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dlock13

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Unfortunately, them's the trade-offs. How much data do you really need per month? Do you really need at least 2 GB?

And have you looked at the dozens AT&T MVNOs to see if one of them has a plan that fits you? There's also a trade-off associated with MVNOs, as they don't get LTE either, but since you're going to be using a Verizon iPhone 5 anyway, it's not much of a difference. Speed is usually capped around 3-5 Mbps on 3.5g.

As an example, H2O Wireless gives 3 GB for $60, 1 GB for $50, and 500 MB for $40.

Well, I do a lot of streaming. I can stream anywhere from 2 GB a month to 7 GB a month. I don't download or tether often. Once in a while, I'll tether my laptop to do some browsing and every so often to watch something on Prime or Netflix. Other than that, that's about it. I'm thinking I could make do with 2 GB of data as long as I put all of my music on my phone which I don't want to do hence the point of the cloud and streaming it! :(
 

cronos

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Well, I do a lot of streaming. I can stream anywhere from 2 GB a month to 7 GB a month. I don't download or tether often. Once in a while, I'll tether my laptop to do some browsing and every so often to watch something on Prime or Netflix. Other than that, that's about it. I'm thinking I could make do with 2 GB of data as long as I put all of my music on my phone which I don't want to do hence the point of the cloud and streaming it! :(

Yeah unfortunately 'streaming through mobile data' and 'budget conscious' don't go together :)

Something's gotta give. You'll have to choose one or the other.
 

Bman123

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Tmobile sucks unless you live in a big ass city. I've had lte for a while now and the fastest speed ive gotten with my note 2 is 67ms ping 37,438kbps down and 17,828 upload that's pretty good and I have LTE signal where i live and work. The inside building signal is terrible however due to the frequency that they use.