Has anyone tried using this in an area that supposedly doesn't have coverage? I live in 74010, and my AT&T phone has full 4G service.
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I have only used it in areas where it may drop out of coverage. Like traveling on a train or bus. It'll drop down to 3G and lag a little. I recently got rid of it and switched to Clear. H2O Bolt capped me and then deactivated my service mid-month because they said I used it too much. It isn't truly "unlimited."
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You put your zip code in the search area and it tells you if your area it covered by h20. When I check it was mostly the United States.
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I use it in an AT&T; only coverage area. I don't get much signal anywhere but my living room and it's fair signal
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Dc urbanite said he was able to use this phone on consumer cellular service, I have not been able to get internet working on the service even with consumer cellular help when not on my wifi network. The phone works, but not mobile internet. If anyone has been able to get the the Internet working I would love to know how!
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with c6603 you will not get 3g and not even dream about LTE. im in NW florida and i tried at&t, tmobile and net10. all i got is 2g (edge) after change APN set many times, nothing... probably somewhere in the world yes but not in US. in my experience
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No - since I went to 4G none of the amplifiers work reliably - true 4G connections need TWO antennas and right now, so far as I can tell, only ATT offers this in their devices. I have a verizon device (one antenna) and an ATT device (2 antennas) and the ATT device operated about 4 times faster....(in the same location pointing at the same tower) ...
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did you check advanced settings of the ATT medianet access point ? it should have the proxy there... also, i don't have my 5800 now (had to return it) so I can't even check the settings now, but it used to work for me.why do you need medianet anyway ? I didn't find it useful.
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Yes, I am using it in Colorado and I get 4g and 4g LTE coverage at all times.
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I thought that At&t were the towers this phone picked up on. My phone says At&T across the top. I live in a small town where there is rarely any service and it works great!!
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I had no problem with mine . You just have to make sure the carrier you are going to use has service in that area. I used mine when I was out of State, but the carrier had no service in my home area.
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Unless it specifically mentions it works for 4G it will not. Ot will work with 3G and 1X though. That being said, I travel for a living and am more often than not in rural areas for extended timeframes and it works very well. In Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota I have service at least 90% of the time.
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Dear Donna. From my experience with this product so far, it does not work as advertised. I live in a hilly area, about 4 miles from a tower. I get average bars of signal at my house without the unit. The only thing the unit seems to boost is the Wi-Fi strength if my wireless internet in the house. It dies nit seem to boost my cell signal whatsoever. Sincerely, Ken W.
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Could not use this phone with version towers in US. AT&T; was the only opion. Phone unlocked is not registered with version. Living in a rural community at&t; had no reception
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I was able to get a phone plan from AT&T with no data plan. But that was many years ago. I don't know what the carriers would demand now. Good luck! Dave H.
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IF you are a current att customer on GSM, as I am, all I had to do was stick in the old sim and turn it on. The quad band capability does a "searching" for service. After a second it finds ATT and hooks up. Good luck, it is a pretty good phone, and mine has withstood a couple of drops to blacktop.
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I'm not sure what you mean? It has nothing to do with AT&T..; It uses near by cell towers but delivers wifi independently of AT&T; or Verizon... It my use their towers but that's about it.. I think they have a 30 day guarantee. So if it doesn't work in you location you can return it for a refund.. Hope that helps..
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Generally I have read that the usage follows Verizon coverage, but you need to confirm with customer service, I think. Ours works with our Verizon coverage, but I believe that if your coverage does not cover your home, the 5star will not work, either. We're getting ready to move to another house close by which has a new metal roof, and I understand that it will probably not work there. Big disappointment. I need to change my answer because I just read that AT&T works also.
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i have not tried it on att 4g but it seams to work well with the major carriers. i only used mine for a few days and only when i needed it. maybe a total of less than 8 hours in a 3 week period. using the light and tweaking the setting you can tune into the signal.
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Generally I have read that the usage follows Verizon coverage, but you need to confirm with customer service, I think. Ours works with our Verizon coverage, but I believe that if your coverage does not cover your home, the 5star will not work, either. We're getting ready to move to another house close by which has a new metal roof, and I understand that it will probably not work there. Big disappointment.I need to change my answer because I just read that AT&T; works also.