Posted: 9/3/2009 10:19:24 AM EDT
| Anybody have them for their cell phone provider,how do you like them? |
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I had them and ditched them as soon as my contract was up. I live in Minneapolis, which is a larger city, and my service was dismal at best. I go back to North Dakota a lot to see in-laws, and I basically had no service. Basically, if you plan to stick to major cities all the time, they would probably be OK, probably close to one of the cheaper carriers out there, they are just shit for the most part outside of larger establishments. Again, this was just my experience with them, take it for what it's worth. P.S. I think their phone selection sucks as well. |
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I've had T-mobile for 5 years now. Reasonable service for a good price. Phone selection has been horrible but is getting better. I've had all the other carriers and only Verizon has better coverage and customer service.
If you want a fancy phone that you'll pay 20% more to use go AT&T. If you want great service that you'll pay 20% more for go Verizon. If you want reasonable service for a reasonable price with a moderately fancy phone go T-Mobile. |
| Coverage depends on where you live/work/etc. Price is pretty good. I've been with them (and their predecessor) for over 10 years and have been very satisfied. I get better reception at my house with T-Mobile than any of my friends and family on Verizon or ATT. Phone selection is good, but could be a better. |
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Have T-Mobile, had good reception until about four years ago...
apparently when AT&T bought out Cingular, contracts between Cingular and T-Mobile for tower sharing got dropped. Now I don't get reception at my own house. However, they did give me a free BlackBerry Pearl with no contract extension after a lot of complaining. Why? bc BlackBerrys and some other phones can use WiFi spots, like my home network, for reception. Problem solved, as long as I'm in my house. Great reception in Europe. |
| Had T-Mobile for almost ten years, got rid of them in July for Sprint. They have never had coverage in buildings on campus which irritated me. Also did a lot of traveling over the summer through the Western US and very rarely got service. When I did get service it was on some random networks I had never heard of. Of course this was in the deserts of Utah, Nevada, and California on small highways. Usually had spotty coverage along I - 70 that was using the actual T-Mobile network. |
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Good for me and with the BB Curve I use it all over the world and US with no problems unlike Verizon. I Dont have coverage at my cabin in Bama but my hunting buddy has coverage so no big deal. Verizon bunch of asshats couldnt figure out how to turn the roaming on , on my phone so when I went to Europe I had to buy a pay to play phone with the phone set up in SPanish. I dont speak Spanoish. F-Verizon |
| I have had them for no less than 10 years and have no faults with them. I used them for an IP for a year until the Internet was wired into the area. They have always been accommodating and I will stay with them. Very few areas that I travel do I get a no signal (very rual areas). |
| We did have a T-mobile contract and dropped it for AT&T. T-mobiles coverage sucked for us. We live in a rural area and got no service at all at home. We do get service with AT&T though. It seemed like T-mobile only covered large cities and interstate highway corridors. With AT&T I have called home from some very remote areas. |
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Well i picked one up.A Nokia 5310,nice phone.So far,the coverage SUCKS and i'm not happy  .I LOVE the favorite five,but i'm not sure i can live with the spotty service.I was told the phone is NOT 3G,would another phone make a big difference???As of now- .nope, if the coverage sucks you cant fix that with a new phone. But some phones have better radios in them, take the sim out and try other phones. Good radios that I have used Moto Razr and iPhone. Bad radios: LG, Samsung and Nokias. You mileage will vary. 3G only matters for internet speed. |
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Well i picked one up.A Nokia 5310,nice phone.So far,the coverage SUCKS and i'm not happy .I LOVE the favorite five,but i'm not sure i can live with the spotty service.I was told the phone is NOT 3G,would another phone make a big difference???As of now-.nope, if the coverage sucks you cant fix that with a new phone. But some phones have better radios in them, take the sim out and try other phones. Good radios that I have used Moto Razr and iPhone. Bad radios: LG, Samsung and Nokias. You mileage will vary. 3G only matters for internet speed. Thanks,i don't know alot about "hi tec" terms. |
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read your contract you should have 24 hours (or more) to return the phone If I recall correctly, you've got 30 days to decide if you want it or not. I think T-Mo finally got their 3g network up and running here. I'm not sure, as I bailed 2 years ago for at&t. |
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I switched from Sprint to T-mobile. Sprint was ok, but they were more expensive, and they had TERRIBLE customer service. I get great reception, and the phone works fine for me. Granted I live in a urban area and everyone gets great reception here. The few times I wandered out into the boonies it worked pretty good though. |
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I have had them about nine months now. Coverage is fine where I go.
I am using an unlocked phone, but I have read elsewhere that they won't let you do that now––you're only supposed to use the phones you get from them. Also I had a generic $20/month limited data/messaging plan up until last month, and they shut that down and I had to switch to paying $35 a month, but now it's unlimited data and messages (but still no tethering allowed). ~ |