Let's talk cell service plans:
Right now I'm on the $35/mo T-Mobile "unlimited" (actually 5gig) 100 minute plan. I've recently been running out of minutes, and blew my data cap this month.
What are some cell plans that have unlimited talk and text, with over 5 gigs of data that don't cost an arm and leg?
None in America, you got the only one.
If you don't mind Sprints network Boost is the alright.
>>54684606
they all technically have unlimited data
if you want a service with unlimited LTE data, then you aren't gonna find one that cost at least $60
>>54684606
Use google voice for extraneous phone calls (tech support, checking in with someone for 10 seconds).
Outside of that the overage is 10 cents a minute dude lol. There's lots of leeway just chill on your usage; 480p youtube and normal quality music streaming will put you under the 5gb.
Stop being a baby and practice self control, you already have the best-value plan in America.
Eastern Europe here.
Family cellular plan for 4 people
Unlimited calls, text, MMS.
25GB monthly data plan, after 25GB it slows down
Social media traffic (like facebook, twitter, instagram) doesn't count to the overall number of used data.
My share is 10USD/month
Make it times four.
>>54684606
what have you been doing to go through that data cap. I'm not even half through mine is your binge on turned on?
>>54684783
There's no WiFi available at work, so I tether my laptop.
>>54684757
That's what I do, what usually puts me over is when people call me, since that doesn't go through google voice.
>>54684749
The throttled data is actually unusable. They don't just slow down the speed, it times out about 3/4 of the time.
>>54684606
>pleb tier tmobile plan
Meanwhile im sitting here abroad with my AMERICAN t-mobile plan, tehthering my unlimited LTE to my laptop.
Feels good not to be a poorfag.
Is Net10 the best AT&T MVNO?
Boost mobile gives you legit unlimited data @ 55$ a month. I use like 40-60gb each month.
>>54684606
In france 16€/m, everything is unlimited except data. I "only" got 50 gigs.
>>54686197
>>54686286
How much is the truly unlimited T-Mobile plan?
Also, is sprints network shit vs Tmo?
>tfw pay 65 for 3gb of data and 300 minutes calling and it's considered a good deal
i hate canada so much
give it back, tyrone
>>54686308
Been paying 90$/mo since 2012. All the shitty dead spots in the states is the only real downside.
Unsure if the rates have changed. I might've been vrandfathered in. Shouldn't be too far off though.
Where's the T-Mobile™ Representative® when we need em?
Also, Sprint is shit if you plan to leave north america because CDMA networks. Just stick to verizon if you plan to stay in the states .
I'm on verizon I get unlimited talk and text and 3 gb of data for $85
I get unlimited everything inc. 4G data (150 down, 50 up) for 200 NOK (25 USD) in Norway
Lol americans getting rektal analihilated
>>54686197
>being a pleb and needing to pay 90$ for unlimited
oh wow hahahaha
meanwhile im sitting here tethering my unlimited LTE, for under 20€
feels good not to be a americuck
>>54686530
>Implying his bad decisions are our lifestyles
Unlimited everything here. $12 a month.
Damn you guys are lucky. I live in Canada and my plan is 75min, Unlimited SMS but only 100MB of data, all for $36/month.
>>54686614
unlimited salmonella infected fried chicken doesn't count, Tyreese
>>54686657
It's OK to be upset anon.
>>54684606
ATT go phone
$40.50 a month if you have a card and auto refill, unlimited talk and text with 2gig of 4g and unlimited choked data after that
>>54684825
look into call fowarding from your tmobile number to the google voice number
>>54686715
what a stupid nigger
>>54684606
Been using the T-mobile unlimited plan the REAL one since it came out and I wont leave it. 5mbs on average though its 2 at my house. The dead spots are disappearing and I can tether now without a issue. Does everything I need.
>>54684606
10Gb with Boost Mobile if it's under a family plan. 2 lines minimum and itll be $65 for both lines. Each line gets 10Gb.
>>54684606
You mean the pre-paid one from Walmart? I only pay $30/month for unlimited text, 1 hr talk time, and "unlimited" data.
I have the $30 plan and had to live on the 5GB limit for the last few weeks, hit the limit within a week, after that the only thing that loaded properly and fast was clover, I guess you really can't escape this place.
>tfw you live out in the sticks and have to pay verizon $45 just to get reliable service
>tfw it is now 49.50 a month thanks to commiefornia taxes
thanks brown
>>54686715
do you have a grandfatherned in plan from 2004 or something?
