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FreedomPop is operating on a scamming shady level by not being honest about what they are selling. They don't give you a real phone number, just some app you n

by etaty 9y ago

FreedomPop is operating on a scamming shady level by not being honest about what they are selling. They don't give you a real phone number, just some app you need to use to call. Avoid them. Edit: Is it how hacker news community is? downvoting because I tell the truth how their service is? I had the experience of getting charged for months without warning. They use your credit card, instead of direct debit in the UK so even more annoying for cancelling. And no requiring customer to read every details of your contract is not fair. Fair is an important part of any contract, finding you are getting a VoIP number is not normal.

Karunamon 9y ago
? I have their SIM card installed in a smartphone. It works like any other phone.
- zanny 9y ago
  It gives you data but not native calling or SMS. You get about as good voice quality over freedompops VoIP as you do on google voice.
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ReverseCold 9y ago
It's real data and a VoIP number, looks okay to me. I thought they make money off the no confirmation "upgrades" with monthly fees. While sketchy, it is actually free after the "activation fee" etc. There was also ring+ which shut down, pay a few hundred up front for 5GB data "for life" + a real non VoIP phone number. All in all unless you can't afford cell service at all, it really isn't worth the hassle (no real phone number, just VoIP so it gets rejected for verification).
- wyldfire 9y ago
  If you take the price I paid for RP data and divide it over the number of months for which I had service, it still comes out with a competitive rate. So I'm not too disappointed there.
StronglyTyped 9y ago
I tried out a FreedomPop phone once and they ended up taking my credit card number and began billing me at the end of some term they had. I tried to cancel the service using their online service and got an email confirmation that it was canceled, but they billed me for months and I had to keep filing disputes with my credit card company. I won't touch or recommend FreedomPop.
bluedino 9y ago
>> They don't give you a real phone number, just some app you need to use to call. A lot of ultra-low budget phone plans are like this (TextNow for example)
tinus_hn 9y ago
Please don't complain about being downvoted

by etaty 9y ago

Karunamon 9y ago

? I have their SIM card installed in a smartphone. It works like any other phone.

zanny 9y ago
It gives you data but not native calling or SMS. You get about as good voice quality over freedompops VoIP as you do on google voice.

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ReverseCold 9y ago

It's real data and a VoIP number, looks okay to me. I thought they make money off the no confirmation "upgrades" with monthly fees. While sketchy, it is actually free after the "activation fee" etc. There was also ring+ which shut down, pay a few hundred up front for 5GB data "for life" + a real non VoIP phone number. All in all unless you can't afford cell service at all, it really isn't worth the hassle (no real phone number, just VoIP so it gets rejected for verification).

wyldfire 9y ago
If you take the price I paid for RP data and divide it over the number of months for which I had service, it still comes out with a competitive rate. So I'm not too disappointed there.

StronglyTyped 9y ago

I tried out a FreedomPop phone once and they ended up taking my credit card number and began billing me at the end of some term they had. I tried to cancel the service using their online service and got an email confirmation that it was canceled, but they billed me for months and I had to keep filing disputes with my credit card company. I won't touch or recommend FreedomPop.

bluedino 9y ago

>> They don't give you a real phone number, just some app you need to use to call. A lot of ultra-low budget phone plans are like this (TextNow for example)

tinus_hn 9y ago

Please don't complain about being downvoted