HTC EVO V 4G No-Contract Phone for Virgin Mobile: $129.99 @ Radioshack in-store or online

What kind of data speed on 3G and 4G have you guys gotten with the Evo V on virgin mobile?
I've had an Optimus V for over a year and the data speeds are extremely slow, around 200-800 kilobits/sec.
Since I still have the $25 plan I want to make sure it's worth it to upgrade to the $35 plan

Quote from DavidLo : Why do u want to flash to page plus? Genuinely curious. I know people that flash INTO Virgin mobile...35 bucks for unlimited data, and use VoiP over 3G. Looks like Page Plus only gives you 200 mb of data @ 40/month (plus taxes?). Granted, you do get a ton more minutes.

Coverage
29.95 PLAN plus 5% discount No tax
1200 minutes
1200 text

yo, bros, can you actually hack the phone to do the unlimited tethering thingy? I don't have internet at my apartment right now.

Quote from DavidLo : Why do u want to flash to page plus? Genuinely curious. I know people that flash INTO Virgin mobile...35 bucks for unlimited data, and use VoiP over 3G. Looks like Page Plus only gives you 200 mb of data @ 40/month (plus taxes?). Granted, you do get a ton more minutes.

Quote from Beerpong : wtf is that Page Plus thing you guys keep talking about?

Page plus is an mvno on verizon's network, so coverage is pretty good. My wife and I are both on the 12$/ month plan, since we have wifi virtually all the time and can get by on the 10mb per month, for occasional maps or email. We have a skype subscription for 2.99/mo that we use for all of our lengthy conversations (we have google voice/GrooveIP, but just weren't satisfied with the call quality).

Quote from cheapodeal : Coverage 29.95 PLAN plus 5% discount No tax 1200 minutes 1200 text

Don't you get 3000 texts with that plan?

Quote from Beerpong : wtf is that Page Plus thing you guys keep talking about?

It's another carrier like Virgin, but you need to reprogram your phone to work with a different network. Not for the faint of heart.

Can this be flashed to cricket?

Is this GSM?

Quote from rlochner : Page plus is an mvno on verizon's network, so coverage is pretty good. My wife and I are both on the 12$/ month plan, since we have wifi virtually all the time and can get by on the 10mb per month, for occasional maps or email. We have a skype subscription for 2.99/mo that we use for all of our lengthy conversations (we have google voice/GrooveIP, but just weren't satisfied with the call quality).

looking to do practically the same thing, curious how well Skype is working out for you. never tried their voip, i've almost always been using a computer and while it's pretty good, i still find the occasional lag/disconnect to be too unreliable to use on a more permanent basis.

Quote from kevagain : Is this GSM?

no. not gsm.

Quote from atari : $139.99 at Virgin Mobile's web site [virginmobileusa.com]. Anyone know if there's tax?

If you use a credit card, yes. If you pay using airtime cards/pins, they assume you already paid tax when you bought the cards (and in some cases, you may not have).

Quote from etphonehome : Wrong phone. That is the HTC One V. This is the HTC EVO V. Kinda confusing.

oh LOL my bad I totally missed that, it is a bit confusing. Thank God it wasn't a Samsung Galaxy (fill in the blank), because they totally haven't killed that one quite yet.

VM, bring down the price to $99 and i'll dig the $25 plan for it

Quote from dvsdimsum : looking to do practically the same thing, curious how well Skype is working out for you. never tried their voip, i've almost always been using a computer and while it's pretty good, i still find the occasional lag/disconnect to be too unreliable to use on a more permanent basis.

I use skype on the phone some (I've got a thundebolt, wife has Droid X), it works ok, but we rarely use more than half of our 250 minutes so when I am out I just use my network minutes. I primarily only use skype when I am at a computer, and I haven't had any problems with it. I don't know how long it has been this way, but you can configure Skype to display your cell number for when you're calling. I've found that at least with our phones, over the same wifi network, skype works better on a desktop than on the phone (and even better if the computer is hooked up with ethernet). I don't know how important connection speed is, but we have cable 25 down and 5 up.

Quote from rlochner : I use skype on the phone some (I've got a thundebolt, wife has Droid X), it works ok, but we rarely use more than half of our 250 minutes so when I am out I just use my network minutes. I primarily only use skype when I am at a computer, and I haven't had any problems with it. I don't know how long it has been this way, but you can configure Skype to display your cell number for when you're calling. I've found that at least with our phones, over the same wifi network, skype works better on a desktop than on the phone (and even better if the computer is hooked up with ethernet). I don't know how important connection speed is, but we have cable 25 down and 5 up.

thanks for the info, repped