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Originally Posted by Jkgourmet
Is the AT&T coverage in this area decent? And more importantly, do THEY have plans for smaller users?
(We had Tracfone in Phoenix and, briefly, when we first moved her. No thanks. And that was before I had a smart phone and needed data service!)
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AT&T overall is good, maybe not as good as Verizon but it's good.
Yes, AT&T offers it's 4G service thru its MVNOs. Straight Talk, Net10, AIO, and GoPhone are all options off the top of my head.
I have used Straight Talk and Net10 in the past. ST used to have a promotion (might still be in place) that gave you the unlimited talk/text and now 3 gb of 4G data for $42.50 with autopay. If desired you can put in a zip code of a state that charges minimal tax on prepaid services, putting the total monthly bill around $43.25/month.
The neat thing about prepaid is you can buy a sim card from Straight Talk for a couple bucks, buy a month of service, and just not pay again if you don't like it (assuming you have a GSM phone already).
That being said, if you can get 4 people or so on an AT&T plan and have a corporate discount (mine is 23% IIRC), running the numbers with the bill credits you get by switching, I came out with an average of around $38/month for unlimited talk/text and 2.5 gb data on the AT&T family plan split 4 ways. Also Straight Talk and other MNVO's run their data through a proxy which slows down the 4G a bit, it's not as fast as true AT&T post-paid service. Much better than 3G, which is all I'm used to though.
You have to take a look at your options and see what's out there.
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