GEETEN Reply
 

It's a good idea, but there is a formidable problem with that: My Epic is incompatible with the inferior GSM networks. Are there any deals like that on the stronger CDMA networks?

And that's totally exciting, but I'd still like to stick with the more formidable modern CDMA networks available to us today.

- 2 Bunny

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If CDMA was more formidable and less inferior I wouldn't be in the process of switching to Tmo due to shit data speeds for 9 months. Also Sprint CDMA phones seem to have more trouble regaining a lost 3G signal while transmitting data. (this is very annoying for me when I'm streaming a song during my commute and the train passes through a non 3G area. I have to pause or even restart whatever song I was listening to just to regain 3G.

CDMA FOR THE WIN Reply
 

Back on Boost (Sprint CDMA only sans roaming), if I remember my Speed test results, I think I was hitting 480-720KBs Per second, which translates into a real life download speed equivalent of 50+ regular kilobytes per second - and it was plenty workable enough for me.

The problem is the lousy signal range of GSM devices and even Sprint's less than perfect CDMA network. I'd have been good if I could do at least some roaming on Verizon. Now the only place I don't have coverage is in the center of a building where the 850Mhz don't quite penetrate like the 1.9Ghz did.

My music library is local as opposed to streamed, so I've never had the problem that you were asking about, even in areas with no signal. And if memory serves me correctly, while listening to streaming radio, during those pesky tower transitions, it actually picked up and finished buffering where I left off, which I thought was simply amazing.

- 2 Bunny

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Why did you leave Boost? $50 unlimited everything, and it goes down $5 every 6 months. So you'd be paying $35/month after 18 months.

Re: CDMA FOR THE WIN Reply
 

@2 Bunny

I'm lucky if I even get 300kbps. With Tmobile I know I'll be getting between 1.2m and 25m

Re: GEETEN Reply
 

umm....have no clue what you are talking about...HSPA+ is the progression of WCDMA. Oh and LTE is a progression of GSM and HSPA.

If you mean lower spectrum, t-mobile does roam in the 850mhz and uses 1.9ghz themselves. 3g goes over 1700 MHz/2100 MHz.

And yeah Epic won't work on GSM..:/

There is the new republic wireless which costs 19$..there is also virgin mobile's 25$ plan...

THIS IS GETTING OLD Reply
 

At the time, I couldn't afford that. Their PayAsYouGo was going great until they started charging even more for data, and on top of that they wanted to double the already ridiculous rates, so I said "screw that". I might've paid the fifty if there was some roaming on Verizon, but even Sprint's CDMA network fails in certain areas.

That's quite interesting actually. I somehow doubt though that my cable internet is slower than cellular though.

Right, that's GSM. The Samsung Epic is a CDMA device.

Their "unlimited" doesn't include that much data, doesn't work with normal phones, and only works on the Sprint network, which runs me back into my original problem.

Virgin Mobile's $25 looks great, but I don't know how to do ESN cloning - that and everyone is so brainwashed into thinking it's "illegal" that you can't even ask about it on any of the larger online forums. I'd love to learn how, but nobody is willing to help even though nobody gives a crap.

- 2 Bunny

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So what exactly do u want? I mean we are trying to help.

GITTER DONE Reply
 

I was hoping for a CDMA BYOD carrier that has either the Verizon network or Sprint with data roaming (1xRTT roaming is okay). I'm hoping for bare minimum 300-500MB+ (hoping for 1-2GB, or ideally, unlimited) and a couple hundred text messages and around 100 minutes of voice, all for well under $40 a month depending on what all it has in it.

Let me know what you figure out, Thanks.

- 2B

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Well I had given an option like that but it's not CDMA.