Hi Ray. If you are switching from a company like AT&T or T-Mobile to Sprint or
Verizon then you will have to get a different phone. If you're going from AT&T
to T-Mobile or T-Mobile to AT&T you will just have to make sure that your phone
is unlocked.
Blessings,
Brent
Sent from my iPhone 5
> On Oct 31, 2013, at 12:15 PM, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> I am reading this discussion with some interest. I am looking at switching
> from ATT when I return
> to the US. Will a change of carrier also necessitate a change of equipment?
> I suspect it may but
> help me out folks?
>
>
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
>
>
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 16:57
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Switching Carriers, thanks to all
>
> Raul,
> My wife and I are on a shared data plan, where we share 6 GB of data each
> month. This is with AT&T.
> Early in our time with this plan, we regularly used between 85 percent and
> nearly all of the data.
> Now we are better about splitting our time between wifi at work and our data
> when at home or out and
> about. We can still use at least two thirds of the data though. Our contract
> runs out next September
> and we are anxiously counting the months to when we can switch to Sprint for
> the unlimited data. My
> data use is mainly streaming media and downloading books and podcasts, and
> hers is mainly Facebook
> and playing online games with others. In addition, we are hoping to add an
> iPad Mini to our plan
> with Sprint, so I think the unlimited data will serve us well. From what I've
> read and heard from
> others, it seems like Sprint is at least $30 less, if not more, than the
> other major U.S. carriers.
>
> Jmt,
> Wayne
>
>> On 10/31/13, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi, one thing I'm curious about is how much data did you use with AT&T?
>> The thing I've noticed, and have even seen statistics on, and
>> participated in discussions on Lifehacker and similar is that when
>> people have unlimited data it's more for peace of mind, rather than
>> actually using it. I recently had 6gb of data on 4 phones with data
>> share and upgraded over the summer to 10gb because I added a 5th phone.
>> So, now I see it as each phone can use around 2gb of data to share it
>> evenly. Even then, not all phones do, and for the last few months,
>> barely 5 gb have been used. So, in a sense, we have unlimited data,
>> but it's not written that way on paper.
>>
>> I think it's great that you moved to a new provider because of special
>> incentives, but just know that in the end, people usually end up
>> paying around the same when it comes to the big 3 or big 4 carriers in the
>> states.
>>
>> --
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>>> On 10/30/2013 4:13 PM, Brent Harbolt wrote:
>>> Thanks to all who gave input on the difference between Sprint and
>>> T-mobile. I have decided to leave A T & T after 12 years and have
>>> decided to go with Sprint. The unlimited data is very appealing to me.
>>> So, in about 8 weeks I will get my gold iPhone 5s. I will report back
>>> to let everyone know my pros and cons with Sprint compared to A T &
>>> T. I am sure hoping I won't be disappointed but if I am, I have 14
>>> days to go back to A T & T. Thanks again to all. It was a hard choice
>>> but Sprint was offering some pretty great incentives.
>>> Brent
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