Lowest cost, best service cell phone service

[Hugh R]

Retiring soon, I've been with Verizon because they had service in the
Albuquerque area, not traveling there anymore. I'm currently paying about $100/month.

Want a whole lot cheaper, for personal, not business, yes, data is a need.

[biosurfer1]

I have used Straight Talk for a couple years. Never an issue with service (AT&T network), plus I get like 6Gb of LTE data before they throttle and never have come close. $40/month if you buy 6 months at a time. Bring your own phone, buy a sim card at Walmart, port your number and you're off. Month to month so cancel any time you want.

[VincentVega]

Check out ting. Cheap, cheap if the packages work for your usage.

[Don Ro]

Cricket - $35/mo.
I don't know....a buncha gigs.

[rockfan4]

How many minutes do you average per month?
How many texts?
How much data?

Me, I'm a cheap sob and don't talk much, so I'm on Tracfone. $19.99 / 3 months gets me 180 minutes of talk, 180 texts, but only 180mb of data. I don't talk more than 60 minutes a month so it suits me fine. I can buy another gb of data for $10, and refill it whenever I need to. Still using my Verizon Galaxy, still using Verizon towers.

T-Mobile had what they called the "Walmart Plan", $30/month for only 100minutes of talk, but unlimited texts and 5gb of data. I was on that for a while but T-Mobile doesn't have great coverage here. They're adding towers and getting better.

There's lots of MVNOs can get you a better deal than the major carriers, especially if you don't need unlimited everything. A couple older guys I know have signed up with Consumer Cellular, they have an AARP discount.

[icemann427]

Depending upon the phone, you get to utilize the Verizon system with Straight Talk. Some use AT&T, some use Verizon, and some use T-mobile. If you want to use a cheaper Verizon alternative with Straight Talk, check out the phone reviews on Walmart.com and you will see which phone goes with what system.

[Hugh R]

Like my iphone 6s, need to keep the old number. Thanks. I'll check those out.

[McLovin]

We just left Verizon for MetroPCS.

3 lines, $25 per month each, total cost (all taxes, fees etc included).

It's less than half what we were paying with verizon.

[McLovin]

Unlimited talk and text plus 2gb LTE data for each phone and unlimited slower data after 2gb.

(We're almost always on wifi when using data so 2gb is plenty)

[911michael]

If you want to stick with the Verizon network, look at Page Plus or Total Wireless. I switched to PP for $29/mo with 1500 minutes and 1gb which is plenty for my use. A friend has used PP for 5 years with no issues.

Since you mentioned the need for some data, TW offers 5gb for $35 or 8 gb combined for two lines for $60. Both plans have unlimited talk/text. When the +1 is ready to give up her flip phone and go to a smart phone, we'll switch to TW and the $60 plan. Both companies are owned by TracFone.

Fwiw, here is a list of MVNO's

List of MVNOs

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by McLovin

We just left Verizon for MetroPCS.

3 lines, $25 per month each, total cost (all taxes, fees etc included).

It's less than half what we were paying with verizon.

I have been looking into this, either Metro or Boost.

The big thing is what area are you going to be in and how is coverage for the different providers?

For instance my home town has almost no AT&T coverage, excellent signal on Sprint, marginal on T-mobile (but we stick with T-mobile because it seems to be the best trade off in price/performance.)

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=rockfan4;9654280]How many minutes do you average per month?
How many texts?
How much data?

Me, I'm a cheap sob and don't talk much, so I'm on Tracfone. $19.99 / 3 months gets me 180 minutes of talk, 180 texts, but only 180mb of data. I don't talk more than 60 minutes a month so it suits me fine. I can buy another gb of data for $10, and refill it whenever I need to. Still using my Verizon Galaxy, still using Verizon towers. QUOTE]



I also use Tracfone because of the low price...less than $7/month. I use an LG smartphone and have never found a place without coverage. It's easy and cheap to add data, if needed.

[rusnak]

I get ass raped by Verizon each month. I got nuthin'.

[LWJ]

Ting is pretty great.

[Khal]

cricket is about 35 a month and its okay.
work phone verizon and just 1 day after I got the phone I started getting spam calls because those fkers sold out all of our numbers to crooks like themselves.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Ting is pretty great.

Is ting only using AT&T network? (very weak AT&T signal at home)

Just went to the ting site, we have three lines, 1272 minutes talk, 3903 text, used 19 Gigs data, (my wife watches a lot of video on her phone) pay T-mobile $174 -
ting quotes me $240 to match those numbers.

[bell]

a few years ago I had a prepaid virgin phone.... my wife had boost......
the virgin was awesome, super cheap and never dropped calls or had poor service.... uses sprints network iirc.....
her boost phone/ network was horrible....

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by biosurfer1

I have used Straight Talk for a couple years. Never an issue with service (AT&T network), plus I get like 6Gb of LTE data before they throttle and never have come close. $40/month if you buy 6 months at a time.

I pay $45 ($46.31) monthly for straight talk. I think they just upped the data to 8GB.

I have a 6S.

[red-beard]

Which Verizon reseller has the best data plan? I'm looking to upgrade to a Galaxy Tab 3 and they are only offering the 4G/LTE version on Verizon.

[Bowling]

25 year Verizon customer and all their pre corporate merger iterations. Switched to sprint yesterday, unlimited talk, text, data and 10gb of hot spot, $50. month, pups $30. additional line if you want. Used my existing phone, they offer free 2nd iPhone if you buy one from them. Month to month, no contract.