Comments on: MetroPCS crushes international calling; unlimited to over 100 countries, $5

By: RAUL H.

RAUL H. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:51:28 +0000

THR TRUTH…TO GOOD TO BE TRUTH. FLOWERS HERE FLOWERS THERE, AND MAKE A CALL….YOU FOOL HAHAHA….NO SIGNAL. THE OTHER PARTY DON’T HEAR YOU. NO CONNECTION AT ALL. SOME CONNECTION AND GONE, AGAIN DISCONNECT. IT’S JUST NIGHTMARE. AND THE MONEY….????. LETS SEE IF I HAVE REFUND MONEY WITH JUST 20 MINUTES USED AND 2 DAYS WITH IT. OPEN YOUR EYES AND REQUEST MUCH MORE INFORMATION OR DO NOT MAKE THE DEAL. REMENBER… YOU ARE THE ONLY “LOOSER”…THE CUSTOMER. THANK YOU.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:30:03 +0000

hey..just bought the phone from Metro PCS…like it..except one thing-this 5 $ unlimited calls!!!! was trying to call to my country– Kazakhstan…but it doesnt work…so upset…..(((then tried to call to Russia..again the same story…whats that????its 2 really big countries…and in the US u have a population of Russian people….
i dont know…i’m upset((
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By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:52:17 +0000

THIS DEAL IS GREAT!! NOT THOSE CALLING CARDS THAT HARDLY EVER WORK

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:40:34 +0000

Crunsh, just wait till AT&T offer ends and your bill start piling up in the thousand dollar range..

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:35:24 +0000

Moe, remember that I good product doesnt need publicity stunts they sell thru great quality thru there users…

By: David Garcia

David Garcia — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:44:04 +0000

Metro…add the Nicaragua to your international calling plan i work at the airport meet n see lots of people traveling to nicaragua I’ll have people to switch to your network. Take note of that…so please add Nicaragua!!!!!!!!

By: myla

myla — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:45:59 +0000

CORRECT! THOUSANDS OF FILIPINOS WILL GONNA SWITCH TO METRO PCS. IN THIS WAY, YOU WILL BEAT THOSE BIG CELLPHONES COMPANY.

By: nestor

nestor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:52:43 +0000

this international call services is a piece of shid!! the worse services ever, do not waste your money, you will never have a decente conversation . Very frustrating and poor comunication, believed me!! is a horrible services

By: Anton Wahlman

Anton Wahlman — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:53:13 +0000

@Steve: But my main point was that the Blackberry 8330 is neither 1700 nor 2100 MHz, so it won’t work in some of their cities, such as (I believe) New York, Chicago, Philly and Boston. And I don’t see any literature from MetroPCS that clearly points this out.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:16:58 +0000

@ Anton Wahlman: MetroPCS does not have any GSM/UMTS/HSPA network. As you rightly point out, they are using a different band in certain cities (AWS 1700 vs. PCS 1900) – but all networks are operating on the CDMA standard. So you need a dual band phone to travel between those cities.

By: Riza

Riza — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:16:11 +0000

I like how Philippines is in the list but would also love if UAE is on the list too..Please add UAE to your unlimited calling and texting plan..And I’ll be forever a metro PCS subcriber till I grow old and forget how to use cellphones.

By: tonny

tonny — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:06:17 +0000

can u pliz add uganda to the unlimited international rate plan.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:24:54 +0000

if u’d like to have another plan and all the contracts with other companies you can keep it mate, no one is telling you to take Metro PCS but metro PCS is very reasonable for everyone and you can keep your conversation going plus internet on it use it as mach as u can still you’ll pay the same price

By: shark

shark — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:54:11 +0000

u guyz are good but u got no unlimited calls to Uganda

By: glenn abordo

glenn abordo — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:17:16 +0000

what are the countries that are included in the international unlimited calling

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:58:47 +0000

Metro…add the philippines to your international calling plan and I’ll have my other 100 relatives to switch to your network. Take note of that…ADD PHILIPPINES NOW!!!!!!!!

By: phuoc

phuoc — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:33:25 +0000

how can i check which country i can call.

By: santa

santa — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:19:30 +0000

It is really sad to know that MetroPCS gave chance to call in inidan cell phone but they stop to facilities to call in indian cell phone and only available in land line why?

By: raj

raj — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:35:34 +0000

this plan just cheated me. i made the calls in india for a few days. but now i can make the calls only sometimes. i regret on paying the money. i m going to cancel the plan.

