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Cellular service for single people
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:30 am
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:30 am
What is the best carrier for single people. Verizon and AT&T give you great deals if there are 4 people on the plan but I am single and tired of paying over $120 a month for cell service. I don't use a ton of minutes, I I text a ton and I use a ton of data.
What is everyone's experience. I like having 4G LTE speed on data.
What is everyone's experience. I like having 4G LTE speed on data.
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Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:31 am to ODoyleRulez
Go phone
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:32 am to ODoyleRulez
T-Mobile...
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:33 am to GEAUXmedic
Thought about TMobile but do they have 4G? And you pay full for the cost of the phones upfront, correct?
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:34 am to ODoyleRulez
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:42 am to ODoyleRulez
Get an unlocked phone, pick the carrier you want. Will drop your bills from $120 to $40 (T-Mobile) or $60 (ATT). It also lets you leave a carrier if they screw you over- which they will try to do.
It also makes financial sense- consider an unlocked iphone- ~$600 if you buy it upfront.
If you pay $60/month (worst case) for 2 years on a pay as you go plan, you'd pay $600+(24 months)*($60/month)=$2040
If you pay your normal $120/month, even with a free not iphone over the normal contract of 24 months, that's 24 x 120= $2880
You're saving ~$840 by not having a contract. FWIW I just got an unlocked android for like ~$350. We used it when we were in Europe to get Virgin, O2, & Lyca in germany. We simply changed the sim card and went on our way. ATT wanted to charge me $150 for 100 MB of data. I got 3 GB for 10 euro
. It also helps the phone does circles around my wife's iphone.
It also makes financial sense- consider an unlocked iphone- ~$600 if you buy it upfront.
If you pay $60/month (worst case) for 2 years on a pay as you go plan, you'd pay $600+(24 months)*($60/month)=$2040
If you pay your normal $120/month, even with a free not iphone over the normal contract of 24 months, that's 24 x 120= $2880
You're saving ~$840 by not having a contract. FWIW I just got an unlocked android for like ~$350. We used it when we were in Europe to get Virgin, O2, & Lyca in germany. We simply changed the sim card and went on our way. ATT wanted to charge me $150 for 100 MB of data. I got 3 GB for 10 euro
. It also helps the phone does circles around my wife's iphone.This post was edited on 6/21/14 at 12:44 am
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:51 am to ODoyleRulez
I went prepaid a while back and can't believe I didn't do it sooner. Using h20, unlimited everything for $60mo and noticed no difference in usability from my regular at&t service.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 12:52 am to learnthehardway
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I went prepaid a while back and can't believe I didn't do it sooner. Using h20, unlimited everything for $60mo and noticed no difference in usability from my regular at&t service.
I did the same, after i divorced i was paying an assload of money for verizon.. not regular arse either.. like oprah arse..
went prepaid and never looked back.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:07 am to GEAUXmedic
Where do y'all do your prepaid through and, sorry for being ignorant, how exactly does it work?
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:10 am to ODoyleRulez
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Where do y'all do your prepaid through and, sorry for being ignorant, how exactly does it work?
there are a ton of options, i like t-mobile's one... most of them run on the sprint network though. you pay a flat amount, they give you service.. simple as that
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:12 am to ODoyleRulez
If it is just you buy a phone and use t-mobile or straight talk from wal-marks.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:20 am to ODoyleRulez
T mobile
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:22 am to NYNolaguy1
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NYNolaguy1
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:12 am to ODoyleRulez
Just go prepaid with straight talk. If you already finished out the contract and own your phone, you can take that phone to straighttalk and pay $50 a month to basically still get the same service you had before.
I was in the exact same boat as you. Had a single phone on a contact plan at around $115 a month, and realized the contracts weren't worth it unless you were on a family plan. Once my contract ran up, I took my already owned AT&T Galaxy to StraightTalk, and am still getting service off AAT&T towers, including LET, but ST is my provider and it costs me $50 a month.
Been on it for 4 months now and service has bee great. But if it ever starts sucking, I can leave for another provider no worries. Beauty of non contract plans.
Edit: just wanted to add, if the network and service are equivalent (and my experience has been that they are) then the only advantage to staying on a contract is the discounted phone prices you getbshrn signing on. But doing quick math you see that the cost savings for the phone is offset by expensive monthly bill within the first year. Considering contracts last 2 years, you really do save around $1000 bucks if you just bought a new phone outright at full price. If you dont mind just keeping the phone you have you save even more.
I was in the exact same boat as you. Had a single phone on a contact plan at around $115 a month, and realized the contracts weren't worth it unless you were on a family plan. Once my contract ran up, I took my already owned AT&T Galaxy to StraightTalk, and am still getting service off AAT&T towers, including LET, but ST is my provider and it costs me $50 a month.
Been on it for 4 months now and service has bee great. But if it ever starts sucking, I can leave for another provider no worries. Beauty of non contract plans.
Edit: just wanted to add, if the network and service are equivalent (and my experience has been that they are) then the only advantage to staying on a contract is the discounted phone prices you getbshrn signing on. But doing quick math you see that the cost savings for the phone is offset by expensive monthly bill within the first year. Considering contracts last 2 years, you really do save around $1000 bucks if you just bought a new phone outright at full price. If you dont mind just keeping the phone you have you save even more.
This post was edited on 6/21/14 at 6:21 am
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:19 am to ODoyleRulez
Straight Talk @straighttalk dot com or at walmart.
They have CDMA(?) and GSM phones one has a SIM the other doesn't (and I confuse the two).
My phone works off the AT&T towers.
I pay $52/month for unlimited talk, text and web. They also offer a discount if you pay 3 months at a time.
At first, I called AT&T and asked them for the unlock code on my phone, watched a video and unlocked it, then bought a SIM card from Straight Talk. I then dropped that phone one too many times and destroyed it.
I then bought an unlocked phone and inserted the SIM and here I am.
For what it's worth, the service is decent except when there are 100K other people in close proximity, then no one's phones work.
They have CDMA(?) and GSM phones one has a SIM the other doesn't (and I confuse the two).
My phone works off the AT&T towers.
I pay $52/month for unlimited talk, text and web. They also offer a discount if you pay 3 months at a time.
At first, I called AT&T and asked them for the unlock code on my phone, watched a video and unlocked it, then bought a SIM card from Straight Talk. I then dropped that phone one too many times and destroyed it.
I then bought an unlocked phone and inserted the SIM and here I am.
For what it's worth, the service is decent except when there are 100K other people in close proximity, then no one's phones work.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:21 am to bodask42
I get like 18% off my bill because the company I used to work for so my bill is only $74 a month. Just lie to the companies. Everyone else does.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:23 am to Red Stick Tigress
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For what it's worth, the service is decent except when there are 100K other people in close proximity, then no one's phones work
if you mean like at a football game or something, then know that this is an issue with AT&T, Verizon, or any provider, not exclusive to straight talk at all.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:25 am to bodask42
That's exactly what I meant, like at a football game. It's not a Straight Talk issue because no one's phones work and not everyone has ST.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 6:39 am to Red Stick Tigress
Virginia Mobile, prepaid. $30 month 300 minutes and unlimited text and data.
You have to buy phone outright which can be expensive. Radio shack sell the service.
I've got a spare iphone 4 for this service i'd sell for $200.
You have to buy phone outright which can be expensive. Radio shack sell the service.
I've got a spare iphone 4 for this service i'd sell for $200.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 8:23 am to tigers win2
What is the opinions on who provides the best service? I pay 70 bucks and some change a month for my Iphone which is pretty damn good. But even with that I would be saving well over 300 dollars a year if I got a straight talk unlimited plan.
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