Going Cellular

I had Verizon. I NEVER had a connect problem. I got a much better $$ deal with TMobile but I don't get reliable connects (drops calls now and then) and I"m in the NYC metro area! It should be perfect here. Their map shows maximum coverage. Plus, you have to be doggedly patient and persistent with customer support. They blow you off with the "script" and you have to fight your way up through supervisors. I had a few issues to straighten out and, boy, it took time.

Last July I got a T-Mobile prepaid phone with $10 on it. I added $100 so it would be good for a year. Well, in April I tried to use the phone and I had No service. I called CS and was told they had no information on the account because it was closed. I told them it shouldnt be closed I had till july 09 and showed them the receipts. I was transfered from one Hold to another till they hung up on me! This happened twice and took about 45 minutes each time. The part that gets me is that I had the better part of the $110 still on the phone and I lost my "212" number. I dont know who to call on this.

I've had T-Mobile Prepaid since 2001 & I love it. I currently have the $1 a day plan, I can make unlimited calls from 7pm - 7am, unlimited calls to other T-Mobile customers & that's ONLY on the days I use the phone. Not bad if you ask me. I also have the Prepaid Sidekick service, so if I want to text, IM, email or just browse the web, I'll use that, this way my balance can remain even on my other phone. No bills, no contracts...love it!!!

I hate the prepaid service with a passion.. That's all.

I have a sidekick2 and it is prepaid. I have had this phone for more than 3 years now. the prepaid service for sidekicks are reasonable unlimited texting,sendig and recieving e-mails, pictures, and unlimited access to the internet, phone calls are suppose to be 15 cent a minute but sometimes it seems they charge more. but since service is good i dont complain. i plan on trying there 1000 miutes this year.

Don't try porting your number. It is H-E-L-L!!! I called at least a dozen times and talked to guys with strong accents and they cannot even understand basic numbers. One time I have to repeat the same number 3 times before he can understand. Friendly, yes, but absolutely incompetent. When they tried to transfer me to the porting agent, I got cut off. I decided to forget porting and just accept my fate.

I changed from another carrier to t_mobile and I am just happy with my service now. Getting my text messages, emails and everything else for a affordable monthly rates on 3 phones has helped my budget big time! T-Mobile You ROCK!!!!

11/5/08 I read the reviews before I got my mom, who was coming for a visit from abroad for about 2 months, a plan. I did notice that several people were claiming that T-mobile was "stealing" minutes but the majority of reviews were positive and my previous experience having a regular phone plan with T-mobile several years ago was good. I got my mom a $50 card with 400 minutes thinking that this should be enough. The minutes were gone in less than a week. I was a bit surprised but I figured: ok, she talked on the phone a lot. I went to the store to refill the minutes and the store clerk suggested that I get FlexPay My Faves plan, so she can call for free her favorite 5. I got 600 whenever minutes, free nights and weekends and Faves for $49.99 (plus taxes and surcharges, etc. - $66.71 all together). I figured that this should hold my mom. A few days later (including a weekend), i checked the balance and to my shock saw that 93 whenever minutes have been used up. Plus there were 39 My faves "free minutes", all together: 182 minutes. Now, my phones has a registry and according to this registry there were 107 minutes used total. The majority of calls were to the Faves. I called the customer service the first time around 11 pm ET. I have to echo others reviewers: it was the WORST customer service experience that I remember, even worse than Time Warner (and I hate those people with passion, but at least they are not trying to cheat you). For some bizarre reason, somebody at t-mobile came up with an idea that if you say the customer's name after every two words, that will somehow be pleasing to the customer - believe me, it is EXTREMELY annoying, especially when your complaint is not being addressed in any reasonable, making at least remote sense, way. By the time the customer service rep started telling me that my phone can not be used with My Faves (after their own store suggested this plan and set it up in the store), I lost patience and asked for a supervisor. The supervisor, of course, was "on another call." I was promised a call back within 30 minutes. I asked the rep what should I do if I don't receive this call. After assuring me that i WILL get a call, she said that I can call back and say that she is a liar. As you can guess, I did NOT receive any calls within an hour. I called back and immediately asked for a supervisor, explaining briefly what happened. She rep asked me to give her 5 minutes to try to resolve my problem. I gave up, although it was already after midnight and I have to get up around 7 am. However, when she started reading my contract back to me, I almost lost it. Her supervisor was also "on another call." I told both reps that I will join other people online who talk about stolen minutes and customer service quality and will be writing to the BBB but I do need to get the problem resolved. At 2 am (and I did explain to the first rep that i was on the East Coast), I received a call from the first rep's supervisor. She did make an attempt to explain what happened to my minutes: it was "due to engineering problems" that my minutes were not correctly credited to the Faves. Her explanation for more than 60 minutes discrepancy between the total number of minutes registered by my phone and T-mobile calculations was even worse - but at least she tried. She said that the calls are rounded up to the next minute (which would require at least 60 calls to accrue the extra 60 minutes. I didn't have any strength to fight at that point (around 2.30 am). She told me that 50 minutes would be credited back because they were supposed to be My Faves minutes and she gave me another 50 minutes for my pain and suffering(my words, not hers). I couldn't deal with this issue anymore for a few days and I did get a land line, so my mom now makes most of her calls from that line. Today I decided to review the minutes usage to make sure i actually got the credit and to make sure that nothing fishy is going on. The data I found on their site was for the first two days. I called customer service to find out if I can get this info some place else. I was told that i can NOT until the end of my billing cycle. As I promised T-mobile, I AM spreading the word on the net. I will be writing to the BBB when I get more time and I am seriously considering writing to the DA to see if they can open an investigation into what appears to be blatant and brazen consumer fraud.

