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

huckstah · Feb 21, 2013

lol yeah seriously...I'm just looking for input from someone who has used t-mobile or sprint OTR, and I cant tell if some of the guys answering are just regional drivers or what. I don't really care what Verizon or ATT's service is since I've already had both of them, what I'm more concerned with is T-Mobile and Sprint while ON THE ROAD. For example, not when your'e in New York City or Atlanta, but when you're inbetween cities on the interestate and the next town in perhaps 50 miles away, etc.

cowboy_tech · Feb 21, 2013

I run western regional, with the occasional trip to Ohio, with Sprint.

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Gator The Raider · Feb 21, 2013

Wyoming sucks for most everything lol...Also there is NOT a lot of serv for ANYONE on US 93 Jackpot till Wells then you lose when you leave Wells till about McGill from Ely to The Love's in "North Las Vegas" ALSO KNOWN AS... Apex... you're screwed

BossOutlaw88 · Feb 21, 2013

Utah sucks also for cell signal

{A man is only as good as his word.}

huckstah · Feb 21, 2013

cowboy_tech said: ↑

I run western regional, with the occasional trip to Ohio, with Sprint.

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How long have you been on Sprint while trucking?

kelgar50 · Feb 21, 2013

I go to Aragointe Ut It middle of nowhere just one of our hazwaste disposal sites and have full signal with sprint and no problems getting online. Never have problems really from there back to Richmond ca going across 80. Service can get spotty from below wendover to Ely Nv and across to bishop ca going that way,but that's out where it is difficult for many providers.

cowboy_tech · Feb 21, 2013

huckstah said: ↑

How long have you been on Sprint while trucking?
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About nine months (I was with Verizon before). Voice calls are not too bad, but the data speeds can be frustrating at times. To be fair, Sprint is upgrading their entire network, so there are growing pains.

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OCed and MEANbean

al_huryn · Feb 21, 2013

I have been to all 48 and Canada, I would say I'm OTR. It's been a struggle to say the least, that's why I am switching. I guess I don't have much further to add.

truckermario · Feb 21, 2013

Ex-Con-Trucker said: ↑

T-mobile is great. Not sure what the guy below you is talking about. Besides trucking, smart phones and computers are a specialty of mine. I have had Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-mobile all in the past 6 years. T-Mobile is by far the best, and for numerous reasons. T-Mobile and AT&T share towers because they use the same frequency. There has only been one place where I cannot get any kind of signal and that's in Big Island VA.

The problem with T-Mobiles unlimited plan is that you only get 50mb's of roaming data, which isn't good if you're fairly active on the internet. Also, you cannot tether if you have the unlimited plan. With the 10gb plan you get all the roaming you need, and tethering is free. As far as network speed, T-mobile rocks. Dallas, 20+ mbps speeds, Nashville 20+, Atlanta 25+.

T-Mobile always gets the best phones. T-Mobile has 4g.. With T-Mobile, you only have to change out the SIM card, and you can use any T-Mobile phone.

A lot of people blame their reception, or data speeds on the network, or provider when a lot of times it's the phone/operating system within the phone. Take the Galaxy Note 2, if you don't update the radio in the phone, your reception/data will suffer. If you don't update the AGPS settings, your GPS lock time will suffer. More often than not, it's the phone/user that's the problem.

Personally, I have 2 lines. I have one where I have unlimited data that I use for downloading, and my main phone line. The second I use as an internet connection to my laptop that has 10gb's of data. It's just a phone that sits on my dash tething 24/7. I watch a lot of football so during the season I use all 10gb's. During the off-season I drop it down to 5gb's.

A good site to check out is XDA.com
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Okay. So one person has me sold on T Mobile. One person has me sold on Verizon. I just need to leave Sprint pronto. Which do I go with?

kelgar50 · Feb 22, 2013

Verizon's is great except for there data plan sucks. If they would have kept unlimited data I would have stayed.

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