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Date: <span tabindex="0" class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:53:27 -0400</span></span><br>
From: "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>><br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [ale] fyi - cheaper way to add a smart phone to verizon<br>
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Hi Greg,<br>
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I am potentially very interested in the plans by <a href="http://straighttalk.com" target="_blank">straighttalk.com</a>
(Walmart). Since you mentioned it, I went to Walmart and talked to the
guy in electronics. He was very helpful. They do have phones on
Verizon. You have to look for cdma-v on the package. He said the
technology is the same as verizon but all the customer service goes
through straighttalk and sometimes that is sub par. I might be willing
to risk it though. I could get a 3.5" android 4 phone with unlimited
everything for me for $ 45 / mo. He said it's really unlimited. No
tethering is allowed, and if they think you're abusing it, they can
throttle your data or cut you off. But, I wouldn't abuse it if that's
the agreement I signed. I can also get a dumb phone for my wife, which
is all she wants, with 1000 minutes (currently have 750 shared) and 250
text messages, for $ 30 / mo. So, for the same price, I get a smart
phone with unlimited data and she gets more talk time and and text
messages. Sounds pr!<br>
etty cool.<br>
<br>
Do you or anyone here have experience with straighttalk? Verizon does
have reasonable and accessible customer service, unless something goes
badly wrong. I suspect that if I port my number over to straighttalk,
that it would be hard to get it back to verizon, but I could be wrong.
I also suspect I'd lose my family share plan forever.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
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Ron</blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br> Ron,<br><br>I can't comment on how well ST on Verizon network works, but I switched from Sprint's sub par cell network over to ST running on the AT&T network using the BYOD sims that they used to sell (they only sell T-Mobile ones now). I've been very happy with them. I can advise though that they can and will throttle your data if you use more than about 2GB a month, My Girlfriend ran over last month and got throttled.<br>
<br>I normally only use about 1GB to 1.5GB a month so I've never got throttled.<br><br>Van<br><br><br></div>