Re: [PLUG] Update: Update: Off-topic: Cell Phone Call Quality

[Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

> Call quality and data performance are highly dependent on the quality of
> the handset, though, and many MVNOs provide very low quality handsets in an
> effort to compete with financed handsets via the main operators. This may
> have been used as "evidence" of MVNO inferiority in the past. With BYO
> handsets being more and more common, carrier financing slowly declining,
> and a number of very high quality unlocked handsets now being available,
> I'd say this is a declining concern.

That makes perfect sense.  I am on a BYO plan with T-Mobile (no phone 
included) but now that you can bring your own handset to a reseller 
plan, instead of being stuck with their $50 smartphone, it might be 
worth investigating if the price is right.


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