NTIA Petitions FCC to Mandate that Carriers Unlock Phones
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Carrier phones are often optimized to work with a certain network (A&TT by example), and yes, they work with other networks, they crummily work with other carriers.
To get started, because a cheaper service usually isn't as good as the other more expensive service offered by that other bigger carrier. Second, the phone has been optimized for the big carrier's network, so you won't be experiencing an optimal service from your provided (you'd most likely be doing better with a cheaper phone that's been optmiized for the smaller carrier's network)
It is fair enough to be able to sell or hand your old unlocked cellphone to a friend or relative, once you have upgraded to another d...
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>>and yes, they work with other networks, they crummily work with other carriers.
Not true. I've seen countless phones that were made for ATT that worked fantastically on T-mobile. In fact, I would say that quite contrarily most ATT phones work just fine on T-mobile's network.
>>To get started, because a cheaper service usually isn't as good as the other more expensive service offered by that other bigger carrier.
Ummm... most T-mobile customers I've met would argue their service is better than ATT's. You're making unfounded generalizations that are subjective at best.
>>Second, the phone has been optimized for the big carrier's network,
Unlocking the phone undoes the only part of that optimization that matters. T...
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Zpike said:
>>To get started, because a cheaper service usually isn't as good as the other more expensive service offered by that other bigger carrier.
Ummm... most T-mobile customers I've met would argue their service is better than ATT's. You're making unfounded generalizations that are subjective at best.
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Um yeah, you just lost all credibility once you said that - should have kept that tidbit for last. T-mobile is nowhere NEAR AT&T. Not even close.
I'd like it if they make it where the carrier can't brand the phone with unremovable bloatware that constantly spies on our usage as well as preventing them from locking the pho...
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Zpike said:
Bah, subjective bull crap. That's your opinion and nothing more. Most of T-mobile's customers feel differently or they wouldn't still have customers. You lost all credibility when you asserted your opinion as fact.
Subjective my ass. It's a fact. T-Mobile is a value carrier, far from a premium one such as AT&T or Verizon. Look at independent studies and AT&T walks all over T-Mobile, let alone data speeds, but coverage as well. It's to be expected considering how much more money AT&T has, but that isn't issue at hand, the issue is how you're going to act like an idiot and try to compare T-Mobile to AT&T, let alone say T-Mobile is somehow better - then play it off as "subjective".
The problem with "Independent studies" is that they can be biased. Companies seek agencies that work more in their favor for marketing purposes. I'm not totally disputing what your saying. However, My Mother could be an independent study or your family could be an independent study.
The bottom line is that everything is selective. I may like a Steak somewhere and you might find it not so great. Larger companies such as Verizon and ATT are subjective in being "premium" carriers. I don't find them premium at all. I find them more money than what I need. That's why I stay put on my carrier of "Choice".
John B.
Slammer said:
---" Look at independent studies and AT&T walks all over T-Mobile"---
The problem with "Independent studies" is that they can be biased. Companies seek agencies that work more in their favor for marketing purposes. I'm not totally disputing what your saying. However, My Mother could be an independent study or your family could be an independent study.
The bottom line is that everything is selective. I may like a Steak somewhere and you might find it not so great. Larger companies such as Verizon and ATT are subjective in being "premium" carriers. I don't find them premium at all. I find them more money than what I need. That's why I stay put on my carrier of "Choice".
John B.
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John B.
Opinions are not facts, no matter how badly you want them to be. But what's even worse is that what's at issue here is how other people feel about the service they're getting. And you want to be the voice that says all these people would prefer ATT but choose T-mobile anyway. But only a retard would suggest that a company like T-mobile could remain in business with a customer base that's entirely dissatisfied with its service. Where's your independent study on how that's possible?
>>Look at independent studies and AT&T walks all over T-Mobile,
First of all, independent studies are often flawed, disputable, and in some cases disreputable. I noticed you didn't bother to mention any specific one. But I...
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>>Subjective my ass. It's a fact.
Opinions are not facts, no matter how badly you want them to be. But what's even worse is that what's at issue here is how other people feel about the service they're getting. And you want to be the voice that says all these people would prefer ATT but choose T-mobile anyway. But only a retard would suggest that a company like T-mobile could remain in business with a customer base that's entirely dissatisfied with its service. Where's your independent study on how that's possible?
>>Look at independent studies and AT&T walks all over T-Mobile,
First of all, independent studies are often flawed, disputable, and in some cases disreputable. I noticed you didn't bother to
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Instead you're going to use that "Oh it's a wash" logic and try to find ways to invalidate the easy truth.
Again, Ferrari being a lot more expensive (just like AT&T having a TON more money) makes this unfair - but regardless of how unfair the world is, the Ferrari (AT&T) is better than T-Mobile (the Corvette) - mostly because T-Mobile is a VALUE carrier.
That's a prime example of being subjective. You cannot assert your preferences on other people. Your opinions will never be facts. Saying it over and over again doesn't make it so.
>>Instead you're going to use that "Oh it's a wash" logic and try to find ways to invalidate the easy truth.
What in the world are you talking about? You've really lost it.
>>Again, Ferrari being a lot more expensive (j...
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Wow, my 4 year old makes a better argument than that. You're really showing your mental aptitude now.
>>AT&T on average, in general and on a national scale, is a MUCH better carrier than T-Mobile.
Well,that's your opinion. But T-mobile has a plenty of customers who disagree with you. And no matter how badly you want everyone in the world to recognize ATT as the superior carrier, many people will still disagree with you. And that's why T-mobile has customers. It's really quite sad that you can't grasp something so simple.
>> I'm sure you're itching to tell me T-Mobile has better customer service,
Well actually, they do. And that's probably one of the reasons some of their custo...
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Why pay a larger carrier top dollar for coverage if coverage isn't needed. I use Sprint not because it is touted as the best. I use it because it is the best for me. I sat down and mapped out the places I most frequent then mapped out that Sprint covers these very areas. The end result is that I have coverage everywhere I go and escape the higher prices made by the larger
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Imagine the offset if more people shopped this way vs marketing. Money better saved for things more important like life's more priority level agendas.
I learned along time ago that the two largest carriers are not always the best when you look at a mor...
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