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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jrockway on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @07:39PM (#5988215)
As someone who pretty much never leaves the city, I'm very happy with T-Mobile. Unlimited everything for $70 a month. And there's no contract; I walked into the store, said "may I have a SIM and the unlimited everything plan", gave them a 4 digit number to use as a PIN, and walked out. I could hardly believe that this was happening to me in the United States, but hey.

Verizon may have slightly faster speeds and better coverage, but T-Mobile's user experience cannot be beat.

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jlgreco on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @08:17PM (#5988356)
I'm on an "actually unlimited" data plan with contract from T-Mobile now, but it's $10/mo more than that. Do you know offhand if this "contractless" way has similar terms for data usage?
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by dkulchenko on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @09:49PM (#5988732)
Yes, take a look here: http://deals.t-mobile.com/unlimited-4g-data-no-contract

It's $50 for the first line (unlim text/talk/2G web), then $10/month for 2.5GB 4G, or $20/month for unlimited 4G.

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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by recuter on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @09:50PM (#5988736)
Can you pay with cash? What personal details do you have to provide? I find burner SIMs handy to avoid marketing efforts, every time I get hassled I let it expire and pop in a fresh one. But I'm outside the US currently.
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by 3825 on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:25PM (#5988830)
I believe the poster above was talking about postpaid which I believe includes a soft pull on your credit. It is $70 a month but you still pay it at the end of the month (I assume your monthly bill could go higher if you call premium services or dial international numbers).
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jrockway on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:54PM (#5988927)
No, I got a prepaid plan. They wanted my name, date of birth, a PIN, and $87. I used a credit card.
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by 3825 on Thursday July 04, 2013 @01:45PM (#5991677)
Thank you for the reply. Very interesting. Did they verify your date of birth (such as driving license)? Or just took your word for it?
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by jrockway on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @12:30AM (#6017449)
They just took my word for it.
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by runjake on Thursday July 04, 2013 @01:33AM (#5989285)
I routinely buy T-Mobile SIMs (for mobile testing, nothing nefarious) with cash without giving a name, or by giving them a not-real name. It sometimes require some real minor social engineering.
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Re:AT&T will start selling customers’ usage data by joelrunyon on Thursday July 04, 2013 @07:19AM (#5990108)
Did the same thing - very happy with Tmobile. Coverage is a bit spotty in the country, but the cities are great & it's been getting better in the short time I've had it (3 months).
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