Posted on 07/10/2016 6:37:01 PM PDT by Ferndina
I have seen Freepers discuss different cell phone plans, my son is in search of a new plan and when I searched for past articles, nothing was found.
I was hoping if you would share positive experiences with your cell phone carrier and plan. I'm not super excited about mine.
My sone have Republic Wireless now and is thinking of switching to Cricket.
Thank you in advance.
But the price of their phones isn’t free. You can get an android Tracfone for $19.95. Freedom Pop phones are quite expensive.
I have a virgin mobile flip phone, I have to put $20 on it every 3 months, but I usu make it there in 2. Getting tired of it, but for reasons we can’t lose the. House phone, so I don’t want another monthly bill.
I fear if I upgrade to one of those prepaid plans where you py $20/month, I’ll decide the crappy service isn’t worth not spending another 20 for better service.
Figures, shoulda known. They say you can sign up with an existing device, but then there is probably some kind of price of admission.
Watch out about getting a phone (like a flip phone) that only uses 2G on AT&T on any smaller carrier that uses AT&T towers. In Jan 2017, AT&T is turning off its 2G service.
The Android Tracphone I got from Walmart for $59 plus tax is made by LG. Life’s Good at 6.67 per month. The three month refill is $20, including 180 minutes talk time, plus data and messages. Even if he uses three times his data or talk limit, that’s still less than Twenty bucks a month. Data accessed via wifi is no charge if he is able to use wifi at home. Voicemail is included of course.
Avoid T-Mobile, their coverage sucks in many areas.
Cricket is owned by AT&T. They bought it several years ago. Also, you can use AT&T branded phones on smaller carriers on the AT&T system (like Tracfone, H2O Wireless, Straight Talk, Consumer Cellular, Red Pocket Mobile, Jolt Mobile, Net 10, Black wireless) etc, without unlocking the phone. But Cricket branded phones are locked to Cricket only.
I have three phones on MetroPCS for thirty dollars each and $90/month.
The reception is fine and the three phones do not use much internet; just talk and text. We moved away from Verizon (2 phones for $120/month) and TMobile (1 phone for $60/month).
Check out Clarkhaward.com. Great advice there. I got a Metro PCS UNLIMITED, ands I mean unlimited, plan that is grandfathered in. I get faster service with their 4g network than I even got wit ASDL
Lot’s of great information, I truly appreciate it.
My son has a smart phone, he uses a good bit of data, of course text, not too much talk.
The wife and I have AT T, almost done with a 2 yr contract. I feel as if I pay too much, about $165 a month.
Look at what you want and bump it against what you actually need - split the difference and you’ll have what you need while not wasting as much money as you could be wasting.
I’ve had all the major carriers at one time. I use Boost now. Samsung phone and data and text for $45 a month. Coverage is perfect here in the north east. I use it mostly because there is no contract. If I want to suspend service I just don’t “re-boost”.
I do not need a smart phone, nor do I want one. Does anyone have a slider type phone. All I want to do is text and on a rare occasion talk on the phone. I have a straghttalk phone, and like their service, but want to do the 30 a month, but they don’t let you do that with any decent phone...
I use Cricket. It’s cheap and works well
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