By: uness

uness — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:44:15 +0000

guys……this is so weird. i feel like i am racking up someone else phone bill. my wife is on the other side of the globe and im talking to her for FREE!! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING READING THIS BLOG…..GO UNLIMIT YOURSELVES. You want to pay double to quadruple(depending on other plans rates and over usage)the 50 dollars metropcs only charges, just so you can make calls from the middle of the ocean??? then i cant help you..but for all us other city dwellers. its true and its here..satellites don’t charge more to send signals over-the-seas. Only other phone companies. thank you metropcs

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:45:55 +0000

Lets face it living in Miami, you can’t get better than Metro, we all drop calls with any carrier, it’s reality, unlimted everything for 70 bucks with my blackberry, intl texts, calls, etc, its unbeatable, GO METRO!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:32 +0000

The $5 for unlimited would be useful for some, I suppose, but I am not even slightly tempted. I use a Tracfone that has international calls at the same price as local to over a hundred countries. And the $5 add-on from MetroPCS is only available on higher priced plans.
Other benefits to using Tracfone include the fact that I do not pay roaming fees, their latest plan (Straight Talk) is the best priced prepaid available and the Tracfone coverage is probably the best. MetroPCS can’t beat that.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:12:04 +0000

Where there is a problem, there are usually solutions – though they may require a bit more work.

For Canada, check out some of the dial around long distance services for cell phones:
CellLongDistance.com has a $10/month unlimited LD to Canada and US. Yak and Startec don’t have unlimited plans but they do have low per minute rates for occasional callers.

By: Crunch

Crunch — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:28:38 +0000

Holy…SHHH! Now that’s solid. If I wasn’t getting a better deal through Skype and AT&T, I’d possibly get this.

By: Anton Wahlman

Anton Wahlman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:59:41 +0000

Hold your horses here. I love what MetroPCS has done, and it holds promise for even further improvement. I am delighted. However, keep in mind two limitations:

1. Calls to international cell phones are NOT included. Every international cell phone number I checked came back as $0.25/minute; not as part of the $5/month unlimited. Just to confirm with one further step, I went to my closest MetroPCS store and asked, and they did indeed confirm that this new plan doesn’t include calls to international cell phones.

2. Keep in mind that MetroPCS deploys two different technologies in two different cities. First, they have a CDMA network at 1900 MHz, such as in San Francisco. Second, they have a GSM/HSPA 1700/2100 MHz network in cities such as New York and Chicago. If you buy the Blackberry 8330 in San Francisco, and you fly to New York, it won’t work. And that’s just one out of several examples. I went to the MetroPCS web site and tried to discern from the coverage maps exactly which city is deployed with which technology, and I find what’s on the MetroPCS site extremely confusing at best. Perhaps I didn’t look at everything or in the right place, but if someone can point me to where this dual-network situation is made clear city-by-city on a nationwide coverage map, please let me know.

By: Paul M.

Paul M. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:59:50 +0000

Anyone knows what MetroPCS’ coverage is like in Northern Florida?

By: jpg

jpg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:25:10 +0000

yes, amuh-muh-muh-mazing! that would’ve been cool if they had metropcs here and had great phones (like the nokia n96 and stuff) and great service and… oh, now i’m just dreaming. if you give a mouse a cookie…

By: TruthyTruth2

TruthyTruth2 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:52:46 +0000

Truthguy? The is way more misinformation in your post than anything that even resembles truth…see below, and if you actually read the fine print you’d see you’re totally wrong:

>>You can’t call wireless phones on this plan, even in Mexico.

Yes, both land & cellphones are covered on this unlimited international plan. the calls to mexico for $3 did NOT include Cellphones, but this plan does.
>>And if you’re roaming in Cricket territory plan on paying $0.19/minute.
If you were to be useing Cricket coverage, they call it ‘enhanced home roaming’ and costs nothing per minute. You only need to be on one of the higher calling plans ($45 or $50) or add the EHR as a seperate feature ($5)…the $0.19/min is for when you roam onto a VZN area, which as I see it, and have used it while traveling, is a freaking pretty fair deal. $10 to use my phone while traveling 1,00 miles over a 12 day period where Text messaging was free, and the only calls that cost me were while I was at the grand canyon and in a ghost town…and those were long business calls. MetroPCS does have smoketho…smoke, ’cause those guys are on fire.

By: Mr. Hi-Definition

Mr. Hi-Definition — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:11:06 +0000

Amazing…

By: Rosegold

Rosegold — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:59:46 +0000

Can’t you just flash a sprint CDMA phone and use it on metro pcs?