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

Mon Apr 22 14:13:16 EDT 2013

Thanks for that pointer. 

Verizon just blew me off again on activating my old Incredible.
Cheapest data plan is $30/mo.    

Which is galling when I have unlimited data from them for less. 

It sounds like Ting is exactly what she needs.  100mins, 100 texts,
100mb of data is $15/mo.     She can leave the data turned off except
when she truly needs it. 

I agree on coverage.  If you go camping, you want Verizon. 

Neal Rhodes. 

On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 13:02 -0400, Ron Frazier (ALE) 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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