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I just switched in April after hating life with AT&T and deciding to put my money where my mouth was. In cities - their coverage is VERY good. Countryside & cr

I just switched in April after hating life with AT&T and deciding to put my money where my mouth was. In cities - their coverage is VERY good. Countryside & cross country road trips are where they fall off the map, but I've been very happy paying $80 for unlimited call/text/data + No B.S. T-Mobile is way behind in terms of users & they know it - which means they're making strong plays against the competition. Makes me want to bet on them for no other reason than to force the other carriers to step up their game.

mikeash 13y ago
Your report matches my impression of their coverage. I head out of the city just often enough to go with a carrier that has better coverage. I've thought about getting some cheap plan on a better carrier for those occasions, but it's not quite worth the trouble. They're so close!
- joelrunyon 13y ago
  Worth noting - as part of the fall out with the AT&T deal - they got a ton of bandwidth from AT&T and they're putting it to good use across their spectrum. Not quite on par with AT&T/Verizon - but getting there!
antimatter 13y ago
I switched to T-Mobile last month after Apple released the 5s. This has also been my experience.
rhizome 13y ago
Now reflect on this old news: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_purchase_of_T-Mobile_USA_by_AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_purchase_of_T-Mobile_...
lelandbatey 13y ago
Ive had tmobile for the past 4 years, across 4 different smart phones.I can honestly say that i don't have any bad experiences with them. I find their network fast and reliable, and I don't live in a big city. I'm amazed they aren't more populatlr given how cheap and reliable ive found them to be.
cbr 13y ago
$80? Pre-paid that's $45.
- moosehawk 13y ago
  Even less if you don't talk much: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans ($30/m for 5GB of 4G, unlimited text, 100 minutes)
  - p1mrx 13y ago
    I'm always worried that someone at T-Mobile will notice that plan, say "whoa, how did that get there?", and delete it. It's just so much cheaper than everything else on the market.
    - thaumasiotes 13y ago
      The plan can only be deliberate, egregious price discrimination. I found out about it because T-Mobile was heavily advertising it on their website. So I tried to sign up. You can't do that; you have to either order a SIM card from them (which is free), or get one from Walmart. I tried to get a SIM card from the local T-Mobile store. They don't sell those. I ordered a SIM card online and had to wait a week. When it arrived, I activated it on (surprise!) the T-Mobile website. I guess you can do that after all. Note that in ordering the SIM card I did not indicate that I wanted any particular plan. The $30 plan just "happened" to be available for that card. Was I willing to wait for one week in order to lower the bill for a large recurring cost by 40%? Yes. But T-Mobile seems to be gambling that most people aren't.
      - jbrowning 13y ago
        Actually SIMs aren't free, they're normally $10. You can sometimes find them for $1 if you look around hard enough [1]. I've been using this plan for about a month or so and coverage has indeed been a little spotty in my area but it's good enough for my needs. If you do want to try it out here's a tip port your number: do NOT do select the option to port during the online activation process. Sign up and activate your SIM FIRST and then call in to initiate a number port request. Once you've activated and signed up for the $30 plan with a port request, there's no way to get a temporary number while waiting for the port request to complete. [1] http://slickdeals.net/f/6332098-tmobile-99cent-sim-card-sale-with-promo-code http://slickdeals.net/f/6332098-tmobile-99cent-sim-card-sale...
cbr 13y ago
$80? Pre-paid that's $45.

mikeash 13y ago

Your report matches my impression of their coverage. I head out of the city just often enough to go with a carrier that has better coverage. I've thought about getting some cheap plan on a better carrier for those occasions, but it's not quite worth the trouble. They're so close!

joelrunyon 13y ago
Worth noting - as part of the fall out with the AT&T deal - they got a ton of bandwidth from AT&T and they're putting it to good use across their spectrum. Not quite on par with AT&T/Verizon - but getting there!

antimatter 13y ago

I switched to T-Mobile last month after Apple released the 5s. This has also been my experience.

rhizome 13y ago

Now reflect on this old news: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_purchase_of_T-Mobile_USA_by_AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_purchase_of_T-Mobile_...

lelandbatey 13y ago

Ive had tmobile for the past 4 years, across 4 different smart phones.I can honestly say that i don't have any bad experiences with them. I find their network fast and reliable, and I don't live in a big city. I'm amazed they aren't more populatlr given how cheap and reliable ive found them to be.

cbr 13y ago

$80? Pre-paid that's $45.

moosehawk 13y ago
Even less if you don't talk much: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans ($30/m for 5GB of 4G, unlimited text, 100 minutes)
- p1mrx 13y ago
  I'm always worried that someone at T-Mobile will notice that plan, say "whoa, how did that get there?", and delete it. It's just so much cheaper than everything else on the market.
  - thaumasiotes 13y ago
    The plan can only be deliberate, egregious price discrimination. I found out about it because T-Mobile was heavily advertising it on their website. So I tried to sign up. You can't do that; you have to either order a SIM card from them (which is free), or get one from Walmart. I tried to get a SIM card from the local T-Mobile store. They don't sell those. I ordered a SIM card online and had to wait a week. When it arrived, I activated it on (surprise!) the T-Mobile website. I guess you can do that after all. Note that in ordering the SIM card I did not indicate that I wanted any particular plan. The $30 plan just "happened" to be available for that card. Was I willing to wait for one week in order to lower the bill for a large recurring cost by 40%? Yes. But T-Mobile seems to be gambling that most people aren't.
    - jbrowning 13y ago
      Actually SIMs aren't free, they're normally $10. You can sometimes find them for $1 if you look around hard enough [1]. I've been using this plan for about a month or so and coverage has indeed been a little spotty in my area but it's good enough for my needs. If you do want to try it out here's a tip port your number: do NOT do select the option to port during the online activation process. Sign up and activate your SIM FIRST and then call in to initiate a number port request. Once you've activated and signed up for the $30 plan with a port request, there's no way to get a temporary number while waiting for the port request to complete. [1] http://slickdeals.net/f/6332098-tmobile-99cent-sim-card-sale-with-promo-code http://slickdeals.net/f/6332098-tmobile-99cent-sim-card-sale...

cbr 13y ago

$80? Pre-paid that's $45.