Harbor Mobile has been around for a few months although until now we had not been covering them due to their service being primarily aimed towards businesses, which it still is. However, sole proprietors and entrepreneurs can still apply which covers quite a range of people. This MVNO is a T-Mobile reseller that offers no contract cell phone plans that provide some of the best value in the market. All plans include unlimited talk and text and range in price from $30-$50 for 2.5 GB of 4G LTE to unlimited LTE data with no throttling (except under certain circumstances such as "continuous Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications that are broadcast to multiple servers or recipients...."). The plans basically mirror T-Mobiles Simple Choice plans but at a fraction of the cost. For instance you can stream audio from Spotify and other networks and not have that count against your data cap just like you can with T-Mobile. Roaming is also included. They are even offering to pay up to $350 towards your ETF if you are willing to switch to them. T-Mobile sim cards even work with their service, and if you don't already have one you can order one from Harbor Mobile. Harbor Mobile's pricing and policies seem pretty aggressive in terms of trying to attract new customers. Are they enough to get you to give them a try?
HARBOR MOBILE will no longer be affiliated with TMOBILE if thats bad news then here is the good news Harbor Mobile WILL NOW switch to AT&T.
Yes HARBOR MOBILE will sell their services through AT&T. How do I know this you ask?????? Well, those of us whom has been waiting today since July 16th, then July 23rd, then sometime in August, then sometime next week know that Harbor Mobile reps would tell you that they are busy trying to finalize everything.
Okay, so today (Weds, July 12th, 2015) I got sick of getting the run around and told a Harbor Mobile rep I want to start a NEW LINE OF SERVICE today, I kid you not the rep slipped up and said WE ARE UNABLE TO START NEW LINES OF SERVICE UNTIL MONDAY JULY 17th BECAUSE THEY ARE SWITCHING TO AT&T (I’m not kidding, joking, or pulling your leg). I proceeded to ask more questions and was given limited answers. I will summarize as best as possible…..
1.) Harbor Mobile WILL change over to AT&T
2.) New lines are “said” to be ready for activation Mon JULY 17th
I asked more questions and formulated a few PROS & CONS
CONS:
1.) The $50 UNLIMITED data plan will no longer exist, AT&T WILL NOT will not sell Harbor Mobile unlimited data packages
2.) Unless your T-Mobile phone is unlocked you WILL have to get a new AT&T or unlocked GSM cellular device
3.) Plans are going to change, unaware whether it will be for the best or for the worst but those of you intrigued and satisfied with the previous plans must now expect a change
PROS:
1.) Harbor Mobile is here to stay
2.) New customer accounts WILL NOT have to be for business only, they will accept general accounts
3.) Traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, & Maryland T-Mobile’s reception would vary being weak or non-existent if not in a major city but the signal for AT&T (and Sprint) would always and mostly be very strong in areas where T-Mobile would not receive a data or cellular signal.
4.) Though T-Mobile and AT&T are on the same GSM Bands, AT&T has additional bands that T-Mobile does not
5.) If you have an AT&T or unlocked GSM phone you are good to go
ALL-IN-ALL:
It is not known whether Harbor Mobile will continue as a RE-SELLER or convert to an MVNO but I’m sure they will provide us with competitive plans and services to satisfy our mobile needs at a budget friendly price.
Looks too good to be true ! I am in the process of switching over to Harbor Mobile, I just ordered a 4g LTE capable phone to use with their 50$ unlimited data plan, I just hope it stays truly UNLIMITED.
On the other hand it says on their website “Porting: You can port in numbers from just about any carrier aside for T-Mobile (pre/post paid) and any T-Mobile MVNO” I’m not sure if I can port my number which is on Lycamobile (T-mo mvno) to Harbor Mo, I have previously ported this same number from Simple Mobile to Lycamobile with no problems .
Would’ve been awesome if I could use their $15 Data only plan with my phone, but it says Voice capable devices are excluded from the plan. 🙁
I’ve been on Harbor for 4 months. Aside from customer service going through harbor it iS t-mobile. CS is US based. They get busy at times but very helpful and at that price point getting a real live American on the phone or returning emails is unheard of.