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Owen Densmore

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My contract is up at Vzn .. where I went to get an iPhone, get a "seniors" plan and to have better coverage.

But I'm thinking of going back to Tmo simply because they are doing some interesting stunts like being honest about the phone contract, and having digital roaming in europe. And I prefer GSM if it works.

So question: What has been our experiences with Tmo lately? Is their coverage (mainly Santa Fe) still as poor as it was 2 years ago? Any reason other than coverage to stick with Vzn?

Thanks,

-- Owen

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Robert Holmes-3

Re: TMobile

This might be a reason to go to T-mobile: http://boingboing.net/2013/10/10/t-mobile-pitches-unlimited-no.html

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

My contract is up at Vzn .. where I went to get an iPhone, get a "seniors" plan and to have better coverage.

But I'm thinking of going back to Tmo simply because they are doing some interesting stunts like being honest about the phone contract, and having digital roaming in europe. And I prefer GSM if it works.

So question: What has been our experiences with Tmo lately? Is their coverage (mainly Santa Fe) still as poor as it was 2 years ago? Any reason other than coverage to stick with Vzn?

Thanks,

-- Owen

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Owen Densmore

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I saw that .. but found that there is a bit of controversy: the data roaming is 2G some claim.

To tell the truth, it seem to me that GSM should have world wide roaming .. data and voice .. to take advantage of their GSM standard. Its quite a pain to have to get a temp SIM every time I go to Italy. And I've not found an easy way to get the pay-as-you-go SIMs activated, even tho they are supposed to last about a year.

I'm guessing Tmo is looking to approach this: GSM worldwide roaming. If so, I'd switch. After all, they are european (Deutsche Telekom)

-- Owen

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Robert Holmes <[hidden email]> wrote:

This might be a reason to go to T-mobile: http://boingboing.net/2013/10/10/t-mobile-pitches-unlimited-no.html

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

My contract is up at Vzn .. where I went to get an iPhone, get a "seniors" plan and to have better coverage.

But I'm thinking of going back to Tmo simply because they are doing some interesting stunts like being honest about the phone contract, and having digital roaming in europe. And I prefer GSM if it works.

So question: What has been our experiences with Tmo lately? Is their coverage (mainly Santa Fe) still as poor as it was 2 years ago? Any reason other than coverage to stick with Vzn?

Thanks,

-- Owen