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How do I not get a voice plan? (tablet aside) Nearly all decent data plans (in the US at least) have a mandatory unlimited voice/SMS bundled.

by zaphoyd 12y ago

mncolinlee 12y ago
Several carriers offer them and the ones that do will win price-sensitive customers. T-Mobile: http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/mobile-internet.html http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/mobile-internet.htm... U.S. Cellular: http://m.uscellular.com/uscellular/plans/data-only-plan.html http://m.uscellular.com/uscellular/plans/data-only-plan.html http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Data-Only-Plans-26912644 http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Data-Only-Plans-26912644 Also, T-mobile offers free international data in many, many countries. This may offer a cheaper option than international voice calls for callers with traditional plans.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  T-Mobile has a $30/month 5G 4G data, unlimited text, 100 voice minutes plan available, but you can only activate at Walmart or on T-Mobile.com EDIT: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://i.imgur.com/5aQ7LRy.png http://i.imgur.com/5aQ7LRy.png
  - mdaniel 12y ago
    I have Brightspot, which is a pre-paid MVNO on T-Mobile, and it has been my experience that I cannot use my Google Voice number for voicemail like I could with a post-paid account, and I am experiencing that a lot of the short-code messaging services can't reach me, either. I haven't tried sending an SMS to a short-code service, but my suspicion is "no" on that, too. Also, and this may be T-Mobile wide, I am experiencing that they are routing all voice traffic over the data line, which means poor coverage now results in ch-op-py dr-op-ou-t speech just like a bad SIP line would. I tried to make a call last weekend and the other end sounded just like a modem it was so bad. Just caveat emptor.
parfe 12y ago
Go to a store with tablets on display compatible with Verizon LTE (or borrow one from a friend). Activate a SIM on the Verizon network, data only, for the tablet. Pop the SIM into your phone and presto, data only plan that Verizon can't do anything about (Thanks to Google's involvement in the bidding process for the LTE spectrum).

How do I not get a voice plan? (tablet aside) Nearly all decent data plans (in the US at least) have a mandatory unlimited voice/SMS bundled.

by zaphoyd 12y ago

How do I not get a voice plan? (tablet aside) Nearly all decent data plans (in the US at least) have a mandatory unlimited voice/SMS bundled.

mncolinlee 12y ago

Several carriers offer them and the ones that do will win price-sensitive customers. T-Mobile: http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/mobile-internet.html http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/mobile-internet.htm... U.S. Cellular: http://m.uscellular.com/uscellular/plans/data-only-plan.html http://m.uscellular.com/uscellular/plans/data-only-plan.html http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Data-Only-Plans-26912644 http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Data-Only-Plans-26912644 Also, T-mobile offers free international data in many, many countries. This may offer a cheaper option than international voice calls for callers with traditional plans.

toomuchtodo 12y ago
T-Mobile has a $30/month 5G 4G data, unlimited text, 100 voice minutes plan available, but you can only activate at Walmart or on T-Mobile.com EDIT: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans http://i.imgur.com/5aQ7LRy.png http://i.imgur.com/5aQ7LRy.png
- mdaniel 12y ago
  I have Brightspot, which is a pre-paid MVNO on T-Mobile, and it has been my experience that I cannot use my Google Voice number for voicemail like I could with a post-paid account, and I am experiencing that a lot of the short-code messaging services can't reach me, either. I haven't tried sending an SMS to a short-code service, but my suspicion is "no" on that, too. Also, and this may be T-Mobile wide, I am experiencing that they are routing all voice traffic over the data line, which means poor coverage now results in ch-op-py dr-op-ou-t speech just like a bad SIP line would. I tried to make a call last weekend and the other end sounded just like a modem it was so bad. Just caveat emptor.

parfe 12y ago

Go to a store with tablets on display compatible with Verizon LTE (or borrow one from a friend). Activate a SIM on the Verizon network, data only, for the tablet. Pop the SIM into your phone and presto, data only plan that Verizon can't do anything about (Thanks to Google's involvement in the bidding process for the LTE spectrum).