Which Cell Carrier do you use?

[BluesClues]

Verizon and I hate them! All the phones suck!

[Humphrizzle]

tmobile is best price... best service, easiest, best phones..

[iam99x]

:x

[CeOTiO8]

T-Mobile FTW...

[BABY J]

If any1 has boost-mobile w/ Chirp let me know.

[Kasper]

I has sprint.. wit da samsung moment!! is da sheeeeet! ive never had any problem with sprint unline verizon! plus i get a healthy discount with sprint so i pay less for more with my sprint then my girl pays with her t-mobile!

[Humphrizzle]

tmobile gave me a discount for working at domino's.

[green91]

SPRINT FTW

[iam99x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRS0LlyZKU

You mad?

[BABY J]

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_tec...show_magicjack

MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fees
By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer - Fri Jan 8, 2010 2:29PM EST


LAS VEGAS - The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.

The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.

YMax Corp., which is based in Palm Beach, Fla., said this week at the International Consumers Electronics Show that it plans to start selling the device in about four months for $40, the same price as the original magicJack. As before, it will provide free calls to the U.S. and Canada for one year.

The device is, in essence, a very small cellular tower for the home.

The size of a deck of cards, it plugs into a PC, which needs a broadband Internet connection. The device then detects when a compatible cell phone comes within 8 feet, and places a call to it. The user enters a short code on the phone. The phone is then linked to the magicJack, and as long as it's within range (YMax said it will cover a 3,000-square-foot home) magicJack routes the call itself, over the Internet, rather than going through the carrier's cellular tower. No minutes are subtracted from the user's account with the carrier. Any extra fees for international calls are subtracted from the user's account with magicJack, not the carrier.

According to YMax CEO Dan Borislow, the device will connect to any phone that uses the GSM standard, which in the U.S. includes phones from AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA. At a demonstration at CES, a visitor's phone with a T-Mobile account successfully placed and received calls through the magicJack. Most phones from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. won't connect to the device.

Borislow said the device is legal because wireless spectrum licenses don't extend into the home.

AT&T, T-Mobile and the Federal Communications Commission had no immediate comment on whether they believe the device is legal, but said they were looking into the issue. CTIA — The Wireless Association, a trade group, said it was declining comment for now. None of them had heard of YMax's plans.

Borislow said YMax has sold 5 million magicJacks for landline phones in the last two years, and that roughly 3 million are in active use. That would give YMax a bigger customer base than Internet phone pioneer Vonage Holdings Corp., which has been selling service for $25 per month for the better part of a decade. Privately held YMax had revenue of $110 million last year, it says.

U.S. carriers have been selling and experimenting with devices that act similarly to the wireless magicJack. They're called "femtocells." Like the magicJack, they use the carrier's licensed spectrum to connect to a phone, then route the calls over a home broadband connection. They improve coverage inside the home and offload capacity from the carrier's towers.

But femtocells are complex products, because they're designed to mesh with the carrier's external network. They cost the carriers more than $200, though some sell them cheaper, recouping the cost through added service fees. YMax's magicJack is a much smaller, simpler design.

[Brian*]

Verizon...

[SPOOLIN]

wow babyJ that magic jack on crack seems pretty nice.

[psychodrama_81]

Verizon's LG EnV3...because I don't like touchscreens and multiple gadgets on a phone.

Call, text, send a pic....no data plan bull.

[MrGurley]

sprint ftmfw!!!!

[umairejaz]

tmobile

[Slow Motion]

Prepaid T-Mobile. I don't talk until after 7 when minutes are free, nobody calls me until late anyway so it works. A dollar a day for free nights and mobile to mobile...Might be movin to verizon if I move to Savannah.

[PRO®]

I have Verizon for both work and personal. I usually have service when other folks don't.

only the best for me...verizon and a motorola droid

check out the motorola droid....works just as well as an iphone without the shitty att service

x2. i <3 my DROID.

tmobile gave me a discount for working at domino's.

verizon gave me a discount for working at delta!


Verizon has better service, and at&t can download quickly. But you need service to download...so verizon>all.

[FasTech]

Verizon is the only way to go in my neck of the woods.

[iam99x]

x2. i <3 my DROID.



verizon gave me a discount for working at delta!


Verizon has better service, and at&t can download quickly. But you need service to download...so verizon>all.

I don't ever recall being somewhere that I didn't have service or 3G. So ATT is full of win.

Oh, my friend has a Droid. He loves it, but wishes that it could do all the cool things my iPhone can do. :p

[PRO®]

I don't ever recall being somewhere that I didn't have service or 3G. So ATT is full of win.

Oh, my friend has a Droid. He loves it, but wishes that it could do all the cool things my iPhone can do. :p

you need to get out more

lol, what can your fone do that a droid cant? droiddoes

[marcos713]

splotchy T-mobile with the blackberry

lol same here. love my BB 8900 with the new update tho.
by the way things sound i need to get my hand on a iphone 3gs thooo

[Kevykev]

Wow, I'm impressed by this thread...no lashing out into large arguments, civil exchanges are taking place.

I don't ever recall being somewhere that I didn't have service or 3G. So ATT is full of win.

Oh, my friend has a Droid. He loves it, but wishes that it could do all the cool things my iPhone can do. :p

Glad it works out for you, I have 3 friends that have the total opposite to say about their service. 1 plans to switch back to sprint within the year.


Wow ATT and Verizon are Tied..... Wait.... currently only 3 metro users.... I call BS hahaha. I know people arent too proud of their metros sometimes but it's all good, it's just a phone right? lol

[psychodrama_81]

You know what's sad? I ALMOST had a Droid for Christmas....but the person that was getting my present overheard me gripe about the touchscreens and apps....so that is how I ended up with the EnV3.

I had a Metro...was the Samsung Messager. Best damn texting phone ever!

Hooray for number porting!