<p dir="ltr">It's a shame we can't buy a smart phone and a dumb service. Phone only and wireless for all else.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 16, 2013 9:21 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Van Loggins <<a href="mailto:vanloggins@gmail.com">vanloggins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Message: 1<br>
>> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:53:27 -0400<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>
>> account<br>
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>> Hi Greg,<br>
>><br>
>> I am potentially very interested in the plans by<br>
><a href="http://straighttalk.com" target="_blank">straighttalk.com</a>(Walmart). Since you mentioned it, I went to Walmart<br>
>and talked to the guy<br>
>> in electronics. He was very helpful. They do have phones on<br>
>Verizon. You<br>
>> have to look for cdma-v on the package. He said the technology is<br>
>the same<br>
>> as verizon but all the customer service goes through straighttalk and<br>
>> sometimes that is sub par. I might be willing to risk it though. I<br>
>could<br>
>> get a 3.5" android 4 phone with unlimited everything for me for $ 45<br>
>/ mo.<br>
>> He said it's really unlimited. No tethering is allowed, and if they<br>
>think<br>
>> you're abusing it, they can throttle your data or cut you off. But,<br>
>I<br>
>> wouldn't abuse it if that's the agreement I signed. I can also get a<br>
>dumb<br>
>> phone for my wife, which is all she wants, with 1000 minutes<br>
>(currently<br>
>> have 750 shared) and 250 text messages, for $ 30 / mo. So, for the<br>
>same<br>
>> price, I get a smart phone with unlimited data and she gets more talk<br>
>time<br>
>> and and text messages. Sounds pr!<br>
>> etty cool.<br>
>><br>
>> Do you or anyone here have experience with straighttalk? Verizon<br>
>does<br>
>> have reasonable and accessible customer service, unless something<br>
>goes<br>
>> badly wrong. I suspect that if I port my number over to<br>
>straighttalk, that<br>
>> it would be hard to get it back to verizon, but I could be wrong. I<br>
>also<br>
>> suspect I'd lose my family share plan forever.<br>
>><br>
>> Sincerely,<br>
>><br>
>> Ron<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Ron,<br>
><br>
>I can't comment on how well ST on Verizon network works, but I switched<br>
>from Sprint's sub par cell network over to ST running on the AT&T<br>
>network<br>
>using the BYOD sims that they used to sell (they only sell T-Mobile<br>
>ones<br>
>now). I've been very happy with them. I can advise though that they can<br>
>and<br>
>will throttle your data if you use more than about 2GB a month, My<br>
>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<br>
>throttled.<br>
><br>
>Van<br>
><br>
><br>
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Van,<br>
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Thanks for sharing your experience about straighttalk. I think they're buying a 2-3 GB plan from verizon, att, tmobile, and reselling it and calling it unlimited. Thus, throttling. I really want a smart phone, but am not willing to pay verizon $ 30 more per month to add it to my plan. My need is just not that great. I'm glad you're having a good experience with st, but after reading a number of customer service horror stories online, I guess I'll just stick with my two dumb phones and verizon.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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