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The really really fine print, or at least forum traffic, suggests that FreedomPOP really doesn't offer a voice capability at all. Rather, they offer data, and a VOIP app which runs on a smartphone to pretend it's offering voice. <BR>
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So, on a fixed platform like a cheap smartwatch, it will provide bupkis. <BR>
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On Thu, 2017-03-09 at 11:40 -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:<BR>
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I didn't see the .99 cent, but maybe I don't have the right kind of friends referral. I'm still seeing $1.99. Still, statistically close enough to zero. <BR>
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Note that you end up providing a credit card and they automatically sign you up for $25/mo plan. You have to dig through the really small grey print to find the option to downgrade that to the free plan. <BR>
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Also note that their coverage really sucks in the East, and is pretty much non-existent west of Mississippi. I would still retain my Verizon phone for travel. <BR>
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I friend of mine works for Verizon and has observed that they are phasing out 3g support in their newer towers, so efforts to use old 3g-only devices may be less and less useful in the long term.<BR>
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Right now, it's .99 cent for a sim. I am going to get, I have an old T-Mobile Hotspot I am going to try to unlock and use with it. <BR>
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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Neal Rhodes <<A HREF="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com">neal@mnopltd.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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This is indeed fascinating. The verbiage talks of 4g LTE coverage. I wonder whose towers? And for how long is this free? Until they decide it isn't free? Are they just hoping eventually enough free users will want more data? <BR>
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My impression is that most of the inexpensive smartwatchphone devices are 3G only. Thus far I've only experimented with TMobile SIM, which seemed to work. <BR>
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On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 15:18 -0500, Mark Ulmer wrote:
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Nothing is free yet close is FreedomPop has 100% Free Plan (200 mins,
500 Texts, 200MB) and no Credit Card required. Right now you can order
3-in-1 SIM card for $1.99 (normally $10-15). Of course be sure to opt
out of mails and trials.
<A HREF="http://fpop.co/jp1f">http://fpop.co/jp1f</A>
I've already ordered 2. I got one for my android tablet and going to try
second in my old 3G iPad. Plan to order more if my laptops have SIM slots.
-Mark
On 3/8/2017 2:47 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> <A HREF="https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go">https://prepaid-phones.t-</A><A HREF="https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go">mobile.com/pay-as-you-go</A>
> "Pay as you go. $3/month
> Get any combination of 30 minutes of talk or 30 texts."
>
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> On 03/08/2017 12:45 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>> Neal,
>>
>> My son is 12 going on 13. He has a nice LG phone I found at Wally World
>> for $30 dollars,I wasn't going to buy him a $300 to $600 phone. All I
>> had to do what replace the prepaid sim with a sim I could add to my
>> account, his phone is $10 a month with 2Gigs of Data, which he burn thru
>> in the week watching YouTube the meth of his gen.
>>
>> I bought that watch this morning on amazon I found there for $15 for a
>> first time watch, I though ok. It will be here tomorrow, wow Amazon
>> surprise me with there deliverys. Well, it his second watch, the first
>> was a Darth Varder Lego watch, which I don't think will be cool in
>> Middle School. He seemed excited because a lot of friends have iWatches.
>> I guess I am mean dad, as I can't see buy kids, those expense phones and
>> watches.
>>
>> As for the $3 on T-Mobile, I can't answer that, I pay $100 for my phone
>> a month, I have a plan back from like 2000, that have me unlimited text
>> and phone and 7 Gigs a data, and my I don't have to pay to use my phone
>> as a hot spot. So between my phone and my son and taxes, it's about $125
>> a month. I looked at changing plans, but what I have I am saving some
>> money.
>>
>> Sounds like JD might be able to answer the T-Mobile question.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Neal Rhodes <<A HREF="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com">neal@mnopltd.com</A>
>> <<A HREF="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com">mailto:neal@mnopltd.com</A>>> wrote:
>>
>> __
>> <A HREF="http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21">http://www.gearbest.com/cell-</A><A HREF="http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21">phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21</A>
>> <<A HREF="http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21">http://www.gearbest.com/cell-</A><A HREF="http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21">phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21</A>> is a
>> link to the watch I bought. It is $10.99 with free shipping to the
>> US. ( I had some bonus points left from buying a SJCAM. That's why
>> it was just $3 for me.
>>
>> This is just a curiosity for me. My understanding is that for
>> $3/mo I can have some very limited amount of voice phone time from
>> TMobile. Like for the dozens of times I'm out somewhere and my
>> normal android phone is dead again. If I never run their software
>> to send emails from android phone to the watch it's still ok.
>>
>> Without knowing how old your son is, be aware that there are similar
>> phone/watches more oriented to children: they include GPS location,
>> and a panic button to dial a set number and .... I've not
>> researched them; I just ran across some on Amazon.
>>
>> On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 07:53 -0500, Chuck Payne wrote:
>>> A $3 watch, do you have a link, I love to get one for my son. He
>>> keeps trying to take my Samsung S and S3 that I have paired with
>>> my Note 4. One thing about those smart watches I don't like is,
>>> that you have to pay $5 buck a month for data plan. Yes, they do
>>> have a telephone number. Yes, I can make calls like Dick Tracy on
>>> it. Honestly the pairing and wireless are enough. I can use Wifi,
>>> and my Note will connect to the watch remote if I am not close
>>> enough for BT.
>>>
>>> I love my watches, I am on T-Mobile as well, been with them since
>>> they were VoiceStream. I have my S, before iWatch came out it nice
>>> to be able to sit in meetings and see alerts with out my phone
>>> making a lot of noise.
>>>
>>>
>>> What I would be worried about, and this is just me, if there any
>>> malware spying on you, you did say you got the watch from China.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM, DJ-Pfulio <<A HREF="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</A>
>>> <<A HREF="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</A>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/07/2017 05:25 PM, Joey Kelly wrote:
>>> > <snip>
>>> >> Just for fun, I ordered an
>>> >> $8 SIM card to hook up with the $3/mo Tmobile service.
>>> >
>>> > Huh? What do they provide for three measly dollars?
>>> >
>>>
>>> Access to their network on a PAYG plan.
>>>
>>> 30 minutes and 10 texts allowed, I think. Never use them.
>>> Zero data,
>>> but you can add a 7-day 1G data plan for non-roaming locations
>>> for $10.
>>> "Roaming" has burned me a few times - OBX and Alaska are
>>> "roaming" and
>>> not covered in the $10 data add-on, for example. They wouldn't
>>> refund my
>>> money - I'd used 50 bytes to verify the data was enabled in
>>> Portland on
>>> the way.
>>>
>>> I have wifi almost everywhere. Can't see a need to have data
>>> plan most
>>> of the time. Plenty of off-line apps, plus ads don't get in
>>> the way or
>>> suck data.
>>>
>>> Sorta shocked about the SIM cost. I've always gotten one free
>>> or for $1.
>>>
>>> BTW, I've been on the t-mbl PAYG plan since 2007. It used to
>>> be better.
>>> No monthly costs, pay just for minutes used. Bought $10/yr for
>>> about 8
>>> yrs, that was it, before they changed it to $2.95/month in
>>> late 2015.
>>> $48/yr is pretty reasonable for an emergency cell phone, IMHO. My
>>> prepaid account expires yearly, so just put $50/yr on it. I
>>> figure most
>>> people are paying $50+/month, so adding the $10/wk for data during
>>> travel is a bargain!
>>>
>>> But it is t-mobile and sometimes the coverage does suck
>>> completely.
>>> OTOH, in those places pretty much every cell networks suck
>>> including
>>> verizon and AT&T.
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