[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DocJ8403:
Sorry for the late reply. I've heard great things and bad things about Straight Talk - Most of the negative pertaining to their customer service & the data throttling. First and foremost, I'm using the original APN settings on my Nexus as I've been satisfied with my download speeds & overall network quality. I live in Camp Lejeune, NC near a huge Marine Corps base & we just recently received the HSPA+ back haul, so I've noticed a slight increase in speeds and speed consistency. On average, I get about 3MB down and 1MB up. It may not seem spectacular, however its more than sufficient to stream HD media (YouTube/Netflix), music & or whatever else most ppl do on a daily basis. I've found that between 2:30AM - 7AM, my download speeds go up significantly... This I attribute to most people being sleep & the network not being so congested. I was actually able run my Xbox 360 online for a few hours using my Nexus network connection when my WiFi was acting wacky lol.

Go get back to your question, from my POV there's a few things that come into play in determining if going the AT&T account will be more beneficial than your current set-up. The first being that if your looking for faster speeds, I wouldn't be able to tell you if you'd see an increase on AT&T because everywhere is different and I don't know how developed or how many towers are available in your area in addition to countless other factors dude. If this provides you any more confidence, in my area I have heard that people making the jump from ST to AT&T have seen overall better network service.. so hopefully that'd work out well for you too. I'm on a family plan ( I pay for the 3rd line only which is mine ) & my bill is literally a little over $30.XX a month. Its $9.99 for my line itself, unlimited text is included for all lines for $29.99 so I pay ⅓ of that and finally $10 for my wonderful unlimited MediaNet data plan. Now obviously you will pay a little more if you have a single line, but for what I get, I'd still happily lay about $55.00/month. Since I bought my Nexus unsubsidized, when I added the line, I just purchased an iPhone 4S 32GB since I was signing a contract anyways, immediately sold it & made a nice profit off of it lol. I have had a few problems here & there with AT&T but overall I've been satisfied & whenever I did have a problem, it was nice to actually be able to speak with someone face to face in a store opposed to calling a customer service line, speaking with someone 8,000 miles away & praying that your even able to understand them lol. The ONLY thing I must say is that even though you have this Unlimited MediaNet plan, I still use discretion & try not to "abuse" it. When I say abuse, I mean I won't fall asleep every night streaming Pandora over my cellular connection every single night lol. There was a month when my home WiFi just wouldn't hold a connection, so I took advantage of my cellular connection, ultimately using 17.5GB of data that month - No lie... I never received a message nor did I get throttled, but I figured I dodged a bullet & havent done anything like that again to possibly attract attention to myself.

I've rambled on enough for now, but I hope you've found this useful in some way in making your decision. Lastly, something else worth looking into is T-Mobiles new PrePaid $30/Month plan: 100 minutes, Unlimited Text & 5GB of HSPA+ data... That'd be a great plan for those who either use Google voice or just don't talk much in addition to someone who wants to remain out of contract. If they had HSPA+ in my area, that plan would work well for me... but I think I'll take advantage of what I have until the wheels fall off!

I think Ive rambled enoug

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Well from what I see is that even though the IMEI may pop up in their system & identify the device your using, the option for the $10 data is STILL available for these particular devices. Working for AT&T, I went into my own account & played around with the options available for AT&T branded devices & the two unlocked phones I have. That's why I mentioned that if any rep attempts to tell you that "$10 data isn't available for your international phone, the system won't allow it", pull their card & call them out - it is. I check on a weekly basis to make sure the wormhole is still open.. and as of this moment, its alive & well!