>>54684606
>I've recently been running out of minutes
Download the hangouts dialer and get a google voice number. It will use your data instead of minutes.
I pay roughly $30-60/mo with Google Fi, plus they refund the data I don't use at the end of the month.
As a bonus it hops between Sprint and T-Mobile. Not too shabby.
>>54689341
I make all of my outbound calls with that, I receive at least 40 inbound calls a month.
I just moved to freedompop, 200MB, 200 minutes, 200 texts. £0/month
>>54689618
You can receive inbound calls with it as well.
>>54686530
>earn €200/month
>"only" have to pay 10% for your data plan
lmao
So I found that Straight Talk (Runs on AT&T's network) offers a $55/mo plan with 10gb. Only stipulation is no tethering...
Correct me if I'm wrong, if I set up a VPN on my phone, that obfuscate all traffic in their eyes, right?
Unlimited data is p nice
>>54689759
>fag talk
>jewing out on a phone you will be using every day
dont
>want to buy xperia z5 international
>choices in burger land include bringing it to at&t or tmobile
>live in bfe so I don't get any signal without wifi calling in my apartment
>don't want to be forced under tmobile rom's thumb
>can't afford at&t
>only verizon gets any signal
Wat do?
>>54694381
>tmobile rom's thumb
What? Anyways, TMo has WiFi calling or you can get a femtocell for free from them to put into your house.
>>54691609
>literal ad built in to the OS
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>>54686657
Kill yourself, you shit brain baboon.
Do you have the "binge on" feature added? I'm on the 2 phones unlimited everything with tax is like 110 a month. I really just want peace of mind and for youtube to not buffer when video is in 1080p. I think they also include like 15 or 18 gigs of tethering on each line.
>>54684606
I have a question regarding unlocking phones with AT&T does it notify the registered customer of the phone that you are requesting the unlock code or do they just deny you if you are not their customer. got a phone and I'm running t-mobile and afraid to request the unlock code on the at&t website
Usage on my note 4.
>>54695598
"Binge on" basically forces YouTube/Netflix to 480p and doesn't count it towards your data usage.
AT&T unlimited plan :^)
>>54694531
Sorry for not being clear but yeah that's what I mean. You just can't go around importing good carrier-free phones because they won't have wifi calling, so if you don't have service, would that femtocell thing work?
>>54695674
ATT says it "may" slow down speeds after 22gb.
Have you noticed them actually slowing down?
>>54684606
OP here, I upgraded my line to $60/mo, 10gb, unlimited talk/text. I was gonna go straight talk but they disallow tethering and I'd rather not have to play games just to make my phone work.
>>54695674
Max Jelly
>>54695695
Yep, it basically creates a mini cell tower with similar range to a wifi router.
>>54695702
I live in KC where there are plenty of cell towers so they don't throttle, but when I go to see my parents in western Kansas my speeds do slow to 4G speeds from LTE but that's it. Pic related current cell usage
>>54695905
You do know that 4G > LTE which is improvement of 3G?
Metro PCS. It's prepaid service on the T-mobile network.
>>54695942
You are correct, but wireless carriers like to promote their LTE services as an advancement over 4G.
>>54684606
Can you explain the quoted "unlimited"? I was looking to purchase Tmobile's unlimited plan and they told me they don't throttle unless you use something like 100+ GB.
>>54696039
It's more unlimited in the term that you won't face overage charges even though they have a "soft" cap
$65 with Cricket Wireless on my Nexus 6 for unlimited talk/text/LTE on AT&T's network. LTE is metered at 8mb/s though.
>>54696095
>$65 with Cricket Wireless on my Nexus 6 for unlimited talk/text/LTE on AT&T's network.
>tfw I only pay $55 with boost mobile and get 8gb of mobile hotspot too.
>LTE is metered at 8mb/s though.
LMFAO
>tfw I almost fell for the "sprint has bad networks" meme.
>>54696048
I know that, but OP is claiming the soft cap is 5GB and TMB is claiming it's 100+ GB. Which is it?
>>54696468 here. I guess OP isn't talking about the unlimited data plan since he's only paying 35
>>54684606
WTF dude. I have T-mobile and last I checked my plan was unlimited talk and text a measly 30MB of 3G data and everything throttled to the point of uselessness after that. I can't even access 4G. I'm paying $45/mo I think?
How did you get away with 5GB?
