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Sounds about right. T-Mobile has recently increased unlimited by 10/month. Interesting that T-Mobile will monetize hogs. Probably smart to offer both data buckets without overages for people who are looking to save and unlimited for hogs. We've seen sprint do this with the framily 1GB/unlimited. I suspect unlimited will stick around but become increasingly more expensive to reflect the actual costs of unlimited customers.

both .15 and .17 tested roughly the same dB for me. You won't notice a big difference between the two in terms of reception. The difference is eCSFB issues impact .15 but allow you to connect to band 41 while .17 doesn't have the eCSFB issues. People seem to have better luck connecting to band 41 on .15.

I am a HUGE fan of google voice. One of my favorite features is being able to make personal calls at my desk yet having the caller ID number be my personal phone number (using google voice to call my work phone, then connect me to the other caller). The call transfer option, transferring from my desk phone to my mobile phone is another cool feature. Google voice is an extremely innovative service - I hope they keep improving it. Google+sprint is a fantastic feature and I really give HUGE kudos to sprint for offering google integration.

I just got a call from "00" on my sprint phone - something about security department and to press 1. I obviously hung up because it sounded like a scam. Has anyone ever received a call from "00" with that pre-recorded message?

It was strange. I had to update profile about 4 times before it finally activated. Updating profile on WiFi and again on network always seems helpful.

Verizon no, AT&T yes.

so I got a M8 and did a side-by-side test compared to two seperate N5's (one on .23 radio, one on .15 radio) for band 25 LTE. N5 .23 -101 N5 .15 -95 M8 -103 So compared to the latest radio on the N5, they are about the same. The N5 .15/.17 radios are far superior to the .23 and that's well documented. Bottom line, radio performance compared to current N5 radio is extremely solid. I tested in in a few spots and the trend was very similar at lower signal. Also, I should add that it's probably the best balance in terms of performance. It is critical that with these phones that your LTE signal isn't too weak otherwise you end up with packet loss and missed calls. Much better off falling back to 3G in low signal areas.

Finally, we can put to rest the ~20 pages of "OMG, is this update going to enable SPARK." Whew.

It was either sprint buy clearwire or clearwire files for bankruptcy and gets picked off by Dish, Verizon, and who knows what else. If you are championing the idea of more choice, Clearewire being aquired by Sprint does just that.

we've had some very strong winds in MA with this past rain storm.

Don't be a tease, give us more! I really depend on the n5 reception. Would love to know how LTE does vs. The n5.

It's available on their website and via telesales. Stores won't get it until April.

As always, I look forward to your first look/thoughts. PLEASE let us know how RF compares to the N5!

Ah good to hear - did you get that same error online?

Hrm, this makes no sense. Why do I need to change my plan? Works just fine with every other LTE device sprint sells...? You picked 1 HTC One® - M8 in Gunmetal Gray. $649.99 You'll need to change your plan after you get your device.Excellent choice, for this device to work, you'll need to change your plan. You will be able to change your plan when you activate your phone. However, once you change you may lose any bundled discounts associated with your current plan and you will not be able to change back to the previous plan if it is a plan that we no longer offer, even if you return your device.

I think they should just move to a more structured data plan with no overages. 1GB/month 2GB/month 3GB/month 4GB/month After you hit your limit, 128kb/sec I think it's much more realistic way to sell data without the downfall of overages.

Hopefully in the long-run things end up turning out better. Someone I knew recently had to find a new job and it took him the better part of six months... but he seems MUCH happier now vs. his prior job. It was a rough period for him but I think the outcome ended up being much better. Hopefully similar events unfold here as well.

I am surprised nobody on here has recommended the Mazda CX-5 AWD. There are two AWD vehicles I would recommend - the Mazda CX-5 AWD (build date nov '13 or newer) or the Subaru Forrester (as others have suggested). I would test drive both and pick the one you like more. The Mazda CX-5 is an often overlooked choice and personally, my top pick. Both the Mazda CX-5 and the Subaru Forrester are top safety picks (you mentioned drunks), get great mileage, seem to meet your size requirement, have great AWD systems, and are both EXTREMELY reliable. The Mazda CX-5 is one awesome car.

We also can't really talk about how robust the coverage actually is, either. POPs are a poor metric for coverage, but it's what the industry is used to using... I doubt T-mobile would lie about how many pops they cover... but you can really stretch the truth on how WELL those pops are covered. If none of them move, stand outside, and hold their phone up in the air, they have coverage! Which obviously isn't the case.

You are definitely correct. I think the native T-Mob footprint is about 285MM POPS. Add in rural roaming agreements that will be moving to LTE (quoted from PC Mag interview): That's 285MM + 17MM = ~302MM POP That's how you get to your 301MM with LTE. Formidable.

I can only go off what T-Mobile has historically said and the end result. Historically, T-Mobile has been able to deliver what they told customers/investors/DK ahead of schedule and on-budget. I mean, you make a good point, maybe they signed much different contracts for backhaul or have a vastly different backhaul infrastructure than sprint does. Maybe Sprint's backhaul issues are their own - perhaps poorly constructed backhaul contracts with flexible terms were signed. I guess I just look forward to comparing/contrasting against the two companies. There is no doubt that Sprint's (as they call it) "rip and replace" all towers turned T-Mobile into doing the same thing. It's funny that they copied sprint by adding a $10 increase to fund the network expansion. The fact that T-Mobile is going to have LTE covering 301MM pops sounds insane. I get the feeling they are going to bank a lot on the 600MHz auction to actually make that ~300MM actually have coverage between towers, etc. 2014/2015 wireless warz are on. T-Mobile is taking the most business risk they've taken on in years. They must be feeling VERY good about things. If gross adds slow down or churn ticks up, they could be very pressured on the margins.

To me, this should be interesting. In my mind, this should actually end up validating Sprint's current reasons for network delays. I think everyone understands that T-Mobile had upgraded backhaul to the sites it was converting to LTE making the upgrade much less complex. If T-Mobile is able to actually upgrade legacy sites with legacy backhaul on-time/on-schedule, I'll be blown away. I think this will make sprint more competitive as well, as the bar is being raised. One thing that is being overlooked here is that Sprint's new network is likely putting pressure on T-Mobile to upgrade their network. Bottom line: My opinion that competition is good for consumers.

I will say that call quality in my area has improved dramatically in the past few days. The change is very noticeable. Not sure what they did... I know it is not HD voice.

I would say stick with the nexus 5. Great radio performance, solid device, good price (typically free on contract), 350 no contract, or even less used.

Or just google search the title to get around paywall.