I'm actually in Ohio these days, not near any coast unfortunately. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am reasonably happy. Signal quality is good. One thing though, not sure > where you are on the east coast exactly, but you may want to double-check > the coverage map. In the Bay Area there's communication infrastructure out > the wazzoo but I seem to recall holes in coverage in the less populated > parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Almost all phone companies have those > though. Worth checking before you spend money though. > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:26 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The phone itself is 250 with a 2 year contract, plus another hundred for > > the deposit, so it was like 375 after taxes with next day shipping, just > > too much for today. > > > > I'll go check out boost. > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I use Boost. I am not really happy with their phone support either, > which > > > is also in India, but the store is convenient so the time my phone fell > > off > > > the web I took it over there and made *them* call in. It did get fixed, > > > though, I will say, nobody told me to take a computer literacy class, > and > > > the bill is always the agreed-upon flat rate. > > > > > > I had tried taking the battery out, but no joy. Pretty sure I did it > > myself > > > though, trying to do something with the developer site after I went to > > > Blackberry World. > > > > > > The only downside is that a lot of times they don't always have the > > newest > > > and shiniest phones. Like six months old. Shrug. Oh and since you > aren't > > > signing up for whatever T-Mobile feels like holding your credit hostage > > for > > > you do have to buy the phone, but hey if you're already doing a hundred > > for > > > a deposit why not give that a pass and put two hundred into a nice > > Android? > > > > > > I wish I had an Android, lol... > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:12 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, that's terrible. > > > > > > > > Well this would at least be a line just for me. I will admit that > > their > > > > site has been rather problematic, so we'll see. > > > > > > > > Well it looks like they want $100.00 deposit to start (I have crap > > > credit) > > > > so this is going to have to wait until next month anyway. > > > > > > > > So that will give me more time to research everything. > > > > > > > > So who do you have for a carrier now? > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > suuuure. I forget how much mine was but it was unlimited everything > > for > > > > > three phones. And the bill was always about $150 too high. They > used > > to > > > > > claim the kids were doing something (what though? We had unlimited > > web, > > > > > unlimited texting, unlimited voice... they would have had to spend > > ALL > > > > > their time downloading ring tones.) > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, T-Mobile told me that they could not tell me what mywere > > > > supposedly > > > > > doing to incur the extra charges. Privacy or something. Even > though I > > > was > > > > > their parent, and even though I was paying the bill. I went > through > > > this > > > > > with them about nine times. It got to the point where I could not > > call > > > > them > > > > > -- it ALWAYS ended with me throwing the phone against the wall. I > > > finally > > > > > bailed on the contract, because it was just armed robbery. If you > > want > > > me > > > > > to pay you money, you gotta explain why to me, sorry. > > > > > > > > > > And ask me about the hold time. You'll have time to found > > civilizations > > > > and > > > > > conquer barbarian nations while you're on hold for them. > > > > > > > > > > Last time I was in New Mexico I called T-Mobile tech support for a > > > friend > > > > > because she just could not deal with them and was also getting > kinda > > > > > homicidal on the subject of T-Mobile. Since the call center's in > > > > > Albuquerque, one of them anyway, I considered this a problem. > > > > > > > > > > I was on hold three hours, dude before I even talked to anyone. She > > > > hadn't > > > > > been able to get on the web for more than a year, and they told her > > to > > > > take > > > > > a computer literacy class. OK, she did need one, but I'm here to > tell > > > you > > > > > that she was not the reason she wasn't getting on the web. I > finally > > > got > > > > > her internet working by taking the battery out and putting it back > > in. > > > I > > > > > have no idea how long that lasted though -- for all I know it hung > > > again > > > > a > > > > > week later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:38 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > huh. The plan I have should be 102 a month all told. Which is > $30 > > > > > cheaper > > > > > > than sprint and even cheaper then Verizon. I looked at all the > > > reviews > > > > > for > > > > > > around here and they were well rated. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know. I was on AT&T for so long it was ridiculous, but > > they > > > > are > > > > > > the most expensive at 170 or something. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > >the > > > > > > > ARGH > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hated T-Mobile. The bill was always wrong, like $150 too high > > and > > > > > they > > > > > > > never admitted it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have been warned ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:13 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I'm looking around for a new phone. I've pretty much > decided > > > > that > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > going to get a T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They seem to have the cheapest unlimited plan around here, > and > > > the > > > > > > phone > > > > > > > > hits all the high points I've set for myself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The second closest was on sprint, but their mobile hotspot is > > an > > > > > > > additional > > > > > > > > 29.99 for some reason. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, the things I want: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Android 2.3 > > > > > > > > 4g > > > > > > > > Full qwerty keyboard (sliders preferred) > > > > > > > > Decent camera (6+ MP) > > > > > > > > Front facing camera (can be lower rez) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
