My contract is up in February....I’m dropping them like a hot potato and going Galt with telecommunications.
My contract ends in December.
Obama listens in on Verizon and speaks on AT&T?
I'm with you. I went from a smartphone to a dumb cell phone a year ago. I still txt in extreme moderation, but I wish that people would refrain from texting me in most situations. I do not be plugged-in and have total knowledge of everyone's current status ... that even applies to my wife. For instance, I really do not need to know when she is leaving one place to another.
I like the old days. You just simply told someone that you'd be somewhere at a particular time and you showed up on time. Then the time you spent with people was not interrupted by electronics.
Twenty years ago I'd go hunting or fishing with a group of friends and we would pick a location to meet. The location often times were grid coordinates on a topo map. We would set a time to meet on only rarely was anyone late. No cell phones, no GPS and no outside world.
Ok, how do you do that?
Good idea. Just don’t buy an iphone. We still have our trusty old cellphones. Mine won’t even take a photo. :-)
I’m with CSpire down in S. MS. I plan on going with the Wal Mart economy plane when the contract ends in Feb - i don’t need all the fluff that goes with carrying the internet with me and normally use less that 100 minutes a month. Tired of the usurious waste of money.
I spend less than $100/year on cellphone service. I purchased a new, jailbroken phone for $200 (3 years ago) and only purchase minutes packages from T-Mobile.
I buy 1,000 minutes for $100. By buying $100 in minutes I get 15% more, for a total of 1,150 minutes. I load that onto my phone and go.
No monthly phone bill. I also do not have a data plan, but for me that's ok - I don't want to surf the net on a cellphone, seems rather stupid to me. I do have wifi capabilities on this phone so I can add all the apps I want.
I primarily use my phone for PHONE CALLS (I know, that's kinda archaic) and an occasional text with one of my sons. this method works great for me, I really didn't want a monthly cellphone bill as I hardly use the thing.
Oh, best part: My 1,150 minutes are good for a year, and I can roll any unused minutes over the next year simply by adding a minimum amount of minutes ($25.)
For my two teenage sons, I purchased jailbroken Samsung Galaxy Ace 2's out of Singapore (same as a Samsung Galaxy 3, just smaller) for $185 each and pay $15/mo for them both to have unlimited text - which is all kids use these days anyway. Cheap, easy, no contracts and not locked into any one carrier.
I just emailed AT & T and told them that I would wait and see what the messages are. If I receive ANYTHING upsetting from the Liar-in-Chief I will cancel their service pronto.