>>54696468
>"Based on network statistics for the most recent quarter, customers who use more than 25GB of data during a billing cycle will be de-prioritized for the remainder of the billing cycle in times and at locations where there are competing customer demands for network resources. At the start of the next bill cycle, the customer’s usage status is reset, and this data traffic is no longer de-prioritized."
http://www.t-mobile.com/company/company-info/consumer/internet-services.html
>>54696540
PIC FUCKING RELATED
>>54684606
Simple Mobile, $55 gets you unlimited talk, text, and 10GB of 4G LTE data. $60 gets you "unlimited" 4G and I've seen people push as high as 25+GB with no throttling.
It's a prepaid MVNO that uses T-Mobile's network so you'll get the exact same coverage you have now.
They also have a $50 plan with unlimited talk/text and 5GB of 4G data, and a $40 plan with 4GB of data.
Unless you are currently financing your phone through a carrier there is literally no reason not to go with a prepaid MVNO.
>>54696725
How many GB of hotspot does simple mobile give you? Currently looking at the $55 unlimited boost plan and $60 simple mobile plan. boost gives you 8GB of hotspot with their unlimited plan.
>>54684606
I am paying abouy $100 a month for a 5gb Softbank plan.
It is thag high because there are two phones still being payed for on the plan. You have to buy your phones from Softbank because for 4g devices, every sim card has a unique APN login and they wont give it to you to use your own.
Without the phones it is around $50 a month, still extremely high.
Once my contract is up, I am gonna switch to SIMFree. Closer to $20 a month there.
>>54696815
one thing to remember about hotspot limits, they can be bypassed by using a hotspot software that isn't the one built into your mobile OS.
Plenty of apps on the store do this and you can do it internally with some ROMs as well.
>$35, 6GB data only plan on tmobile
>unlimited minutes with hangouts
>tfw
>>54684606
Straight talk has a plan like that I think. 55 or 65$ gets 10 gigs, unlimited talk and text.
>>54696602
Not sure if that plan is currently available. Last I checked it was only being offered online via T-Mobile.com or at Wal-Mart. If you have to activate it with a new number though, it's a plan you can switch to.
>>54686290
>>>54684606 (OP)
>In france 16€/m, everything is unlimited except data. I "only" got 50 gigs.
Yeah I agree I pay 3.99 for one year because I have a special deal. I Change carriers a lot. That's the good part of not having a carrier phone
>>54696857
I know but I'm looking to use the mobile hotspot feature to connect to other devices. wifi tethering is very locked down on most phones or requires you to use a VPN to bypass carrier packet inspection which can cause huge problems with things like netflix.
So I take it simple mobile does not offer hotspot with the unlimited plan?
>>54696831
Is that for Japan?
>>54696933
Yes.
I'm on Verizon with unlimited talk, text, and 30gb of data for about $100 a month.
>>54696985
kek
>>54696985
Goddamn... do you ever actually get anywhere close to using that much data?
>>54696985
>>54696985
lmao
GayT&T
>2 phones 1 tablet
>Unlimited talk and text
>30gb of data
>$180 a month total
>just 1 phone would be about $155
I also got in when they had a promotion to go from 15gb to 30gb for like $10 so itd probably more expensive but 15-20gb should be pretty good for you. Also if you REALLY want you can get directtv and get unlimited data if they're still doing the promotion.
>>54697019
Cycle reset yesterday. Average usage each month is about 26gb, I personally use 8-12gb My portion of my bill is $100, which is my line plus the entirety of the data plan. I have 6 additional lines that share this plan and pat they're own line fees.
>>54697101
Why not switch to an mvno like boost? They give you unlimited high speed data for $55 a month. You can save the rest each month to get dragon dildos or something.
>>54696906
Well it must currently be available because I've been paying for it for years.
I just assumed I couldn't do any better because every time I went to the store to ask about upgrading my plan they'd always tell me even for just one or two gigs of data it would be $60/mo minimum and I just can't do that. Yet here I am in a thread where people are going on about getting 5-10GB of data or more for about $40 a month and I have absolutely no idea how to do it. It's very frustrating.
Phones aren't really my niche, especially not the bullshit economics surrounding cellular providers.
>>54697123
Because I like to have good coverage and high speeds, in my area you can get high speeds on any network in town, but if you travel at all you're SOL.
>>54689309
I pay $108 for the 6GB plan, because Verizon is the only reliable carrier in my part of Minnesnowta
And Pandora is a staple for 10 hour work days in a Factory.
>Work provides wifi for the supervisors and managers that work 6.5 hour days, but not the people that are the direct reason they have jobs.
Like I wouldn't give a fuck if it blocked nsfw shit, I just want my damn pandora at work.
Here's a thought, go back in time and have the fucking foresight to never give up your true unlimited plans.
