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+1 - I have virgin mobile (iphone 4s 3g) sometimes the coverage isn't great but it's fine for what I need it for. The dude has the iphone 5s 4g with them and his is great, on a par with hubbys work iphone 4s 4g with AT&T.

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Cricket is now a 100% owned sub of AT&T Wireless and uses their entire network but w/o the roaming option onto other GSM networks. But one should always check coverage at your home etc. for any cell phone company you want to use.

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Wow! I missed that news. :o

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I got my wife a sim on Cricket and it's been pretty good for $45 per month. She's either always on cricket or att.

Was a pretty easy setup - I just went to a mall and got a sim from one of their concessions.

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I did the T Mobile international add-on for the first year, but now I use Skype. I realised that I only ever call the family from the house anyway, and since I'm much more of a 'call them briefly every 3-4 weeks to let them know I'm alive' person (I mostly keep in touch via writing a blog), I've bought 2.5 hours of calls a month to UK landlines using the Skype network. The cost for the whole year was $14.something.

But yeah, US cell services are crazy expensive by comparison with the UK. On the plus side, we don't need to pay for a landline just to get internet like we had to back home.

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You're not listening close enough to my info I posted then ;p

I'm now getting 10GB of (ATT) LTE data for $55 a month. Unbeatable.

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I have found the quality of Skype calls to the UK is superb.

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I take as much of your info as anyone could reasonably be expected to take! :lol:

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I used to have a samsung on sprint. It cost more than $70 plus taxes and then canceled. Now i have a unlocked nexus android phone with tmobile prepaid $50 a month plan

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I have an unlocked Moto G with 4G and on T-Mobile on the $50 per month plan. On that plan, if you hit the 1GB of data limit, you are simply cut back to 3G. Haven't had that happen, but I would not mind. T-Mob has a $45 per month plan which simply cuts you off if you hit 1GB.

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I'd love to move to T-Mobile, their tariffs at the minute are superb. But as someone that needs reliable coverage, they just don't cut the mustard! Have just taken advantage of their free 7 day test drive. Their LTE speeds are way faster than Verizon. But their coverage where I am is just way too patchy! I saw earlier that someone said Verizon were overpriced. I agree and disagree. Sure, they offer less, especially in data, than just about everyone else, but their coverage, especially if you don't live in a big city like me, are far far superior. I hate only having 4GB (which I have to share with my wife) though!!!

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How are ATT in your area?

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ATT is goo in my area. Sprint is total rubbish. ATT thou is quite expensive which is why i went to tmoible

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What about Cricket? Same network as you're currently using, but much cheaper and far more data.

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I think they are on a par with Verizon coverage wise, but the tariffs seem similar too. We get 25% discount on our Verizon bill. I can only get a 12% discount with AT&T so it doesn't really make a lot of sense to switch right now.