jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
This is one of those subjects that on the more "mechanical" forums, we would equate to a "oil thread"....one that we all have opinions b/c of our experiences...and none are wrong to me. I'm not here to complain about anyone though......just my experience.
Anyway....for the last 15-16 years, I've been with ATT on their unlimited plan. I own my own phone, a V30thin now...5 yrs old but it has all my por....uh, family photos on it and I love it. LMAO
ATT however charges me $103 a month, up from $96 in April...guess they needed a raise? I've known for some time that I should switch....90 bucks for 1 phone was bad enough, but now they are kissing me too! LOL
Enough is enough, so I send the unlock request in to ATT and got my code. It was a good feeling, I suppose that it must have felt the same way for those gaining Freedom after some period of time without it...... "Free at Last bit*h's!"
I like College movies and I like Ryan Reynolds and there really isn't any better system to pick one, they will either work or not, So I pick Mint Mobile, go to their site, give them a few bucks and they send me the sim card. I lose said sim card b/c being afraid to change, I laid it on my desk....so second sim card arrives. I wait two weeks(still afraid) till Kerry comes over, for moral support you know!
I have my unlock code from ATT handy so I call the Mint lady up, she answers in an accent we can't quite discern...Eastern but how far east, we can't figure...... but she is very helpful we get it up and running! Ta da! (it must be on their card to respond to ea question with" Yes, I can be happy to help you with that today", but it was cute and she was very nice)
I run both utilities they send me, then manually insert the new APN when their utilities don't seem to work.
No pics in texts...huh?
Text only works on my wifi at home, huh?
I come to work Monday...still 5 full bars.....as I walk down the steps, they disappear one by one. By the time I'm at the bottom of 13 steps, nada, nothing. Uh oh! Most of my work calls, come before noon on my cell because my ATT service was perfect or nearly so, anywhere I ever went, and was here too. ....just that ATT worked here when no one's company- Apple on Tmobil worked down here. I am not on their plan b/c I've never accepted a company phone, I've just preferred to use my own phone, not someone else's who has rights to it.
Anyway, this sucks....so I look into it.....yeah, I know that some of you already know this part because you're smart...jeff not so much...I'm the last to pay attention.....Mint is owned....by tmobile!
Not knocking them in any way, it just isn't working for me. If they only wanted to charge me for the hours it was usable to me, it might work out between us but I'm afraid that won't likely happen so I will move on to the next one....like playing Spin the Carrier!
The upside of this learning process is that I only spent a few bucks, much less than a single month of ATT. I might have wanted to look to see who of the discount vendors was compatible with ATT first though. Kerry is talking-up her Verizon plan....but her's is restricted cause she's poor and cheap....but it's only 25 a month so I might send them a few bucks and see if their stuff works.
In reality, I could try 3-4 vendors for the cost of one ATT month.....so this isn't so bad, right?
LOL Sometimes, we search a little harder to find that silver lining, but it's always there.
When I have difficulty finding it, it is because I am not managing my own expectations.....they all claim to be plug/play......but that's not quite the reality for everyone, sometimes we have to tinker.....Hey, maybe ATT has a discount plan? There's an epiphany......
All it takes is a 6x6, I will catch on pretty quick after a couple of whacks!
Anyway....for the last 15-16 years, I've been with ATT on their unlimited plan. I own my own phone, a V30thin now...5 yrs old but it has all my por....uh, family photos on it and I love it. LMAO
ATT however charges me $103 a month, up from $96 in April...guess they needed a raise? I've known for some time that I should switch....90 bucks for 1 phone was bad enough, but now they are kissing me too! LOL
Enough is enough, so I send the unlock request in to ATT and got my code. It was a good feeling, I suppose that it must have felt the same way for those gaining Freedom after some period of time without it...... "Free at Last bit*h's!"
I like College movies and I like Ryan Reynolds and there really isn't any better system to pick one, they will either work or not, So I pick Mint Mobile, go to their site, give them a few bucks and they send me the sim card. I lose said sim card b/c being afraid to change, I laid it on my desk....so second sim card arrives. I wait two weeks(still afraid) till Kerry comes over, for moral support you know!
I have my unlock code from ATT handy so I call the Mint lady up, she answers in an accent we can't quite discern...Eastern but how far east, we can't figure...... but she is very helpful we get it up and running! Ta da! (it must be on their card to respond to ea question with" Yes, I can be happy to help you with that today", but it was cute and she was very nice)
I run both utilities they send me, then manually insert the new APN when their utilities don't seem to work.
No pics in texts...huh?
Text only works on my wifi at home, huh?
I come to work Monday...still 5 full bars.....as I walk down the steps, they disappear one by one. By the time I'm at the bottom of 13 steps, nada, nothing. Uh oh! Most of my work calls, come before noon on my cell because my ATT service was perfect or nearly so, anywhere I ever went, and was here too. ....just that ATT worked here when no one's company- Apple on Tmobil worked down here. I am not on their plan b/c I've never accepted a company phone, I've just preferred to use my own phone, not someone else's who has rights to it.
Anyway, this sucks....so I look into it.....yeah, I know that some of you already know this part because you're smart...jeff not so much...I'm the last to pay attention.....Mint is owned....by tmobile!
Not knocking them in any way, it just isn't working for me. If they only wanted to charge me for the hours it was usable to me, it might work out between us but I'm afraid that won't likely happen so I will move on to the next one....like playing Spin the Carrier!
The upside of this learning process is that I only spent a few bucks, much less than a single month of ATT. I might have wanted to look to see who of the discount vendors was compatible with ATT first though. Kerry is talking-up her Verizon plan....but her's is restricted cause she's poor and cheap....but it's only 25 a month so I might send them a few bucks and see if their stuff works.
In reality, I could try 3-4 vendors for the cost of one ATT month.....so this isn't so bad, right?
LOL Sometimes, we search a little harder to find that silver lining, but it's always there.
When I have difficulty finding it, it is because I am not managing my own expectations.....they all claim to be plug/play......but that's not quite the reality for everyone, sometimes we have to tinker.....Hey, maybe ATT has a discount plan? There's an epiphany......
All it takes is a 6x6, I will catch on pretty quick after a couple of whacks!