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Hi, FC member's I'm so tired of feeding Verizon every month, for services barely given. I don't think it's fair paying $100 + dollars a month for a basic cell phone plan. Does anyone have any suggestions in finding a good, legit, cell phone company with a legit affordable plan. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated.
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I have been with Sprint for 20 years and I am on a grandfathered plan which I am pleased with. When I see commercials on TV I do believe that you can get a Sprint plan for less than what you are paying.
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I switch from Verizon to AT&T a few years back and I love it. But the best thing is for you to research your fees based on your usage and what you need best for your phone, there are many options out there.
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I love Verizon prepaid. Two lines for $75/mo. It was $40/mo before I added my husband's line. Unlimited talk/text, 5gb data. I've never used all 5gb, and whatever you don't use rolls over one month.
I'm not sure why people sign up for postpaid contracts. What are the benefits of postpaid over prepaid?
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I love Verizon prepaid. Two lines for $75/mo. It was $40/mo before I added my husband's line. Unlimited talk/text, 5gb data. I've never used all 5gb, and whatever you don't use rolls over one month.
I'm not sure why people sign up for postpaid contracts. What are the benefits of postpaid over prepaid?
I guess what I have is post paid. I guess it is up to you and what you want. With prepaid you have to be sure you go get the card and enter the minutes for the next month. I get a bill every month on the same day and it is for the same amount. Unless I happen to go over on data which as you said, I have never ever done.
I have a friend that has straight talk and he is prepaid but he has his set up to auto debit out of his checking account. So he doesn't have to do anything. So I guess it is basically the same. Maybe a personal preference. I would rather pay after I have received the service.... Kind of like with cable and other stuff like that.
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I love Verizon prepaid. Two lines for $75/mo. It was $40/mo before I added my husband's line. Unlimited talk/text, 5gb data. I've never used all 5gb, and whatever you don't use rolls over one month.
I'm not sure why people sign up for postpaid contracts. What are the benefits of postpaid over prepaid?
I guess what I have is post paid. I guess it is up to you and what you want. With prepaid you have to be sure you go get the card and enter the minutes for the next month. I get a bill every month on the same day and it is for the same amount. Unless I happen to go over on data which as you said, I have never ever done.
I have a friend that has straight talk and he is prepaid but he has his set up to auto debit out of his checking account. So he doesn't have to do anything. So I guess it is basically the same. Maybe a personal preference. I would rather pay after I have received the service.... Kind of like with cable and other stuff like that.
Yep, I use autopay too. They just take it from my account, same day and same amount every month.
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Sprint always drop your calls all the time!
Tmobile - some area can't get services!
Love Verizon best cell service! Best of all service is a large range. Lot of Sprint/tmobile/ATT&T users had switch back to Verizon!
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100.00 a month gheeze. I got from xfinity a Motorola buying it for 10,00 a month for 10 months. then we pay about 10.00 a month. I only got a smartphone for ibotta didn't worka so will try and figure it out. my son hs a good phone just him about 60.00 a month. we also got a 150.00 visa giftcard which went in one day for food grrr still good deal. I use my tablet it does it all.
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We just switched to T-Mobile - seems to be going well so far
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I love Verizon prepaid. Two lines for $75/mo. It was $40/mo before I added my husband's line. Unlimited talk/text, 5gb data. I've never used all 5gb, and whatever you don't use rolls over one month.
I'm not sure why people sign up for postpaid contracts. What are the benefits of postpaid over prepaid?
I guess what I have is post paid. I guess it is up to you and what you want. With prepaid you have to be sure you go get the card and enter the minutes for the next month. I get a bill every month on the same day and it is for the same amount. Unless I happen to go over on data which as you said, I have never ever done.
I have a friend that has straight talk and he is prepaid but he has his set up to auto debit out of his checking account. So he doesn't have to do anything. So I guess it is basically the same. Maybe a personal preference. I would rather pay after I have received the service.... Kind of like with cable and other stuff like that.
Yep, I use autopay too. They just take it from my account, same day and same amount every month.
So basically for us it is the same. No real difference except you pay before for the next month and I pay after for the previous month. There are no perks or advantages to either that I know of.
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100.00 a month gheeze. I got from xfinity a Motorola buying it for 10,00 a month for 10 months. then we pay about 10.00 a month. I only got a smartphone for ibotta didn't worka so will try and figure it out. my son hs a good phone just him about 60.00 a month. we also got a 150.00 visa giftcard which went in one day for food grrr still good deal. I use my tablet it does it all.
What doesn't work? The phone? Or Ibotta? I use Ibotta and have never had any issues. Have you tried using it on you tablet? Long as it has a camera you can do it on either.
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I have been with AT&T for 20 years and they have been excellent. I am on a single plan and don't pay anywhere near that for both cell & DirecTV Now (streaming service). It was actually more expensive to put my daughter on my plan, so I have her on an AT&T prepaid plan. With autopay I think it's $31 a month? That includes unlimited minutes/texting and 1GB of data (it's technically unlimited data, but speeds supposedly slow after using 1GB). No complaints with the prepay - and honestly, she was able to get a better deal on a phone with that too. iPhone 6 I think for $200, rather than having to finance with the "monthly" plans. I have traveled literally all over the country and have had no issues getting coverage, even in the middle of nowhere.
