Any OTR drivers have t mobile

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Kolorado, Sep 24, 2016.

  1. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I used a pre-paid T-Mobile phone prior to switching to Verizon with an IPhone 4 years ago.

    T-Mobile was pitiful, at least at that time. Anywhere outside a town and you lost your signal.
     
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  3. Florida Playboy

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    Yeah but are those flip phones even capable of surfing the internet let alone hosting a hot spot? Once you own a smart phone it's hard to go back to 1998 technology. LOL
     
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  5. MACK E-6

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    ....Especially now that book maps are all but impossible to find anymore.
     
  6. CasanovaCruiser

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    I meant for the flip phone to simply be as a backup for times when your t-mobile device doesn't get service.

    For someone to use solely a flip phone??? Preposterous!!! Lol
     
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    When I was driving I used in cab scanning and used an AT&T data plan for those times I could not get into a good wifi. Today I use a cheap smartphone with Verizon. I very rarely leave Hampton Va.
     
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    I am using Straight talk on ATT network, the phone is Galaxy S5 mini, EU model, works very well on almost whole USA (48 states). I do not have Internet only in WY and part of New Mexico. In all other states - no issues at all. The network is 99% stable, drops very little
    55 $, 10GB Data. Mostly used for Viber, little Skype and much more TuneIn radio.
     
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  10. Florida Playboy

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    That doesn't seem like a good deal considering the $150 initial fee. Plus these start ups probably have poor coverage and can go under at any time. Verizon isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
     
  11. Joec111

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    Those prices confused me too. I think it has to do with the hot spot box allowing certain # of devices to connect. $100 is probably just 1 device that's able to connect at any given time. The $150 will allow more devices to connect. Mostly used if your sharing the hotspot with others. More devices are going to use up more internet.
     
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