Any OTR Truckers with Sprint or T-Mobile Unlimited Data?

My suggestion for which ever network you decide to go with is to get an android phone. You can get PDA net www.planet.co for a nominal fee and tether your phone without signing up for the tether feature the networks offer. Back in the day before I got the iPhone I used the free version regularly when traveling. The only difference was I had to hard wire the phone to the laptop via a USB cable.

i also use sprint and really only had one issue but that was because I lived next to a chp office.

 

It's not true unlimited for the speed. After 5gigs they drop you from 4g to 3G. I called them last week and got the skinny.

 

tmobile got rid of their contracts about two years ago.. you can still get one, and if you do it allows you to get the phone upgrades every so often.. if you choose to not go with a contract, you get a discount on your plan, but you have to pay full price on your phones.. and yes there is a 4g unlimited plan, pretty sure it's only $20 a month, all you 4g you can handle.. i just have the unlimited data plan, gives me 2gb of 4g then once i hit that limit it drops down to 3g/edge..

my phone and my wifes phone both have unlimited everything, and then i have a third line for my mom that has 500anytime minutes and free nights/weekends and unlimited tmobile to tmobile calling. no texting or data.. i pay $120 a month. I call my wife at night just to fall asleep on the phone with her..

 

This is true my Blackberries have given me the best reception of any phone I owned hands down.

If T Mobile works great for you then more power to ya. I am just saying what I heard from many reviews on T Mobile's coverage. In two years with my Bold 9650 on Verizon honestly I dropped maybe two calls both times in the middle of Wyoming. Even then one or two miles down the road the signal would return. Verizon's ad mantra of having the best coverage is not just marketing lingo but the truth. A few months ago I was looking to upgrading to a Bold 9900/9930 and considered T Mobile but the coverage map and reviews scared me away. Being that I drive for real trucking companies not bottom feeders who run Qualcomms I rely on my phone for communication, navigation, and entertainment. Not being able to call dispatch in the middle of NE or WY for hours would not fly. This isn't 1987 where you could just find a payphone on every corner.

I would not use a Galaxy/Droid/Iphone if you gave me one. I hate touchscreens and the Note 2 is a GSM only phone. Blackberries have the heavenly keyboards and best fit and finish of any cell phone. Not to mention best email capabilities. They are Mercedes Benz of the cell world. Yes they don't have as many apps as Iphone but I don't care. My 9930 does everything I ask and then some. Iphones are for teenagers and people with too much time on their hands while Blackberry Bolds are for busy business people.

Is there a way to take out the Verizon garbage on BB's that you know of? What is a bootloader?

Well I just got into the contract with Verizon two months ago. Maybe in 22 months I'll take my 9930 to T-Mobile. If I will have ###### coverage I will hold you responsible. Just kidding

 

Before you go switching to T-Mobile take a look at there 4g coverage map.. if you plan on watching movies all the time great but whatever shows up for 4g on that map is going to be the only place you can do it. Outside the 4g coverage area the only service I had found was edge and it will take you 6 hours to watch a two hour movie. That's just my experience from running mn wi ia il in ky tn ga al and Florida.

 

Also T-Mobile don't have Motorola phones anymore and they have been the best phones I have ever had. And I don't need pdanet on my phone.

 

ya, if you are using data thru the phone..a phone in and of itself is almost useless for consuming large amounts of data, the screen is too small even on the largest phones.

they used to be unlimited for tethering which was huge. over 100 gb a month at times

 

Yes, it is true unlimited. If you get the 2gb, 5gb, or 10gb plan and go over, they drop you down to 2g speeds. Their unlimited plan is just what is says. On average, I use 45gb's a month downloading whatever TV shows/movies I wanna watch each night via bit torrent.

DriverToBroker -

LOL @ the dude swearing by BB. You won't have much ground to stand on when RIM (blackberry) is bankrupt. Blackberry 10 is a flop, which is unfortunate considering they are banking on it to stay in business. What's even funnier is you calling BB the mercedes of cell phones. I can give you 20 plus reasons why Blackberry can't hold Android jock strap. Even sorry ### Windows Mobile has surpassed BB, lol.

http://wmpoweruser.com/big-surprise...sales-projections-from-1-75-million-to-300-k/

Android has become the best phone out for a reason. Sales don't lie.

I've hated Samsung due to the plastic casings, so have always used HTC until recently. I bought a Galaxy Note 2, and it is the best phone I've ever owned. Smartphones are a big hobby of mine, so I've owned #### near every high end smartphone since the original Iphone and Android phone. I was a die hard BB user until I bought the first Android phone, which T-Mobile introduced.

And Sprint and Verizon both carry the Note 2. The Note 2 works with both GSM and CDMA. Rarely do all 4 of the big carriers carry the same phone. The Note 2 is such a beast that they all got the rights to it.

http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones/galaxy-note-2-outsells-iphone-5-and-galaxy-s3/703532

A bootloader is what boots whatever operating system that is installed on the phone. It's the radio, which is part of the operating system that can to attributed to dropped calls more so than the network, not the physical phone.

The Android operating system is open source, meaning it can be mended, or molded into exactly what the user wants/needs. For example, there are over 100 different versions of the Android operating system that I can install on the Note 2. The site I listed on the first page, XDA.com can go more into depth. The first thing I do when buying a new phone is gain access to the bootloader, root the phone, meaning unlock, and switch out the operating system for one that fits my needs. The more popular the phone, the more dev's there are making operating systems that fit that particular phone.

For example, these are all of the operating systems (roms) compatible for the Tmo Note 2.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1881

Phones like the Note 2, hell most Android phones work more like a computer than a traditional cell phone. This alone is why BB won't be around for much longer. 2-3 years ago, BB owned the business world, not anymore. Before, the security of BB, and email capabilities is what drew in the corporate world. Now, Android is just as secure, and has better emailing capabilities. Your argument of BB being a business phone was voided a couple of years ago.

I will say that I agree with you about the I-phone. I-Phones are only one step up from a BB in my opinion.