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I have been using Ting for a few years now and have no intention of ever changing. They use T-Mobile (or Sprint) towers so the service is the same, but I only pay for what I use after I use it and the rates are fantastic. With both my wife and I, our bill runs about $30 a month. Plus if I send them a referral that uses it, they pay us each $25.
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I am very fortunate to have son and daughter-in-law that cover mine for me
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I dumped Verizon here a couple of months ago. When we first went with them they had opened up a store here, promised to build more towers and that they were working on them right now. (first lie) and then they moved out of the store after 6 months. Then I ask for a senior discount said sure (nope another lie) Third time I called them and ask for customer service about my pin number sure they will give it too me. But I would have to drive 120 miles to a store which they said was at Walmart But nope not there. Found a a store there. Went in for them to give a new one. Nope can't do it. ( another lie) one of the clerks helped us get a new one. Now I am on Consumer. Cheaper and better range.
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We had Verizon and decided to go with Sprint because they offered a better deal. Worse mistake because service is terrible in our area with Sprint. Half the time you didn't have service at all. We went back to Verizon.
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My husband and I have Verizon. Our bill together is $114 but 35 of that is payment towards his device. We have unlimited talk and text and share 4gb of data.
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I just switched to Google Fi. I'm still using my old cell phone plan with Virgin Mobile and comparing the two. I have a prepaid. With Virgin Mobile I pay $35 a month for unlimited talk and text and 5 gigs of data. The only problem I have with that is I don't get coverage everywhere. Which usually is not a problem but since I do travel a lot for my job and just in general it can be a real pain in the *bleep* sometimes. Its rare but when it happens it's a pain.
With Google Fi I pay $20 for unlimited talk and text and $10 for every gig. Data is free after 6 gigs and your bill will not be over $80. I get nationwide and international coverage for no extra cost. If you use wifi you'd only pay $20+ tax.
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Hi, FC member's I'm so tired of feeding Verizon every month, for services barely given. I don't think it's fair paying $100 + dollars a month for a basic cell phone plan. Does anyone have any suggestions in finding a good, legit, cell phone company with a legit affordable plan. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated.
*Thank you all for your responses & suggestions. I'm thinking of looking into Sprint & Ting. One of my Brother's on Sprint on the grandfather loyal customer plan & Ting sounds interesting.
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I felt this way and switched away from Verizon for a few years... and ultimately came crawling back. Yeah, they're pricey but they're also the best. The "amazing deals" I found with other companies aren't so amazing when your phone doesn't actually work half the time.
$100 is wacko though. What are you getting?? I have a prepaid $30 a month plan with them that I'm satisfied with, that has unlimited calling and texting and a little data in case I need it.
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Hi, FC member's I'm so tired of feeding Verizon every month, for services barely given. I don't think it's fair paying $100 + dollars a month for a basic cell phone plan. Does anyone have any suggestions in finding a good, legit, cell phone company with a legit affordable plan. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Wow! I wish you had posted this last week because I cleverly switched to Verizon and they charged me almost $800 for two phones (of course they couldn't use our perfectly good phones) and a hot spot. We couldn't get the hot spot to work so we brought it back and they only refunded money for the hot spot and not the "whatever they do to supposedly get it in service (can't think of the word right now)". So now I still owe over $500 for two pretty basic smartphones and mine (It's a Motorola) drives me crazy. I can't do anything with it and I'm afraid to take it back to the Verizon store. :turkey: It's being manned by what look to be teenagers (could be wrong, but I don't think so).
So now since we just got AT&T internet, I wish I had just gotten their phone service even though the customer service was always horrific before. Keep us posted in case you actually find a phone company that will actually treat you right. I may see if what goodbuddy suggested (Ting) is available where I live. He is always on top of things. :highfive:
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I have never personally had Verizon for a cell phone carrier but I am extremely familiar with them and their large bills. I used to work for a call center that handled Verizon and wow so many upset folks over their bills. Personally it is just me so I use Straight Talk and have for years.
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That seems very high, I would say do some research based on what you want from a particular plan and what you need it to do and of course your budget! there seems to be many options out there; I am a long time AT & T user but I get a discount based on my former employer ; been retired now for almost ten years. It works for me, but may not for another person. I also use it when I travel out of the country with no problems; so just look around and find something not so hard on your budget.
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I have Virgin Mobile and manage to get along with it fine. I only have to pay $35.00 monthly on average.
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We use Consumer Cellular family plan. Since I don't use my phone, ihey charge $10 a month. They charge hubby $40()?). All i know is the bill runs around $45 a month BUT we have no text or data. I did have it on my flip phone but had it removed. Hubby just bought a smart phone but he only has the basics on it. When I had text and data, I had the minimum (forget what it was) at $5 a month. Never had a problem with calls dropping, or anything like that. Before CC, we had Nextel, who merged with Sprint. It was expensive. We needed the talk (like walkie-walkie) feature because he was working 50 miles away and because his bosses needed to contact him when needed for emergencies when at home and back and forth when on the job. Never had a problem with calls dropping or anything either . They were good.