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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 22, 2011 0:26:09 GMT -6
I've been with T-Mobile since before they were T-Mobile (they used to be called Voice-Stream), about ten years ago. They have awesome customer service, great phones, and very reasonable voice and data plans.
Until now! They just announced that they are being assimilated by the Death Star, AT&T. I'll be damned if I'll be an AT&T customer! So now I have to start looking around for a new mobile carrier.
Who do youse guys recommend? I need lots of data, a medium amount of talk minutes (maybe 400 to 500 per month), and minimal (usually zero) texting. Plus an awesome Android phone (love my current one, the MyTouch Slide).
Who do you love? Who do you hate? All suggestions are welcome!.........Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 22, 2011 5:31:13 GMT -6
Ive been happy with Verizon. Consumers Report rates it number one in all but a few major urban markets. That would be my suggestion Edited: I logged into my consumer reports account and grabbed their ratings graphics off the monitor. If this format is a annoying, let me know, I will substitute with links. The last screen grab has the details on their rating methods. Edited again: It looks like photobucket degraded the files a bit from my screen grab. The four columns on the right rate, in order left to right, No Service, Dropped Calls, Texting, and Data    |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Mar 22, 2011 8:41:56 GMT -6
Verizon.
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Post by Tex on Mar 22, 2011 8:56:42 GMT -6
We use AT&T. The service is better now, but was just so so for years. Not too many choices up in the sticks.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Mar 24, 2011 10:36:21 GMT -6
I have used AT&T way back when they were Cellular One. I think eventually we will be down to two cell phone options. AT&T and Sprint or Verizon.
I can not complain about AT&T. They give me a farmers discount and service has alway been good.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 24, 2011 10:40:19 GMT -6
I have used AT&T way back when they were Cellular One. I think eventually we will be down to two cell phone options. AT&T and Sprint or Verizon. I can not complain about AT&T. They give me a farmers discount and service has alway been good. I assume that is a euphemism, like "five finger discount" |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 24, 2011 10:44:12 GMT -6
Nice chart, Gordon, thanks. Verizon looks like the leading candidate right now. I have a little over a year to go on my contract; we'll see what happens when the assimilation begins.
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Post by Tex on Mar 24, 2011 11:01:21 GMT -6
Many preachers in the south expect a discount. Amongst local retailers, "preacher's discount" is full retail plus 20%. Don't ever sell to a preacher on credit.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Mar 24, 2011 11:21:44 GMT -6
I have used AT&T way back when they were Cellular One. I think eventually we will be down to two cell phone options. AT&T and Sprint or Verizon. I can not complain about AT&T. They give me a farmers discount and service has alway been good. discount" No |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 24, 2011 11:59:58 GMT -6
What is a "farmers discount"?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Mar 24, 2011 12:00:55 GMT -6
They pay you not to use the phone.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 24, 2011 12:11:22 GMT -6
I thought it might be an offset for using your back forty as a place to bury dead ni-cad batteries.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Mar 24, 2011 14:53:15 GMT -6
What is a "farmers discount"? It's the same as a corporate discount. About 12%. |
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Post by New Mama on Mar 24, 2011 15:28:01 GMT -6
Don't jump the gun on this. This deal will be subject to close scrutiny from the FCC and Justice Department and is not a done deal yet.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Mar 24, 2011 16:39:40 GMT -6
If you're thinking potential monopoly here, keep in mind satellite radio:
The FCC eventually allowed the merger between Sirius and XM, albeit after a protracted inspection process ... but it ultimately got done (I suspect because the proper palms were greased by the appropriate lobbyists).
Same will happen here. And you were worried the government was AGAINST big business? Tsk-tsk!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 24, 2011 16:54:10 GMT -6
I realize there is a chance it won't get approved, but I suspect it will. Three major carriers is one fewer than four, but it's a hell of a lot more than a monopoly.
I think the satellite radio situation was entirely different: even with only one satellite provider, there is still plenty of competition for the same marketplace: terrestrial radio, internet radio, digital radio, etc.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Mar 24, 2011 17:21:02 GMT -6
RE: Satellite radio, that was certainly the argument that the Sirius & XM suits used to push through their merger, but this is one of those situations where I could argue both sides of the case -- SatRad is at once "new-tech" and thus unique, but at the same time, it's also just another form of radio, as FM posed "competition" to AM.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 26, 2011 15:50:37 GMT -6
Update!
Don't know if anyone else cares, but the AT&T-Mo deal was indeed kiboshed by the Feds as being anti-competitive. As an anarcho-capitalist, I of course have to disagree with this decision. But as a happy T-Mo customer, I find solace in the fact that it is a rare case of the government doing the wrong thing in a manner that actually BENEFITS me for a ch-ch-change.
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