Any OTR drivers have t mobile

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

  1. Joec111

    Joec111 Light Load Member

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    It's good. I think boost runs off the T-Mobile towers. I had metro PCS but boost has better coverage. It goes out in some spots. Not the cell service but the data. Just not enough towers if your in the mountains or in the middle of nowhere
     
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  3. Friday

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    Yeah, my Samsung tv keeps teasing me with the mirroring option.. I have the same setup, well, except I needed the lightning to hdmi cable from Apple for it.

    Which also makes T-Mobile silly. Their main draw was the bingeon feature, but I didn't realize that when using it, the video quality is downgraded to SD. But if I turn bingeon off and stream on my phone with the connector cable, it streams in HD and unlimited data... :-D

    Looking at my data usage for this period, I'm at 11.1gb used and 16 days left in this period. But 4 days were at home... so.. About 1gb a day average. Verizon with a 30gb plan and 20% off with my company discount.. could be similar in price. Or within $10-15
     
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    Read this it tells you the correct cable to mirror HD to a TVhttp://www.samsung.com/pk/support/skp/faq/438510
     
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    I am not sure what bingeon is. Boost mobile will let you tether for 8gb a month. This is what I got to mirror the phone to TV. You also need a hdmi to hdmi to connect from this adapter to the TV
     

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  6. Joec111

    Joec111 Light Load Member

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    What Samsung phone do you have? It could be the wrong cable.
     
  7. Kolorado

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    ya i was using about 70gb with sprint unlimited and my contract just ended. bill was about $145 a month with 5gb hotspot for sprint =/
     
  8. Friday

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    Oh not Samsung. I've iPhone. I use the lightning to hdmi cable, same thing but for Apple. Can't do mirroring to my Samsung tv though. Not easily anyway.

    Bingeon is a t mobile feature. Basically, it downgrades video quality to SD but then you can stream video from a bunch of sites (YouTube, Netflix, Amazon prime, Hbo now and a bunch of others) via hotspot and it doesn't count against your monthly data.

    http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/binge-on-streaming-video.html
     
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  9. Joec111

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    Go with unlimited boost mobile. I was using Chromecast from the Wi-Fi tethering but we used the 8gb in a week. I found that a better phone with a cable to mirror didn't need wifi. Cheaper than a $500 truck satellite dish and paying the monthly charges.
     
  10. Joec111

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    Boost mobile uses the sprint towers.
     
  11. DUNE-T

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    If you switch your account to business, then you get unlimited data in roaming
     
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