700 mins
Unlimited text
Unlimited, and unthrottled, data
Mobile hotspot
$65/month
>>54697218
What about the few of us that weren't grandfathered in?
fukyou.jpg
>>54697290
Sucks to be you.
On Verizon, unlimited talk, text, 5gb data, cost $0 per month
>>54697326
Pic related
>mobile data caps
>mfw the us still has CDMA. GSM is objectively and subjectively better
On Three you can get unlimited texts, data and minutes for around £30 a month, if you don't mind dropping some minutes you can get that down to about £25.
>>54686398
dude, you'd be surprised. boost, cricket, and probably a couple other prepaid carriers offer a $5/mo discount if you sign up for autopay
they just assume after 3 months or so you're gonna stop paying... which is true for most of their customers.
>>54686248
No, cricket is the best.
>>54697139
>not realizing he's still under legacy contract
Dude up until last year I still had a Verizon plan they no longer offered with 4gb of data and 450 minutes per month. They stopped selling the plan in 2013
Change up your plan
>>54698570
You realize we have single states that span several of your entire countries, right?
Cdma throws farther and penetrates walls/trees better. Our terrain is mixed as fuck
use republic wireless
the 4g coverage is a lil spotty but best phone plans I've ever seen
Only downside really is that the phones are provuder-locked
>>54696725
That actually looks really decent. I upgraded my T-Mobile plan last night since it expired in the morning, and I can't wait without a phone for a sim to come. $60 for unlimited talk/text and 10gb of data.
I would go with straight talk, since they run on AT&T's better network, but apparently they're super tough on tethering.
>>54696725
>no reason not to go with an mnvo
Traffic and network priority is first given to postpaid subscribers. Good luck when the prime time usage is happening
Often can't bring your own international uk model for comfy manufacturer provided updates, unlocked
>>54697447
Once you get fired you're gonna have to return that iPhone
>>54684757
>480p youtube and normal quality music streaming will put you under the 5gb
Those don't count against your data cap at all, tmobile doesn't advertise it but the walmart plan has full binge on and music freedom now. IDK how OP uses 5gb of data when most video sites don't count toward the cap.
I'm using close to 40gb a month but tmobile is only charging me for 2.5gb.
>>54695674
You need to have tv service with them as well weather it be direct or uverse so your gunna pay an extra 50 at least
>>54702715
OP here. It's not 10AM and I've already used 112 megs. Just from:
>memes
>some news
>researching smartphones
Assuming I use 350 megs a day, 5 gb wouldn't last the whole month.
>>54702776
Nice English there lad.
>>54702800
oh nuts, if your data use is coming from browsing then here is a few suggestions
>root phone and install system-wide adblocker
>using chrome or opera's data saving feature
>use operamaxx
The only thing about operamaxx is that it's a vpn and it hides your data from tmobile. if you watch a youtube video or stream music it will count against your cap while you have maxx enabled because tmo can't see recognize the data.
>>54702800
also show me the data usage by app, go to settings -> data usage and do a screenshot.
I use Virgin Mobile. $35/month, unlimited call, text, and LTE coverage, and 2.5 GB of 3G coverage. Use it with my Samsung Galaxy S5.
>>54702938
I'm tethered to my laptop right now.. looking for data saver in chromium
>>54702987
oh...you're tethering to your pc? Then yeah it's going to be hard to live on 5gb a month.
You should honestly switch to boost mobile's unlimited plan. It's $60/month but goes down to $55 if you set up autopay and comes with unlimited data. I've seen carrier threads on /g/ where people post screencaps of them using 100gb+ on those plans while tethering to a computer.
>>54703022
What's up with the 8GB hotspot limit? Is it a hard limit where hotspot will become disabled until next month or is it simply throttled to 128kbps after 8GB?
Honestly sounds like a good deal. Currently on t-mobile.
>>54703068
Idk i don't have boost but I heard that people root the phones and delete some file in the system partition that keeps track of that stuff. Once you do that then boost can't distinguish between your cellphone usage and hotspot usage so everything gets charged as cellular use.
Maybe make a thread on /g/ later about boostmobile and see if anyone can clarify.
>>54703022
Damn, that's good. Too bad it's CDMA based, I think I'd have to get a new phone to switch over.
I found a chrome extension called "Data Saver" by google, it tracks my data useage by website and supposedly optimizes webpages to save on bandwidth.
>>54703102
I'll ask around is /sqt/ general and the /wsr/ board, thanks. Most phones are getting harder and harder to root especially with android lollipop and beyond so using legit hotspot under ToS seems like the only way to go nowadays.
