Originally Posted by
chuck416
Hi FTB!
Who are you switching TO. I'm a long-time TMob user, and no longer under contract. Been considering getting a smart phone for a while now. As the DC-9 is being parked, thought I might as well bite the bullet, and make the technology transition complete. From what I can tell (please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong...) sprint with the DAL discount seems to have:
>best 3 & 4 G coverage
>best upload/download speeds
>best price for family plan (2-3 phones)
I'm paying $58. per month, never run out of minutes, never text, never take pix. What's your recommendation? Ridiculous question, but I'll ask anyway. What would your recommendation be IF (stress, IF) NewK were asking? Not like NewK needs a phone, as dispatch always calls his F/O and inquires if there is anything else DAL dispatch can do for Him.
Regards,
Chuck
Last time I checked the DAL discount does NOT apply to the Sprint unlimited everything plans, if you are going with something less, then TMO might still be competitive on price. My wifes plan was a SERO plan (Employee referral) and it was ~$60/mo for 1250 minutes unlimited text and NON-smartphone data. One of the reasons I dumped Sprint was because we couldn't keep that plan with a Smartphone (Android etc.) There used to be a really reasonable TMO non-contract plan, not sure if its still available.
I'm under contract with VZW so I will have gotten a good comparison between Sprint, VZW and TMO by next month.
Sprint's 4G coverage is actually provided by Clearwire. If VZW lives up to its press releases, Sprint's 4G coverage will be smaller by the end of this year.