irev210 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 So, after thinking about it, I am switching to T-Mobile... for six months. Currently, Sprint is in the middle of upgrading Boston to 4G LTE and the service is all over the place. To make matters worse, I just moved and my new location has absolutely terrible Sprint service (which is odd, because it's the second largest town in New England). While I wait for network vision to finish up (and get some ESMR love), I decided to give T-Mobile a whirl. I am going to hit up the 30/month prepaid plan and just swap over my google voice number to the new Nexus 4. I am going to put my Sprint 50/month SERO plan into Seasonal Standby for 8.99/month and see how T-Mobile's DC-HSPA+ does. Anyone that wants more info on T-Mobile's 30/month plan: http://prepaid-phone...onthly-4g-plans Sprint's seasonal standby plan: http://community.spr...e/478517#478517 I just need to wait until the nexus 4 is released (two weeks!) I'll keep everyone posted (for those that are curious). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 So, after thinking about it, I am switching to T-Mobile... for six months. Currently, Sprint is in the middle of upgrading Boston to 4G LTE and the service is all over the place. To make matters worse, I just moved and my new location has absolutely terrible Sprint service (which is odd, because it's the second largest town in New England). While I wait for network vision to finish up (and get some ESMR love), I decided to give T-Mobile a whirl. I am going to hit up the 30/month prepaid plan and just swap over my google voice number to the new Nexus 4. I am going to put my Sprint 50/month SERO plan into Seasonal Standby for 8.99/month and see how T-Mobile's DC-HSPA+ does. Anyone that wants more info on T-Mobile's 30/month plan: http://prepaid-phone...onthly-4g-plans Sprint's seasonal standby plan: http://community.spr...e/478517#478517 I just need to wait until the nexus 4 is released (two weeks!) I'll keep everyone posted (for those that are curious). If you're moving to Springfield, be very careful. The T-Mobile network leaves a lot to be desired. I would recomend Straight Talk with a AT&T sime card and the $45 unlimited plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irev210 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 If you're moving to Springfield, be very careful. The T-Mobile network leaves a lot to be desired. I would recomend Straight Talk with a AT&T sime card and the $45 unlimited plan. Not Springfield. It's a town right next to Boston (few miles a away from downtown Boston). Coverage maps show good coverage, so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlegendxero Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I would take the Straight Talk suggestion. I tested out T-Mobile (for the same reason as you) where I work (King City, CA) for about 3 weeks, at which point I switched to Straight Talk. The T-Mobile network was very spotty and according to the coverage maps, my place of work only had 2G. I initially didn't see that as an issue since I was going to use an iPhone which doesn't support AWS but turns out the 2G was actually GPRS, not EDGE. I was quite disappointed. I was peaking at 50kbps....close to Sprint's network here. Straight talk is better here but I do get slower speeds at times, probably due to the proxy on the data connection. I hope T-Mobile works out as a temporary solution for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supert0nes Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I didn't really plan to advertise, but I think I'm going to do the same. I have google voice, so i'll just cancel my account. I'll be back when I can get an LTE-800 phone, unless the Galaxy S 4 is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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