Ringplus has some "free" plans that simply requires you to keep a balance on your account. Sorta like a deposit. As long as you don't overuse the minutes and the deposit (auto-top off) is still there, you get free service of xyz amount of minutes/data/text.
I actually havent tried it, but it could be interesting to test it for those with sprint/verizon phones.
>>54703450
>$10/GB of data
lmao
>>54698588
I use Three too.
$10 for 10 GB data, no time limit.
Previously, I needed 9 months to spend 10 GB data.
Not a bad deal if you're only using it for Whatsapp.
>>54696602
Update your plan.
Also, the people that use more than 25 GB on the unlimited plans get "throttled" anyway.
>>54684606
fuck that, just use google hangouts + google voicemail + whatsapp to handle as much of your talk over your data/wifi as possible.
I have your same plan (I only pay $30 though, hehehe), and it just werks(tm) for me.
>>54703747
Not really. They get de-prioritized during congestion which means when too many people are downloading tranny porn at the same time your connection is throttled to 2-4Mbps. It's not the same as the 128Kbps throttle they impose after you use all of your high speed data. When network congestion goes away you return to your normal 6-20Mbps data speeds and said congestion does not happen everywhere.
The best plan you can get it in Canada (through Telus' Public Mobile web-only MVNO).
It's still rather expensive.
>>54703938
It really depends are where you. If enough people are trying to use data and shit in your area it gets dropped way lower because of the lower priority.
>>54704062
True but that rarely happens and is a sign of a desperately needed tower upgrade. Also data speeds will always be the best after midnight so downloading torrents/ big files should always be done during that time anyway.
>wife and I get 2 for $100 Unlimited Everything T-Mobile plan.
>daughter will one day need cellphone
>$40 to add her on to the plan.
>>54704161
It's actually more of an issue in cities or on campuses. Data rates are better after midnight mostly because normies are asleep.
>>54704247
You can get like 4 lines for like $125.
T mobile 2 line all unlimited for $100
~108 after tax
Best shit ever.
>>54704330
T-Mobile gives you the fourth line free. So. 140 for 4 lines.
When is Google fi coming to yurp?
What's the difference between 4g and LTE
>tfw brazilian
>tfw 12$/mo for 2GB 4G and 30 minutes
>>54689759
I pay $40 a month for 5gig and unlimted talk text web. They throttle after 8 or so gigs. I ise the cdma version of phones which run on the Verizon side of things through ST otherwise you have to use GSM and ATT is shit even on 4g. I have 30meg down but my brother only gets 3-4meg on the GSM. I was a bit pissed though I missed a free VR gear headset if I had bought an S7 through ST. Also never have had a problem with reception or texting.
>>54704516
Same thing in marketing terms.
Technically "4G" does not exist at all. It's supposed to deliver up to 1,000 Mbps to a stationary user and up to 100 Mbps to a user in motion.
What we do have is LTE and true 3G which is CDMA. LTE can deliver up to ~37 Mbps and CDMA up to ~2.7Mbps to a stationary user. Both are true 3G technologies with LTE being 3.5G.
>>54702776
I ain't paying out the ass, boi.
>>54684606
I use GoSmart, maybe consider it?
pic related.
i get a dropped call every once in a while, although that hasnt happend in like 2 months.
it works for me since i primarily use my phone to send and receive pics. minimal browsing on the 4g lte since I work from home and don't go out much.
What the fuck are you guys doing if 5 GB a month isn't enough? I have to share an 8gb plan and get by just fine.
>>54706592
Good for you. Some of us watch youtube/netflix and torrent on our phones. That alone takes up like 40GB of data each month for me.
>>54706592
An hour of skype uses quite a bit of data. If you even watch youtube shit for couple of hours, its a goner.
This is a smart phone meant to be used for functions other than simply calling.
The questionis not what people are doing with 5GB but rather why are you not even breaking 5 GB?
unlimited data/text, 10GB
£19.99 a month
>>54684606
$35/month?
Did they change it? I use the same plan but it is 30 per month, been using it for 2 and a half years now
>>54700083
M8, I live in Australia and we all use GSM. Australia is bigger than the United States and we 95% coverage.
>>54707623
Cunt, 95% of the population of Australia is covered, not 95% of the landmass. More of Aus's population is concentrated, considering that the whole middle of the country is virtually uninhabitable. The US has a more spread out population, requiring much more coverage.
>>54684606
I have the same plan OP but mine's $30 per month.
Why is yours $35?
