I am reading this discussion with some interest. I am looking at switching from ATT when I return to the US. Will a change of carrier also necessitate a change of equipment? I suspect it may but help me out folks?
Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 16:57 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Switching Carriers, thanks to all Raul, My wife and I are on a shared data plan, where we share 6 GB of data each month. This is with AT&T. Early in our time with this plan, we regularly used between 85 percent and nearly all of the data. Now we are better about splitting our time between wifi at work and our data when at home or out and about. We can still use at least two thirds of the data though. Our contract runs out next September and we are anxiously counting the months to when we can switch to Sprint for the unlimited data. My data use is mainly streaming media and downloading books and podcasts, and hers is mainly Facebook and playing online games with others. In addition, we are hoping to add an iPad Mini to our plan with Sprint, so I think the unlimited data will serve us well. From what I've read and heard from others, it seems like Sprint is at least $30 less, if not more, than the other major U.S. carriers. Jmt, Wayne On 10/31/13, Raul A. Gallegos <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > Hi, one thing I'm curious about is how much data did you use with AT&T? > The thing I've noticed, and have even seen statistics on, and > participated in discussions on Lifehacker and similar is that when > people have unlimited data it's more for peace of mind, rather than > actually using it. I recently had 6gb of data on 4 phones with data > share and upgraded over the summer to 10gb because I added a 5th phone. > So, now I see it as each phone can use around 2gb of data to share it > evenly. Even then, not all phones do, and for the last few months, > barely 5 gb have been used. So, in a sense, we have unlimited data, > but it's not written that way on paper. > > I think it's great that you moved to a new provider because of special > incentives, but just know that in the end, people usually end up > paying around the same when it comes to the big 3 or big 4 carriers in the > states. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Everyone's mature until the bubble wrap comes out. - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 10/30/2013 4:13 PM, Brent Harbolt wrote: >> Thanks to all who gave input on the difference between Sprint and >> T-mobile. I have decided to leave A T & T after 12 years and have >> decided to go with Sprint. The unlimited data is very appealing to me. >> So, in about 8 weeks I will get my gold iPhone 5s. I will report back >> to let everyone know my pros and cons with Sprint compared to A T & >> T. I am sure hoping I won't be disappointed but if I am, I have 14 >> days to go back to A T & T. Thanks again to all. 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