 and a Moto X. Currently on GoPhone and averaging about $53/57 month depending on when I buy up some cards. For our usage this seems far far superior. The throttled down speed is still usable for basic stuff, right? I rarely go over 1.5gb let alone 2.5 and my wife hardly cracks 300mb but I'd like to know the full extent of the downside.
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2014 15:41 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 15:47 |
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dr.bateman posted:Considering going with these new AIO plans for my family. I can't remember if it was an ST or AIO issue, but are there some special steps you have to take to get MMS to work on an iPhone? I would also really like to hear about this. Very important for wife acceptance.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2014 17:33 |