Switch from AT&T to T-Mobile

[Eileen89]

t mobile is nasty when you leave them

The OP is/was leaving AT&T and not T-Mobile. Also, keep in mind that none of the carriers are happy when a customer is leaving.

 

[Caballera]

Are you sure you know what you're doing by transferring. You'll be moving from a company with fast speeds and great coverage, to one with slow speeds and spotty coverage. I just want to be sure you know what you'll be getting when you switch.


Tappin and Talkin from my iPhone 5

As a current T-Mobile (but about to switch back to AT&T customer) I have to agree with jclisenby. Please be sure that T-Mobile is going to be able to provide you with good solid coverage if you switch. I made the mistake of going by their coverage map and not verifying that T-Mobile coverage would work at my house. So I made the switch and sure enough coverage really sucks. It's fine if you go two blocks over (east or west) but at my house and around my house it's very lousy. At home I get 0 coverage. If I go to the street I 'sometimes' get one bar of Edge. If I go to the next block I get maybe 2 bars if I'm lucky.

When I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile, I first started with T-Mobile (went September 29th and did all the sign up stuff and made the initial payments) (had to wait 3 weeks for my phone to get mail (ordered 2 iPhone 5S Gold 64 so it took awhile) then once the phones came, I finished signing up with T-Mobile, ported 2 numbers from AT&T (which then canceled my AT&T account) and got my T-Mobile SIM cards.

 

[cesium62]

@jclisenby: AT&T doesn't have "fast speeds and great coverage". *great* coverage would be reliable coverage absolutely everywhere. AT&T has its share of spotty coverage. T-Mobile may or may not be as good at AT&T in terms of speed and coverage. That doesn't mean that AT&T is superlative. Don't confuse "best monopoly" with "monopoly with awesome technology".

@duvi: The thread creator understood that you can get an unlock code from AT&T if you pay the ETF. However, paying the ETF cancels service. She wanted to pay the ETF, unlock the phone, and maintain service on the old sim-card until T-Mobile was ready with service on the new sim-card.

@justme'd: because it would be nice to switch carriers without buying a second phone.