glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | reply to Jim Gurd
Re: Dont like it? DONT USE VERIZON... how are they more expensive?? the prices are the same basically, except that att has rollover and charges you upgrade fee every time your upgrade date is due and get a new phone. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | On T-Mo/AT&T, you can put in unlocked devices, and not have to purchase through VZW as an expensive process.
Also, AT&T, and Sprint, in my case offer good workplace discounts.
I just never liked Verizon Wireless.
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 Matt3All noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to glinc
said by glinc:how are they more expensive?? the prices are the same basically, except that att has rollover and charges you upgrade fee every time your upgrade date is due and get a new phone. We switched from Verizon to AT&T and saved about $50 a month for the same 3-line 1400 minute Family Plan. It was mainly the fact that AT&T includes the first additional line in their family plan pricing, Verizon does not, as well as the cheaper data plans, usually 50% the cost of a Verizon data plan. That $50 we saved was even factoring in that we added two iPhone data plans, so if we would have stuck with just a single unlimited data plan like we had with Verizon, we could have saved $65-$80 dollars. |
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said by en102:On T-Mo/AT&T, you can put in unlocked devices, Not quite. One of my coworkers bought an iPhone (on ebay) and put the SIM card from his blackberry in it. A few days later AT&T called him and asked him why he was using an iPhone without authorization.
Sure, it's easy to swap out SIM cards, that doesn't give a blanket license to just put whatever phone you want on whatever plan you want. |
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I have Verizon as my personal phone, and AT&T as a work phone.
Around where I live, Verizon gives seamless coverage. AT&T frequently has dropped calls and garbled audio.
Sure you may save a few bucks, but as they say, you get what you pay for. |
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And guess what , it should.
These providers need to realize we pay for the service , and we should be allowed to use what ever we want on it.
If I was your friend I'd tell at&t to kiss off , I bought the phone and I pay for the service, nuff said.
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| said by BosstonesOwn:And guess what , it should. These providers need to realize we pay for the service , and we should be allowed to use what ever we want on it. If I was your friend I'd tell at&t to kiss off , I bought the phone and I pay for the service, nuff said. He did, but they told him they'd shut him off or bill him for an iPhone plan.
As for paying for service - not quite. The phones are sold at heavy subsidy and you're paying for the cost of the device essentially on a 2 year installment plan.
So yes, you can swap SIMs in theory, but in practice the carriers still want control over what device you use. |
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