att wireless service quality?

[raroz28]

I have been counting down the days until my sprint contract is up. Friday it's finally over and I can pay a carrier that offers 4G service to their customers.

I went to Verizon today to inquire about pricing, rebates, plans, etc...

I'm looking at $250 with a 50 mail in rebate for the s4 + about 90 per month, that is including my 20% ford discount. It's pretty pricey, and it's only 1gb, but then again it's only 12 more than I'm paying to sprint for bad service and only using 100mb of data per month.

I can get on my brothers att share plan with unlimited minutes and messaging and 3gb of data for only $65 per month.

The only person I know with att is my grandparents, who are not reliable to ask about quality, and my brother, who has it but says he gets terrible service in ann arbor but everywhere else it's fine. How often he is "everywhere else" i don't know.

Opinions motown? I would love to save some extra money on my cell phone bill but at the same time I want quality service, which I know is guaranteed with Verizon, as I had them for years before switching to sprint to save.

 

[Tin]

The Nexus 5 is coming in another month, should be $350 no contract. The best part is, it will work with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. Supposed to be one of the only hybrid GSM/CDMA phones that works on all 4 LTE bands (4, 17, 25, and 29). For another $100, you wont be bound by a contract, well worth it. The Galaxy phones are marketed hype that are battery vampires. My coworker has a S4 and its on an umbilical cord multiple times per day. My Nexus 4 only sees a charger at night. Nexus phones also receive regular, and timely updates through Google for 24 months, whereas other phones are 12 to 18 months...before your contract runs out. You get bleeding edge Android, the latest and greatest months before everybody else. After owning a Nexus phone, I will never own any other Android phone.

 

[raroz28]

The Nexus 5 is coming in another month, should be $350 no contract. The best part is, it will work with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. Supposed to be one of the only hybrid GSM/CDMA phones that works on all 4 LTE bands (4, 17, 25, and 29). For another $100, you wont be bound by a contract, well worth it. The Galaxy phones are marketed hype that are battery vampires. My coworker has a S4 and its on an umbilical cord multiple times per day. My Nexus 4 only sees a charger at night. Nexus phones also receive regular, and timely updates through Google for 24 months, whereas other phones are 12 to 18 months...before your contract runs out. You get bleeding edge Android, the latest and greatest months before everybody else. After owning a Nexus phone, I will never own any other Android phone.

How will this keep me out of a contract? Definitely sounds interesting

 

[DBK]

Not gonna lie, AT&T used to suck huge dick. Used to bug Stinger92 to help fix service issues frequently.

Now? Way, way, way better. I honestly don't really have any complaints. They must have spent a whole bunch of money upgrading their network because I never get the frequent dropped calls, shoddy quality, etc I used to get. I have both a Verizon and an AT&T device. Verizon certainly covers a greater area. When I'm on the road, it's rare to find a place Verizon doesn't cover, which is nice when you're in bumblefuck. But the AT&T LTE speed generally blows Verizon away.

I don't have any complaints, although it is pretty expensive.

 

[raroz28]

Not gonna lie, AT&T used to suck huge dick. Used to bug Stinger92 to help fix service issues frequently.

Now? Way, way, way better. I honestly don't really have any complaints. They must have spent a whole bunch of money upgrading their network because I never get the frequent dropped calls, shoddy quality, etc I used to get. I have both a Verizon and an AT&T device. Verizon certainly covers a greater area. When I'm on the road, it's rare to find a place Verizon doesn't cover, which is nice when you're in bumblefuck. But the AT&T LTE speed generally blows Verizon away.

I don't have any complaints, although it is pretty expensive.

Thanks for the feedback. I am leaning toward the att for the amount of data I can get and only 65 per month.

