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3G plan or 4G LTE plan on AT&T?

Either should work, but the bigger question is what is available in your area? Why get a 4G plan if you don't have it in your area, unless the price is the same.

In my case, I currently have a 200MB 3G plan and use about 50MB/month as I spend 95% of my time in a wifi area. I could almost go wifi only except for a few cases when I use it on the go.
 
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Either should work, but the bigger question is what is available in your area? Why get a 4G plan if you don't have it in your area, unless the price is the same.

In my case, I currently have a 200MB 3G plan and use about 50MB/month as I spend 95% of my time in a wifi area. I could almost go wifi only except for a few cases when I use it on the go.
The price is the same. They don't seem to have 200MB 3G plan any more
I was going to get 250MB for $14.99
 
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I am about get the AT&T data plan but which one works do I need to choose to work with the Note? The 3G plan or the 4G LTE plan?

You should get verification first that the phone will actually work with AT&T 3G. I've seen several people here post that it's only 2G with AT&T and I confirmed that with an AT&T rep over chat yesterday.

However, the phone stats say HSDPA which should mean that it will work with AT&T 3G.

What I'm looking for is confirmation from an actual owner that they are getting at least 3G speeds in the US on AT&T.
 
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You should get verification first that the phone will actually work with AT&T 3G. I've seen several people here post that it's only 2G with AT&T and I confirmed that with an AT&T rep over chat yesterday.

However, the phone stats say HSDPA which should mean that it will work with AT&T 3G.

What I'm looking for is confirmation from an actual owner that they are getting at least 3G speeds in the US on AT&T.

Pretty much everyone here confirmed that they are getting 3G speeds. The AT&T reps don't know anything.
 
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I'm porting this info over from another forum. Based on this and other semi-confirmations, I just bought it from Amazon for $735 ($755 after overnight shipping). According to this guy it doesn't just work out of the box on 3G but you have to go through these steps. I'll let you know if it works when I try it myself:

OK...here's the deal on 2G/3G. When I bought the phone, I took the T-mobile chip out of my Nexus S and put it in the Galaxy Note. It worked right away, only though in 2G. A week ago, I went into an AT&T store. I have a family plan (for my wife and others) and told the clerk I wanted to be added onto the plan. When I showed him the phone (he had never seen a GalaxyNote), he told me it would only work in 2G. I added myself to the plan anyway and bought the AT&T sim chip and activated my phone.

"Now, the AT&T guy was wrong. This phone, which I got from the UK, DOES work on 3G. What you have to do is tell the phone to look for the AT&T APN (Access Point Name). It's easy...here's how...

SETTINGS>>>WIRELESS AND NETWORKS>>>MOBILE NETWORKS>>>ACCESS POINT NAMES>>>hit menu and add apn...NAME:AT&T...APN:wap.cingular,PASSWORD: CINGULAR1 (in CAPS).

Now turn off your wireless connection so you can watch your phone light up with 3G goodness. That's all there is to it. You're welcome."
 
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I'm porting this info over from another forum. Based on this and other semi-confirmations, I just bought it from Amazon for $735 ($755 after overnight shipping). According to this guy it doesn't just work out of the box on 3G but you have to go through these steps. I'll let you know if it works when I try it myself:

OK...here's the deal on 2G/3G. When I bought the phone, I took the T-mobile chip out of my Nexus S and put it in the Galaxy Note. It worked right away, only though in 2G. A week ago, I went into an AT&T store. I have a family plan (for my wife and others) and told the clerk I wanted to be added onto the plan. When I showed him the phone (he had never seen a GalaxyNote), he told me it would only work in 2G. I added myself to the plan anyway and bought the AT&T sim chip and activated my phone.

"Now, the AT&T guy was wrong. This phone, which I got from the UK, DOES work on 3G. What you have to do is tell the phone to look for the AT&T APN (Access Point Name). It's easy...here's how...

SETTINGS>>>WIRELESS AND NETWORKS>>>MOBILE NETWORKS>>>ACCESS POINT NAMES>>>hit menu and add apn...NAME:AT&T...APN:wap.cingular,PASSWORD: CINGULAR1 (in CAPS).

