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Originally Posted by spiritcrusher33
true i worded that wrong.. but see your point..
Also in this half of the country sprint and verizon reign supreme.. as far as coverage..in rural areas.. sprint of course. cause sprint used to supply our landlines. for years til they sold out to embarq which in turn sold out to century link.. point being.. att and t-mobile are sparse here. cause..of a few things..
1. we have 1 cable company down here.. nothing else..
2. we have 1 telephone service.. phone and dsl etc..
3 We are 30 minutes from mesquite tx.. where all 4 have great 3g coverage... so why would att or t-mobile want to invest in a market..( my town ) they has always been sprint.. hell the one cable company wont even bring cable internet here cause they so there is no market..lol cause of what used to be sprint monopoly on the dsl market here.
and there are alot of small towns like mine in the same situation.. i say small.. but July 2008: 8,794 people so im sure that is up to 10,000 or more by now..
even if i had good 3g coverage with t-mobile 150.00 a month vs 129.99 - 25% discount. = 97.50 thats quite a diff on contract. I dont know alot of people around here that have or want to spend 250 on a even more plus plan..lol
but it is cheaper if all u do is talk.. no data or texts.. or nav. or mobile tv.. etc.. thats why most older people have att for roll over mins..
point im with sprint cause of coverage and price.
not with tmobile anymore cause of price and coverage..<----both sucked
if u want to save 10 bucks and tmobile works for u hey go right ahead.. its your choice.. but dont care what u say or show.. t-mobile will not be cheaper.. than sprint on contract.. when u have data and unlimited text..
off contract maybe alittle cheaper.. ( even more plus ) but like i said.. Also the kinda people who will even consider that are the people who have to pay 500 dollar deposits on att and verizon.. and will prolly mess up the account.. and go to metro pcs or boost in 2 months.lol and have to be in collections for a phone they cant pay for...
I see it when i go to the mall.. all i see at the tmobile are rude thugs and teens. that cant even be polite enough to say im sorry i was in line.. last time i went this thuggy guy was all up in my face saying yo this is the end of the line.. lol i turned to him and said YO respect your elders.lol
bah people are so stupid..
anyway.. im ranting again and got way off..
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Yes, I understand that the last time you checked T-Mobile didn't have service in your area. What I am telling you is that I also travel to rural areas quite often, and Sprint doesn't have service in ANY of the rural areas I travel to. Yeah, they get 1X service most of the time (although I have been without voice service even while my kids had EDGE on their prepaid T-Mobile sidekicks) but I have been to plenty of rural areas and can tell you first hand that your experience does not mean it's liek that everywhere (which is how you are making it sound). Sprint sucks in plenty of places, and T-Mobile is great in plenty of places- both rural and city.
As for your ridiculous cost numbers, lets go over that...
T-Mobile Even More Plus 1500 unlimited text and web, with a MyTouch 3G (comparable to Hero):
Phone cost: $399.99 (no contract)
Plan cost: $119.99
So over the course of that 2 year contract, $16 per month. With the plan and the phone both factored in, that is about $136 per month on T-Mobile- with no contract.
Sprint Everything Data 1500 with Hero:
Phone cost: $179.99 (with 2 year contract)
Plan cost: $129.99
So over the course of that 2 year co0ntract, the phone costs $7 per month. So with the plan and the phone both factored in, it costs about $137, and that is WITH a 2 year contract.
So, again, T-Mobile comes out cheaper. If you get some kind fo discount on Sprint, fine- that will obviously play into it. But for the average joe T-Mobile is cheaper, and they don't even require a contract.
And this is all taken straight from the websites, no hunting for secret deals or discounts...