 

[05cesrt]

Att for ten years, last 3 1/2 have been with iPhones (have the old unlimited data plans) and my web was always faster than sprint or Verizon. Me and the gf both have iphone 5's, hers s through sprint and she can't even watch a video let alone surf pintrist efficiently. She gets so pissed off at it. 90$ a month fir a phone tgat can only text and call. im cheap, we dont have wifi, well i just ordered uverse so we will see how it does at the house with wifi. but That company's service is junk! The only reason she got it was the unlimited data, but shit shr she barely is able to load safari let alone surf the web lol. My att will load 3-4 you tude vids before she can even get one to play. Shit is junk! Even with people who have Verizon my att 4g kicks their ass in speeds and service coverage is about equal.

I like how I can face time with out a wifi connection also where as I know sprint needs wifi not sure of Verizon.

 

[Tin]

How will this keep me out of a contract? Definitely sounds interesting

You are buying the phone outright instead of subsidized on a contract. With a contract phone, you arent getting a $600 phone for $200, you are paying $200 up front, then making up the difference in a higher monthly bill. The problem is, after the remaining cost of the phone is made up in the first year, you are still paying the same higher phone bill. In essence you are overpaying for the phone. You can find no-contract plans from about $30 per month on up. AT&T has no contract plans at $50 on up, much better than spending $100 per month for 2 years. $1000 to $2000 for 2 years, you own the phone, and its unlocked. If you dont like your service, you can move and not get stung with an ETF fee. On a contract phone, youre looking at $2600+ over a period of 2 years, and get raped with a ETF if you are unhappy with the service.

 

[wrath]

I abandoned T-mobile prepaid for AIO Wireless (ATT prepaid). I can't complain. I have a Nexus 4.

T-mobile has become crappy since the failed merger.

I could have an unlimited everything Verizon phone from work (they want me to get one) but I don't like Verizon and I know what I used to be able to do when an employee had a work phone so I'm paranoid.

 

[Tin]

I abandoned T-mobile prepaid for AIO Wireless (ATT prepaid). I can't complain. I have a Nexus 4.

T-mobile has become crappy since the failed merger.

Im going to check out AIO, that sounds pretty darn good...$55 per month unlimited with 2GB of data. I have no complaints about T-Mobile other than shitty data out in the sticks.

 

[raroz28]

You are buying the phone outright instead of subsidized on a contract. With a contract phone, you arent getting a $600 phone for $200, you are paying $200 up front, then making up the difference in a higher monthly bill. The problem is, after the remaining cost of the phone is made up in the first year, you are still paying the same higher phone bill. In essence you are overpaying for the phone. You can find no-contract plans from about $30 per month on up. AT&T has no contract plans at $50 on up, much better than spending $100 per month for 2 years. $1000 to $2000 for 2 years, you own the phone, and its unlocked. If you dont like your service, you can move and not get stung with an ETF fee. On a contract phone, youre looking at $2600+ over a period of 2 years, and get raped with a ETF if you are unhappy with the service.

I understand that aspect but I did mention earlier that I would be joining my brothers att family plan for $65 per month.

unlimited talk/text, 3gb of data.

 

[Tin]

I understand that aspect but I did mention earlier that I would be joining my brothers att family plan for $65 per month.

unlimited talk/text, 3gb of data.

Ahhh yeah missed that part :lol:. If you can get everybody on a prepaid family plan, youd be between $20 and $40 per month depending on the number of lines. In your position, Id get on your bros plan.

 

[raroz28]

I switched today when sprint told me that my contract ended on the 27th, but within 30 days you can port out without a fee.

I am enjoying my att so far. I have service in my bedroom, which I didn't with sprint, and i just did a speed test at 10mb. I am pretty happy so far, hopefully I find that my coverage extends. Either way though, I'm saving 13 dollars per month and have 4g and when I had sprint i had shoddy service everywhere.

I got the S4 and it's enjoyable so far.

 

[Tin]

Sprint was anemic...4G dialup :lol:

 

[raroz28]

I was also able to use my ford discount by having my brother go to the discount page and put in the ford email. i verified it via a link and it's done.

so take off another 20%. I can't believe how much I'm saving being on his plan. Couldn't be happier to ditch sprint on principle alone.