[ale] Moving my Wife/Kids phones into the 20th Century

Mon Apr 22 13:07:13 EDT 2013

haven't been following this thread closely either but vzw is making me jump
through some fun hoops to keep my unlimited data whilst still getting a
discounted phone with my renew every 2 upgrade.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> I haven't been following this thread too closely.  Someone asked about an
> android phone without a data plan.  I can't answer the question directly.
>  However, I wanted to mention that Radio Shack has phones from a whole
> bunch of carriers.  They may be more of an independent source and MAY have
> more flexibility in terms of contracts.  I think they have att, verizon,
> sprint, tmobile, virgin  mobile, and a few other pay as you go names I
> can't remember.
>
> I would strongly recommend looking at https://ting.com/r/twich.  This is
> the Ting company, with a referral code for TWICH, the This Week In Computer
> Hardware podcast.  Ting is a reseller for the Sprint network.  However,
> they have very cool pay for only what you use plans without outrageous
> overage fees.  If you go over, you just go up to the next pricing tier.  I
> haven't used them, just heard their ads and looked at their website.
>
> In my opinion, Sprint is not a great choice if you're taking your phone
> away from the city areas and into rural areas.  I think Verizon is the best
> for that.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
> James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:
>
> >Heck, I had one of those.
> >Expensive and got stolen....
> >-jt
> >
> >
> >
> >James Taylor
> >678-697-9420
> >james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> >
> >
> >
> >>>> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> 4/22/2013   12:20 PM >>>
> >My sister had one of these at one point :-)
> >
> >
> http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/motorola/motorola-4500x/motorola-4500x-gallery-2.jpg
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> must not make joke about 20th century phones...
> >> must not make joke about 20th century phones...
> >> must not make joke about 20th century phones...
> >>
> >> Aw the heck with it...
> >>
> >>
> >> http://questy.org/stuff/cellphone.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> :)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 22, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> I just looked at brandsmart site. The same phone now is back to 100$.
> >Dell
> >> AERO. We missed sell days.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> At some point there was Android unlocked phone at BrandsMartUsa for
> >only
> >>> 50$.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com>
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> **
> >>>> Sorry if this is turning into
> >>>> alt.gripe.about.phones.just.because.android.resembles.linux, but...
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone know of a carrier that will sell an android smartphone
> >>>> WITHOUT a data plan?
> >>>>
> >>>> Meaning, it works like a phone to call and text, and when in WIFI
> >>>> coverage, it will do the groovy smartphone things.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've got three people here that are customers.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 10:27 -0400, leam hall wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> So this looks like it meets the recommendations. Just need to get a
> >good
> >>>> provider and service contract now.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.google.com/nexus/4/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I appreciate the collective wisdom. Too much marketing hype to
> >really
> >>>> see any truth to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Leam
> >>>>
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