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Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 2nd, 2013
Personally, I'm on Sprint. Their quality of service is generally poor, but they are cheap and have unlimited data, so that goes into consideration as well. That said, I'd rate mine 3/5 stars.
How would you rate your cell service provider?
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Acko - June 5th, 2013
0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001/5 (I have one of those crappy walmart plans :|)
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 5th, 2013
I almost got one of those a while back. They are cheap, but usually their idea of "unlimited data" is like 200MB.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - simlink - June 5th, 2013
I don't know what to give mine. Pro: $30 upgrade to ANY phone as long as you renew after X months (something over 2 years) CON: 3 year contract (BUT: those are effectively done for thanks to new CRTC rules!) CON: Horribly expensive, spotty reception on occasion.
All in all, 2.5/5 - I'll pass them.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 5th, 2013
$30 upgrade to any phone? Not bad. I get free upgrades to some phones, and the better ones usually have a fee of up to $200-$300. I only have a two year contract though, which is nice.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - That Punk Guy - June 7th, 2013
I have a TracFone cause I really don't have use for a smartphone at the moment. TracFone's network usually depends on what SIM card you have (like my SIM's serial ends in C, meaning it's off the AT&T network, since the C used to stand for Cingular, AT&T's mobile phone predecessor), but it has really good coverage. Plus, it's double minutes, so say I add a 60 minute card, I get 120 minutes plus 3 months of service.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 7th, 2013
Ah, so you can get different SIM cards for different networks on tracfone? I wasn't aware of that. I always thought that tracfone ran on all of the nation's major networks collectively.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - That Punk Guy - June 7th, 2013
(June 7th, 2013 at 3:54 PM)Darth-Apple link Wrote: Ah, so you can get different SIM cards for different networks on tracfone? I wasn't aware of that. I always thought that tracfone ran on all of the nation's major networks collectively.
TracFone's GSM phones operate on T-Mobile and AT&T, which can be found out by your SIM's serial, if it ends in T, it's T-Mobile, if it ends in C, it's AT&T.
I believe Net10 and Straight Talk, the main TracFone monthly brands have some that operate off Verizon.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 7th, 2013
Is it a random assignment to either T-mobile or AT&T, or are you able to choose which network you want to operate on?
Re: Rate your cell service provider - That Punk Guy - June 7th, 2013
(June 7th, 2013 at 3:58 PM)Darth-Apple link Wrote: Is it a random assignment to either T-mobile or AT&T, or are you able to choose which network you want to operate on?
Straight Talk and Net10 have "bring your own phone", where you buy the SIM that your phone works with.
Straight Talk though advertises if your phone is T-Mobile compatible, you get unlimited 4G for $45 a month. No 4G on AT&T-compatible phones though.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 7th, 2013
Ah nice. I think I'd go for the T-Mobile phone if I get unlimited 4G for $45/month. Of course most "unlimited" cell providers aren't actually unlimited, but I doubt they'd throttle you for using 2GB of data.
I almost went for a verizon phone on a pay-as-you-go plan. I'm pretty glad I didn't do that now, seeing how much I use my cell service.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - That Punk Guy - June 7th, 2013
(June 7th, 2013 at 4:01 PM)Darth-Apple link Wrote: Ah nice. I think I'd go for the T-Mobile phone if I get unlimited 4G for $45/month. Of course most \"unlimited\" cell providers aren't actually unlimited, but I doubt they'd throttle you for using 2GB of data.
I almost went for a verizon phone on a pay-as-you-go plan. I'm pretty glad I didn't do that now, seeing how much I use my cell service.
Net10's AT&T SIMs do have a 1.5GB cap with a slowdown afterwards. Straight Talk doesn't have caps on either SIM though.
Re: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - June 7th, 2013
Ah nice. 1.5GB still isn't bad for the price that's being paid. Nobody really wants their service being throttled though, regardless of how much data they use.
RE: Rate your cell service provider - Electric2Shock - October 15th, 2014
Public sector here. Cheap, but equally bad.
RE: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - October 15th, 2014
(October 15th, 2014 at 5:26 PM)Electric2Shock Wrote: Public sector here. Cheap, but equally bad.
How does cell service generally work in India as far as providers are concerned?
RE: Rate your cell service provider - Electric2Shock - October 15th, 2014
You don't want to know. The network gets busy traffic at the worst possible times, along with mediocre customer service. Sometimes there is too much load and the network collapses altogether. There are also villages from where people have to travel kilometres to get a decent signal.
Edit:
Also, that sarcastic jab with "benevolence stamp" was a nice try.
RE: Rate your cell service provider - Darth-Apple - October 15th, 2014
(October 15th, 2014 at 6:28 PM)Electric2Shock Wrote: You don't want to know. The network gets busy traffic at the worst possible times, along with mediocre customer service. Sometimes there is too much load and the network collapses altogether. There are also villages from where people have to travel kilometres to get a decent signal.
Edit:
Also, that sarcastic jab with "benevolence stamp" was a nice try.
Ah, I guess network connectivity is a constant issue in some areas then?
Oh, and if you really don't want that benevolence stamp, you can sell it for some cash, or send it to any user you wish.
RE: Rate your cell service provider - Clayton - October 21st, 2014
-10 -_-