[ale] Living without a data plan how feasible is it

Wed Oct 22 23:17:13 EDT 2014

Careful. That's Sprint, and I for one pretty well hate dealing with any of their services. Most other people I have known personally that have used them hate them too. Can't speak for all experiences everywhere but their LTE is as of 3 months ago total, err, shit. 

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> On Oct 22, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:
> 
> My Verizon contract expires in Feb. They are gonna get dropped instantly. Heard multiple people saying good things about Ting. Gonna look if the OnePlus will run on their network. 99% of my time is in WiFi zone so data use is low. Can make the teen work off his texting bill :-)
> 
>> On October 22, 2014 4:28:40 PM EDT, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I got a refurbished iPhone 4S from Ting. My bill has been $15 each month so far ($6 subscription, $3 for up to 100 minutes of voice, $3 for up to 100 messages, and $3 for up to 100Gb). I've never been particularly close to going over the 100 limit on any of the 3 things. I don't know what happens if you do go over. I mean, I don't even know what the next payment level is.
>> 
>> Yeah, I like ting.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/22/14 13:50, David Ritchie wrote:
>>> We have been happy with Ting (sprint Network, BYOD) for my son (bought a
>>> used Samsung Galaxy S3 device off of glyde.com) .  First bill was $25ish.
>>> $6/mo for basic line, everything else is pay as you go. This is probably
>>> better with mutliple lines (plan is next to move wife's Virgin Mobile
>>> account over to Ting, but will probably need to get another phone if VM
>>> won't unlock her prepaid one.)
>>> 
>>> -- David
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Calvin Harrigan <calvin.harrigan at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>  +1 for T-Mobile, especially for international travel.  Unlimited text,
>>>> data, 20cents per minute back to the states from over 120 countries.
>>>> Coverage oversees was surprisingly good.  No surprises, bill was exactly as
>>>> expected.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/17/2014 10:56 AM, Greg Clifton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> For some cheap plans, also consider Republic Wireless. They run on Sprint
>>>> Network, which seems to have pretty good coverage. You can only use the
>>>> phones that they sell, because they set the phones to ALWAYS prefer WiFi.
>>>> Then when you in a WiFi free zone, you can talk on the Sprint network. This
>>>> allows them to offer some very low priced plans (incluing data) since you
>>>> are rarely actually using Sprint's bandwidth. If you are mostly in the
>>>> city, you should haved no concerns about either WiFi or Sprint coverage.
>>>> The wife was on Sprint via Kroger's iWireless for a couple of years, and we
>>>> found that the coverage was pretty good even out in the boonies.
>>>> 
>>>>  If you travel outside the USA, T-Mobile is definitely the way to go, no
>>>> data roaming charges. They also have a 4 phones for $100/month plan,
>>>> inclusive of unlimited talk, text and ample data for most mere mortals.
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:19 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10/17/2014 08:42 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>>>>>> +1 for T-Mobile.  Buy your phone used on swappa (http://swappa.com ).
>>>>> A BYOD
>>>>>> no-contract plan is currently $68 a month with 3 GB of data.
>>>>> t-mobile has daily unlimited plans for pay-as-you-go people for either
>>>>> $2/day or
>>>>> $3/day for 3G. These have unlimited talk+text+data (though 2G data is
>>>>> limiting
>>>>> and non-secure alone).  If you don't need the phone too much, enabling
>>>>> that from
>>>>> the normal P-A-Y-G plan can save $$$hundreds yearly.  If you have wifi
>>>>> everywhere, do you really **need** data when around ATL?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On travel, I enable 2G t-mobile for the 7 days I need it. $14 - not bad.
>>>>> In a
>>>>> new city or one I haven't been in recently, it is convenient and saves
>>>>> hassles.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Paying 10x more for convenience has always been the way of the world. No
>>>>> different with cell phones, just like getting a 7-Eleven candy bar is more
>>>>> expensive than walmart or a beer at the GA-Dome.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Of course, some people need the "status" for their jobs and I completely
>>>>> understand that. After all, if you can't afford $1200/yr for a family
>>>>> cell phone
>>>>> plan, why should I let you install and configure $4M worth of equipment
>>>>> into my
>>>>> business?
>>>>> 
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