I had Tmobile for some time. I have to say i was happy with it. the service was good and i didn`t have any problems with reception. I wish they had more minutes for the price but what can you do. I also put review of this service on yodaphone.com

@ Brian: Do you know about the $1.00 a day plan TM has? If you switch to the $1.00 a day plan, you can talk to your family members for free. The $1 a day plan includes free mobile-to-mobile to other TM customers, free nights (7pm-6:59am) and all your other calls are 10 cents a minute. You're charged $1 ONLY on the days you use your phone. My family and I have TM prepay service, too, and we're all on the $1 a day plan. We get to talk to each other for free and since most of our friends get their wireless service from TM, we get to talk to our friends for free, too. It's great. I love TM.

I'd give 10 stars for my plan if they had it. For light to medium call usage this is by far the best plan out there if you get adaquate reception in your area. The facts are $100 gets you 1000 rollover minutes [Extra 15%] & puts you on the Gold rewards plan which allows you to buy as little as $25 the next year & add minutes left over from the 1000. These minutes are then good for another entire year if you don't use them up & you obviously can add more money [minutes] at any time. Customer service is excellent & reps are very considerate & responsive. For ocassional to light usage or emergency phone this is by far the best deal & a no brainer. The plan cost me $25 bucks for an entire year this year so far & I still have 600 minutes left on my phone! Even if I had to add another 2000 minutes [15% discount] i'd still cost far less then most pre-paid & other plans out there.

@ Dee: Yes, with T-Mobile you get free mobile-to-mobile AND free nights that start at 7PM and end at 6:59 AM. I'm not sure if you get free nights with AT&T.

Wow!!! I've just visited T-Mobile's website and guess what? T-Mobile has a NEW "Pay By the Day" prepaid plan. Just pay a $1.00 a day (only on days that you use your phone) and you'll get free mobile-to-mobile, free nights (7pm-7am) and all other calls for 10 cents a minute. I immediately called TM's prepaid customer service so that I could switch my plan but the csr I spoked to was shocked to hear that I knew about the plan. He told me that the Pay By the Day plan will not become available until mid-May. He said that there will be commercials on tv advertising the new plan some time next week. When I told him that the plan is already being advertised on T-Mobile's website, he was shocked about that too. He said he doesn't know why it's already being advertised when it won't become available until the middle of May. Well, I wasn't sure if he knew what he was talking about so I logged into my TM prepaid account online and switched my plan myself. Now, I only pay $1.00 a day for free nights, free m2m and all of my other calls are just 10 cents a minute. I'm going to save so much money on this plan. Who needs Verizon's expensive Inpulse prepaid when you have T-Mobile? Right?(lol) I guess TM really does listen to their customers. This is great.

I've had T-Mobile To Go prepaid mobile service for about 2 yrs now and I love it, the phones, service, rates...I love everything about T-Mobile's prepaid service. I purchase the $50 refill card and the 460 minutes last for a good two months. I just purchased the Nokia 6263 and sold the other phone I was using (Nokia 6110), on eBay. Both phones work get on T-Mobile's prepaid service. T-Mobile To Go is GREAT!!!!

So far so good, I don't see anything wrong with this plan. People who curse T-mobile gave no sound reason....

Who buys a $10 card unless you're in a jam? That's like putting $5 of gas in your car and complaining you're always having to fill up. Buy the $100 off the bat and stop complaining. And some would have you beleive 50% of these phones just break by looking at them. That or the population is truely doomed because these people are idiots. Great service that fits my needs.