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Verizon and I have had enough of each other. If any one has any experience with the no-contract Straight Talk cellular offered thru Walmart, I'd appreciate your feedback. Dead spots? Dropped calls? Is $45/month really $45/month or is that before fees & taxes? Etc? Etc? Thanks for your help.
Verizon and I have had enough of each other. If any one has any experience with the no-contract Straight Talk cellular offered thru Walmart, I'd appreciate your feedback. Dead spots? Dropped calls? Is $45/month really $45/month or is that before fees & taxes? Etc? Etc? Thanks for your help.
I use, Virgin Mobile Is $35 per month. 300 minutes per month & unlimited data. Straight Talk cellular is good.
I don't have any experience with Straight Talk. Do you know what network they use. My son has Boost Mobile (which is sprint network). It is $55 per month for unlimited everything (if you are using an android phone), but it shrinks $5 every 6 months until it gets to $40 after 18 months. He has a few issues with bad signals and dropped calls, but he lives a block off the beach and the signal isn't all that great there for any network. I am on T-mobile and I have the same issue down in his area. I don't think it is a Boost mobile issue, just that he spends a lot of his time where the signal isn't the best.
Thanks for the feedback. I had looked into Virgin Mobile, but the coverage map on their website scared me off. I spend a good bit of time on back roads in the Carolinas, and coverage really looked spotty. There's a whole lot of non-coverage showing between Conway and Rockingham, and between Georgetown and Manning SC. If their map is accurate, that wouldn't work for me.
Hey Neecie - It looks like Straight Talk uses either AT&T or Verizon, depending upon what phone you pick. I've had good coverage success with Verizon, so i'd probably go with one of those phones. My demands aren't high; I just like for the phone to ring when I dial a number. I haven't looked into Boost. I'll check 'em out. Thanks.
We have used Straight Talk for about 18 months. It's a Tracfone company, so as with all Tracfones, you get coverage on AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile, depending on which phone you get. Our plan is $30 a month, plus state tax. That get you 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and a small amount of data, 30MB. You buy the refill cards at Walmart. It's a good deal and the coverage is as good as the major carriers, but their customer service, (mostly outside the US) and website reliability are pitiful.
Thanks for the feedback. I'd like to do the $30 plan but it looks like I am limited to the $45 plan on the available Verizon phones. The other two networks show spotty coverage in a number of the backroad areas we travel regularly. I suspect we're gonna give 'em a try. Thanks again.
The best deal is consumer cellular found at SEARS...No contract and about 25 bucks a month and uses the same cell towers as verizon...There are several different price deals and NO contracts,,
Thanks, Crestliner, good tip! Their pricing structure works very nicely for our needs, and it turns out Consumer Reports had them ranked as the #1 no-contract service. From the info I can find, it looks like they run on the AT&T network, but I'm good with that. Our local Radio Shack also reps for them, so I'm gonna drop by this week to check 'em out. Thanks again.
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If their map is accurate, that wouldn't work for me.
I haven't looked into Boost. I'll check 'em out. Thanks.
