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I switched from Verizon to Straight Talk, and I can't believe how much better my coverage is, how much better my plan is, and how much cheaper it is. The one t
by yessql 14y ago
I switched from Verizon to Straight Talk, and I can't believe how much better my coverage is, how much better my plan is, and how much cheaper it is.
The one thing is that the phone is not subsidized, so I bought a $300 LG Android phone. But at $50/month for unlimited talk/text/3G versus $90/month on Verizon for limited on talk and text, that payback is well short of the 2 year contract I would have been locked into.
I tell everyone I know how happy I am that my wife and I switched, but most people just stare blankly at me, like there must be some catch and some valid reason to stick with paying twice as much to a major player in the wireless oligopoly with hostile customer service.
- rorrr 14y ago$50/month with StraightTalk is not unlimited data. After you spend 2GB, they will send you a questionnaire on why you use so much data, and what happens after that is kind of random.
- yessql 14y agoI have no idea if that's true after using this service for about 5 months now. And I doubt I'll ever find out, since I almost always use Wifi anyway. All I know is that I pay at lot less, have fewer dropped calls, stopped worrying about how many text messages I use, and I haven't been charged extra for going over on phone minutes like in the past.
- smackfu 14y agoWhy would switching to a prepaid plan give you better coverage?
- jdeibele 14y agoHe's switching networks from Verizon to AT&T, which is what Straight Talk uses to provide service. Most people and surveys find that Verizon works better for them but that's not always the case.