VZW to T-Mo

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Does anyone in these forums use T-Mo within the Sarasota, Fl. area( Venice, Nokomis, etc.)? How does it work for you. I want to change from VZW to T-Mo, as i want to go back to GSM, and get away from CDMA. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.:confused:
 

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I'm not in your area but hopefully someone can chime in ...you might one to consider a prepaid on their network for a few weeks ...then you can really compare


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I'm not in your area but hopefully someone can chime in ...you might one to consider a prepaid on their network for a few weeks ...then you can really compare


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Good advice. When my VZW contract is up, i can try MetroPCS, which uses the T-Mo network, just to test it out. I will definitely need wifi calling, and unlimited roaming. A trip from Fl. to my family in B'klyn could be expensive with T-Mo. Thanks.
 

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Good advice. When my VZW contract is up, i can try MetroPCS, which uses the T-Mo network, just to test it out. I will definitely need wifi calling, and unlimited roaming. A trip from Fl. to my family in B'klyn could be expensive with T-Mo. Thanks.

Or if you can afford it get a phone now before VZW expires and carry both phones to really compare !


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Went to the magenta side on the 9th of April. Totally bought out my phone and my wife's. She's got the iPhone 7 Plus, and i've got the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Great phones, service, customer service, and a great price. Tmo One is unlimited everything for $100.00 including taxes. We couldn't be happier.:p
 

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Went to the magenta side on the 9th of April. Totally bought out my phone and my wife's. She's got the iPhone 7 Plus, and i've got the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Great phones, service, customer service, and a great price. Tmo One is unlimited everything for $100.00 including taxes. We couldn't be happier.:p
Is that price for both you and your wife? That's great..I wish I could switch, but up on the hill that I live on, only Verizon works reliably for phone service...I keep on checking, but unfortunately not yet

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Is that price for both you and your wife? That's great..I wish I could switch, but up on the hill that I live on, only Verizon works reliably for phone service...I keep on checking, but unfortunately not yet

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If not for the hole in coverage centered where I work I'd be back on T-Mobile myself. I left Verizon about 4 years ago because I got tired of craptacular reception all over central Virginia , saved a boat load of money each month with T-Mobile but needed better coverage during travels than either provided and switched to AT&T. I pay $45a month for unlimited text/calls and 2GB data with rollover. T-Mobile has filled all the coverage holes I ran into except where I work.
 

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No holes around here but there are tons where I travel. I could live without reception but why when it's the same price as what I'm getting now?.
 

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Connecticut has lots of hills and only Verizon gets everywhere. But Verizon still charges more than anyone the last time I checked prices. My husband just paid his phone off, so I guess once he's ready to get a new one, we'll check the prices again and maybe by then T-Mobile will fill in the holes. Now that I'm retired, I sure would like to save a few bucks.

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Connecticut has lots of hills and only Verizon gets everywhere. But Verizon still charges more than anyone the last time I checked prices. My husband just paid his phone off, so I guess once he's ready to get a new one, we'll check the prices again and maybe by then T-Mobile will fill in the holes. Now that I'm retired, I sure would like to save a few bucks.

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They're pretty competitive now, Verizon being not anywhere near as much higher ($54 per line) than the others at this point if you do 3 lines or more. 1 line is still $80 for unlimited data, 2 lines ,$70 per line for 2. Not that long ago those prices were for very limited data allotments. Since I don't use much data I'm very happy with my current plan with AT&T and they evidently aren't happy with me having it as they keep spamming me with emails about how unlimited data, at a higher price, is a better deal for me lol.
 
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Tmo gave me a "cellspot" for free. If i turn off my wifi in my house, which is made out of cement and cinder block, i get 4 bars on the phone. I get good, not great, reception in the Sarasota, Fl. area. About the same as Verizon & AT&T. I've heard about the 600Mhz band that Tmo bought, and they say that by the end of this year it should be operational. 20-25Mhz is supposed to go into the Sarasota area. They have built a new tower about 3 miles from where i live, so it should be all good pretty soon. The bottom line is that my wife and i have better phones and a better, less expensive carrier with outdoor service just as good as our previous carrier, and indoor service that went from 1 or 2 bars, to 4 bars all the time. It was a win win for us.:p
 

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Tmo gave me a "cellspot" for free. If i turn off my wifi in my house, which is made out of cement and cinder block, i get 4 bars on the phone. I get good, not great, reception in the Sarasota, Fl. area. About the same as Verizon & AT&T. I've heard about the 600Mhz band that Tmo bought, and they say that by the end of this year it should be operational. 20-25Mhz is supposed to go into the Sarasota area. They have built a new tower about 3 miles from where i live, so it should be all good pretty soon. The bottom line is that my wife and i have better phones and a better, less expensive carrier with outdoor service just as good as our previous carrier, and indoor service that went from 1 or 2 bars, to 4 bars all the time. It was a win win for us.:p
I'll have to check that out! TMO is very popular here, so maybe they're working on the deficits. Do you still have Google if you switch from Verizon to tmo? I guess that must be a silly question... What else do you lose switching from Verizon to tmo? Is it just cell coverage, or other features that I might not be thinking about ( but taking for granted with big red)

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