If prices come down to ~$50/month for unlimited data + phone service I might consider jumping back in. As it is, having POCPS (Plain Old Cell Phone Service) is actually kind of ... peaceful.
--Doug On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > T-Mobile is on a roll. They converted their existing 3G network to HSPA > 7.5Mbps service on January 5. They reduced the prices on their smart phones > last Thursday. They're promising to upgrade their 3G network to HSPA+ > 21Mbps service by mid-year. And I picked up a 3G signal in Santa Fe last > week. It was probably just a test signal, but promising. > > -- rec -- > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any iPhone can be jailbroken so that it can use services other than ATT, >> but a jailbroken iPhone will not be able to load new apps from Apple (altho >> some nerds have also figured out how to do this as well.) >> Paul >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] >> > >> Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 5:12 pm >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] iPhone on T-Mobile ? >> >> On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Steve Smith wrote: >> >> > Thanks for the feedback. >> > >> > <snip> >> > T-mobile: I can't quite remember why I got fed up with T-mobile 5 > >> years ago, but I am a little leery about going into another contract > until >> I've got a better feel for what I'd be getting from them. > Anyone (even >> non-iPhone) customers in the Santa Fe area who can > endorse (or trash) >> them? >> >> I've had great service with them for > 10 years. >> >> When I started traveling to europe quite a bit, they helped a lot, both >> here (explaining that I needed both an unlocked handset and international >> roaming), and in europe (explaining on their 611 world-wide service number >> how to change to the euro frequency for Dede's phone). >> >> They also gave me an unlock code before they generally do .. I think they >> unlock their subsidized phones at 11 months into the 2 year contract, they >> did mine much earlier for a trip that needed it. >> >> They also give you a new deal on a phone after 9 months, I think it is. >> They give you a new subscriber price, altho extend the contract for two >> years. This sounds odd to want, but for example, I can get a new cheap phone >> to lend to family or take to europe (we generally have one phone on a local >> pre-paid SIM and one on the home SIM and use international roaming.) It also >> lets me decide on a GPhone if I want one and they have a good price. >> >> Local expertise is important. The guys at the tmobile store at Rodeo and >> Cerillos .. next to Blue Corn .. beer & phones, great combo! .. are *very* >> expert, and quite helpful. >> >> I compare this to a 14-day trial with ATT when the iPhone first came out. >> Exactly the opposite experience. Local folks not smart enough to answer >> questions. No unlock for europe, and clueless about european use. Poor >> reception where I hang out. European roaming 50% more expensive. I returned >> the iPhone for the 10% restock fee. That was back when you could go to the >> Apple Store in Abq and buy it w/o ATT contract. Don't know how to get the >> iPhone now w/o ATT. >> >> No provider is really great, but tmobile has been way ahead of whoever is >> second. >> >> All this said, the GPhone direction may make a lot of this moot. You can >> buy your phone from Google (at a price) and independently choose your >> provider. >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> ============================================================ >> >>
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