With those two things, it's a better deal to stay on AT&T. The big reason ST is so cheap is that it doesn't have a device subsidy.
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AT&T/Sprint/Verizon & T-Mobile Alternative Carriers & Plans for All iPhone Users
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With those two things, it's a better deal to stay on AT&T. The big reason ST is so cheap is that it doesn't have a device subsidy.
Ya then why doesn't AT&T offer the cheap plans to people who have their own phones? Even if u buy it out at full price they still charge up the a**...buy yes the unlimited data plan is definitely a bonus I can't argue about that.
AT&T just pulled another dumb move....Disallowing Paygo customers from purchasing Data plans unless they are on their $25 or $50 plan....meaning to get 1GB data you will pay $50-$75 now plus applicable tax.......It was a great solution for the times I am in the states only for a week or two rather than paying $45 to straight talk....but now even thats not a option. I Guess ill have to get a T-Mobile sim as my back up now.
I think they should offer some sort of incentive if you sign a two-year and BYOD. But unfortunately, they don't. What would be really cool is if you could pool upgrades together, and keep them in a pot, and get the latest phone for free on one line, by using two upgrades worth, if that makes any sense.
Only Tmobile discounts their monthly plans if u buy phone without discount or bring your own. ATT doesn't care about its customers to offer this service. ATT is what you refer to as "too big to fail and too big to care". Eventually there will be change as more and more people switch to prepaid models. I recently made the switch as Sprint started screwing customers as soon as iphone came into play. I was with sprint for 10 years and things were good. Now ETF went up to $350, stupid $10 premium data charge, adjustments to corp. discounts and horrible degradation of service forced me to switch. I was paying $135 a month for 2 lines and was about to upgrade my wife's phone to 4s which would have increased my monthly payment. I started researching and read up about straight talk. Ordered sim cards to test out and it turns out that service is really good in NYC. Ported my numbers over from sprint and got 3 months prepaid service for both of my lines. Total cost per month is $90 including NY taxes. Can't complain about that.
ya AT&T is a rip off...its better to get on with Straight Talk, H2O or RedRocket and get more for your money
The plans look good, except for the fact that none of them offer unlimited data. I get unlimited with at&t and pay about $56 (fan discount) for 450 mins+data. Texting is taken care of by google voice and I barely use my minutes, so my plan works best for me.
JOOC, is straight talk a wal mart company?
JOOC, is straight talk a wal mart company?
thats great but the unlimited option has been off the charts for long time so these plans are the "Best Alternatives" to those who are paying HIGH PRICES.
Also Straight Talk is owned by Tracfone which also owns Net10.
Red Pocket is awesome, had it for nearly a month 0 complaints. I use a ton of minutes/texts and a decent amount of data and no issues as of yet, and best of all I get the AT&T network, my phone is actually faster with Red Pocket than it was on AT&T. Mind you I changed the carrier name to AT&T as Red Pocket was huge lol, also changed the 3G symbol to 4G.
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I was pointing out why these plans aren't a viable alternative for me, but I understand your point.
That's a relief about straight talk. If I ever decided to leave at&t, these options would definitely be worth considering.
That's a relief about straight talk. If I ever decided to leave at&t, these options would definitely be worth considering.
I have straight talk and I'm able to send MMS after I did the MMS settings via the swap SIM method without need to be jailbroken. I have a factory unlocked 4S, but I'm saving monie by having done the switch from AT&T to straight talk.
PS: search on other forums about this swap SIM method to change MMS settings.
@ Satnam1989:
I see your location is Toronto. Do you know if a Fido Iphone needs to be unlocked to run Straight Talk?
Just moved to New York from Montreal - trying to figure out how to get a cell phone for a reasonable price (I pay $60/month with Fido for unlimited talk/text + 6Gb of 3G)
I see your location is Toronto. Do you know if a Fido Iphone needs to be unlocked to run Straight Talk?
Just moved to New York from Montreal - trying to figure out how to get a cell phone for a reasonable price (I pay $60/month with Fido for unlimited talk/text + 6Gb of 3G)
Yes it does, Your iPhone must be unlocked to Run Straight Talk....I would suggest if you are with FIDO and your iPhone is from FIDO you may first try to get them to help you unlock it, they may do it for you....if not then there is Gevey SIM for iPhone 4S....and older baseband iPhone 4....or you can sell your iPhone in Canada(montreal kijiji) and pick your self up a iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S for around $300-$450 on Craigslist in NY locked to AT&T.....
Anyone know how to edit a poll? I would like to add "Red Rocket" to the list but I can't seem to figure out how to do so...
Those of you getting excited about Prepaid coming to Virgin & Cricket Wireless.....well these prepaid options listed in this post have been available for quiet some time now >1year
Red Pocket has changed their $39.99 monthly plan, it now includes 25mb of data instead of 10mb.
Thanks, post updated, It seems those to companies just can't offer anything that's truly an amazing option like straight talk...instead they keep fighting with each other over MB's to GB's lol....
PS those that are on Red Rocket Mobile I have gotten the option added to the Poll so if you couldn't vote before do so now
Since Verizon is introducing their new plans this looks like a great alternative. My wife and I both have iPhone 4S's with unlimited data on both lines. If we wish to keep the unlimited data we are forced to pay the full unsubsidized price for the phone. If we are forced to pay the full price we may as well buy a factory unlocked new iPhone and move to straight talk and save $30 a month.
Ya, you know you have to look at your phone+bill cost on annual base rather than monthly....for it to make sense what savings your truly getting. Yes a factory unlocked iPhone 4S is much much much better than stupid Verizon's CDMA with a crippled GSM function.