Now turn off your wireless connection so you can watch your phone light up with 3G goodness. That's all there is to it. You're welcome."
Yes, I know you have to set it up to make it work on ATT 3G. I am getting my Note on Tuesday. My original questions was should I get the 4G or 3G plan???? The cost is the same.
 
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I'm not on AT&T so take this with a grain of salt; At&t's 4G LTE service is only available in a limited number of major cities (something like 6 or 7 major cities). I'm going to guess that it's not available in your neck of the woods. So you would do best to go with the 3G plan. I would think that HSPA+ would still be available to you on the 3G plan but that's just a guess. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will weigh in on the matter.
 
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I'm not on AT&T so take this with a grain of salt; At&t's 4G LTE service is only available in a limited number of major cities (something like 6 or 7 major cities). I'm going to guess that it's not available in your neck of the woods. So you would do best to go with the 3G plan. I would think that HSPA+ would still be available to you on the 3G plan but that's just a guess. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will weigh in on the matter.
Looks like it is available in my city. Just curious what the difference is between 4G and 4G LTE
 
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Pretty sure the Euro model doesn't have an LTE radio in it & the recently announced South Korean LTE model has LTE radio in the 850MHz range. AT&T's LTE is in the 700 MHz range like Verizon's (although in a different sub-band). So, bottom line is that no Note that is currently out will not work on any US LTE plan. 2G/3G is the best ya can do. I'm holding out to see if they put out an LTE model for the US market; I've already told Verizon, I'm leaving if some other carrier comes out with a US LTE model 1st.
 
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If this phone has HSPA+ then you need to get the 4g plan, there is a difference between the 4g plan and LTE 4g plan. I was on a 3g plan for my Galaxy Nexus on AT&T and was still seeing the H symbol but was seeing moderate speeds. I changed my plan to the 4g one, not the LTE one. Now I am seeing significantly better speeds in the same area.
 
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If this phone has HSPA+ then you need to get the 4g plan, there is a difference between the 4g plan and LTE 4g plan. I was on a 3g plan for my Galaxy Nexus on AT&T and was still seeing the H symbol but was seeing moderate speeds. I changed my plan to the 4g one, not the LTE one. Now I am seeing significantly better speeds in the same area.


"Need" is relative...$15/mo. "MediaNet" plan is fine for upwards of 4Mbps in my area.
 
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"Need" is relative...$15/mo. "MediaNet" plan is fine for upwards of 4Mbps in my area.

Yes that would be fine, but the Galaxy Nexus has been getting flagged under that plan and hasn't been working. So it won't work. I said need because they were asking about the 3g plan. So he would need the 4g plan, same price so it would make sense to get the 4g plan for the price.

But yes the medianet plan worked on the international SG2, but not working on the Nexus unfortunately.
 
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I'm porting this info over from another forum. Based on this and other semi-confirmations, I just bought it from Amazon for $735 ($755 after overnight shipping). According to this guy it doesn't just work out of the box on 3G but you have to go through these steps. I'll let you know if it works when I try it myself:

OK...here's the deal on 2G/3G. When I bought the phone, I took the T-mobile chip out of my Nexus S and put it in the Galaxy Note. It worked right away, only though in 2G. A week ago, I went into an AT&T store. I have a family plan (for my wife and others) and told the clerk I wanted to be added onto the plan. When I showed him the phone (he had never seen a GalaxyNote), he told me it would only work in 2G. I added myself to the plan anyway and bought the AT&T sim chip and activated my phone.

"Now, the AT&T guy was wrong. This phone, which I got from the UK, DOES work on 3G. What you have to do is tell the phone to look for the AT&T APN (Access Point Name). It's easy...here's how...

SETTINGS>>>WIRELESS AND NETWORKS>>>MOBILE NETWORKS>>>ACCESS POINT NAMES>>>hit menu and add apn...NAME:AT&T...APN:wap.cingular,PASSWORD: CINGULAR1 (in CAPS).

Now turn off your wireless connection so you can watch your phone light up with 3G goodness. That's all there is to it. You're welcome."
I believe you got 3g because you have the family plan. I bought SIM and only got edge.
 
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