Sprint is nice if you're not needing a lot of data mobility. The general lack of LTE coverage (after 14 months of promises) is troubling. On Oct 10, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote: > We had to switch away from T-Mobile because of coverage issues at our > house in SW Minneapolis (the boonies). > > I am on a no-contract phone from Virgin Mobile now, which uses the > Sprint network. I will probably be moving to this by the end of the > year (also uses the Sprint network): > > https://ting.com/ > > I'm not sure how that compares with this news from T-Mobile. I guess > if you travel out of the country a lot, the T-Mobile deal is a good > one. If you don't know about Ting though you should check it out. > > -Erik > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: >> Just a little bit OT -- an update from Pogue on T-Mobiles new plans... >> >> >> (I don't work for T-Mobile or know anyone who works there.) >> >> This is an amazing breakthrough. There are a few bits of news but the big >> one is that T-Mobile will now do free unlimited data, free unlimited texts, >> and calls for $0.20/minute in 115 countries -- with no additional roaming >> charges! You just go to one of the 115 countries and T-Mobile just works. >> >> The $0.20/minute charge applies regardless of where you call *to*. According >> to Pogue, "Note, however, that you don't ever have to worry about what >> country you're calling to; once you arrive, every call is 20 cents a minute >> to every country on earth." >> >> This goes into effect at the end of the month. >> >> Pogue has some interesting things to say in his article linked below. >> >> (I use tinyurl.com to get you past the NY Times paywall by using Google as >> the referring page.) >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/NYT-Pogue-T-Mobile >> >> NY Times blog >> October 10, 2013 >> >> T-Mobile Hands Consumers a Pleasant Shocker >> By DAVID POGUE >> >> T-Mobile's plan to eliminate international roaming charges is bold and >> transparent. And it suggests that we've been paying those insane charges for >> nothing. >> >> >> >> Pogue refers to this article from yesterday: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/NYT-Chen-T-Mobile >> >> NY Times >> October 9, 2013 >> >> T-Mobile to Make It Cheaper to Make Calls While Abroad >> By BRIAN X. CHEN >> >> >> Original URLs: >> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/t-mobile-hands-consumers-a-pleasant-shocker/ >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/technology/t-mobile-to-make-it-cheaper-to-make-calls-while-abroad.html >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- > Erik K. Mitchell > erik.mitchell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list