Ohio has a similar company to MetroPCS...I forget the name of it offhand. I remember seeing those consolidated stores that have all the carriers in one shop in Cinci. Cricket isn'ttoo bad. My wife had a Cricket phone and it got descent service. There were some places in Cental IL where she didn't get a signal, so depending on location.... They have a very reasonable Android plan. Downside is that you have to buy the phone. Supposedly, you can take any of the Verizon phones and get them reprogrammed to work with Cricket. They are CDMA like Verizon, so I think the reason Cricket get better reception is that they do use Verzion cell tower and as many bad thngs as can be said about Verizon, they do have the best service on the market.
-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:33 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Cell phone opinions I'm actually in Ohio these days, not near any coast unfortunately. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am reasonably happy. Signal quality is good. One thing though, not > sure where you are on the east coast exactly, but you may want to > double-check the coverage map. In the Bay Area there's communication > infrastructure out the wazzoo but I seem to recall holes in coverage > in the less populated parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Almost all > phone companies have those though. Worth checking before you spend money though. > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:26 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The phone itself is 250 with a 2 year contract, plus another hundred > > for the deposit, so it was like 375 after taxes with next day > > shipping, just too much for today. > > > > I'll go check out boost. > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I use Boost. I am not really happy with their phone support > > > either, > which > > > is also in India, but the store is convenient so the time my phone > > > fell > > off > > > the web I took it over there and made *them* call in. It did get > > > fixed, though, I will say, nobody told me to take a computer > > > literacy class, > and > > > the bill is always the agreed-upon flat rate. > > > > > > I had tried taking the battery out, but no joy. Pretty sure I did > > > it > > myself > > > though, trying to do something with the developer site after I > > > went to Blackberry World. > > > > > > The only downside is that a lot of times they don't always have > > > the > > newest > > > and shiniest phones. Like six months old. Shrug. Oh and since you > aren't > > > signing up for whatever T-Mobile feels like holding your credit > > > hostage > > for > > > you do have to buy the phone, but hey if you're already doing a > > > hundred > > for > > > a deposit why not give that a pass and put two hundred into a nice > > Android? > > > > > > I wish I had an Android, lol... > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:12 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, that's terrible. > > > > > > > > Well this would at least be a line just for me. I will admit > > > > that > > their > > > > site has been rather problematic, so we'll see. > > > > > > > > Well it looks like they want $100.00 deposit to start (I have > > > > crap > > > credit) > > > > so this is going to have to wait until next month anyway. > > > > > > > > So that will give me more time to research everything. > > > > > > > > So who do you have for a carrier now? > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > suuuure. I forget how much mine was but it was unlimited > > > > > everything > > for > > > > > three phones. And the bill was always about $150 too high. > > > > > They > used > > to > > > > > claim the kids were doing something (what though? We had > > > > > unlimited > > web, > > > > > unlimited texting, unlimited voice... they would have had to > > > > > spend > > ALL > > > > > their time downloading ring tones.) > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, T-Mobile told me that they could not tell me what > > > > > mywere > > > > supposedly > > > > > doing to incur the extra charges. Privacy or something. Even > though I > > > was > > > > > their parent, and even though I was paying the bill. I went > through > > > this > > > > > with them about nine times. It got to the point where I could > > > > > not > > call > > > > them > > > > > -- it ALWAYS ended with me throwing the phone against the > > > > > wall. I > > > finally > > > > > bailed on the contract, because it was just armed robbery. If > > > > > you > > want > > > me > > > > > to pay you money, you gotta explain why to me, sorry. > > > > > > > > > > And ask me about the hold time. You'll have time to found > > civilizations > > > > and > > > > > conquer barbarian nations while you're on hold for them. > > > > > > > > > > Last time I was in New Mexico I called T-Mobile tech support > > > > > for a > > > friend > > > > > because she just could not deal with them and was also getting > kinda > > > > > homicidal on the subject of T-Mobile. Since the call center's > > > > > in Albuquerque, one of them anyway, I considered this a problem. > > > > > > > > > > I was on hold three hours, dude before I even talked to > > > > > anyone. She > > > > hadn't > > > > > been able to get on the web for more than a year, and they > > > > > told her > > to > > > > take > > > > > a computer literacy class. OK, she did need one, but I'm here > > > > > to > tell > > > you > > > > > that she was not the reason she wasn't getting on the web. I > finally > > > got > > > > > her internet working by taking the battery out and putting it > > > > > back > > in. > > > I > > > > > have no idea how long that lasted though -- for all I know it > > > > > hung > > > again > > > > a > > > > > week later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:38 AM, LRS Scout > > > > > <lrssc...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > huh. The plan I have should be 102 a month all told. Which > > > > > > is > $30 > > > > > cheaper > > > > > > than sprint and even cheaper then Verizon. I looked at all > > > > > > the > > > reviews > > > > > for > > > > > > around here and they were well rated. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know. I was on AT&T for so long it was ridiculous, > > > > > > but > > they > > > > are > > > > > > the most expensive at 170 or something. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Dana > > > > > > <dana.tier...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > >the > > > > > > > ARGH > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hated T-Mobile. The bill was always wrong, like $150 too > > > > > > > high > > and > > > > > they > > > > > > > never admitted it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have been warned ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:13 AM, LRS Scout > > > > > > > <lrssc...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I'm looking around for a new phone. I've pretty much > decided > > > > that > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > going to get a T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They seem to have the cheapest unlimited plan around > > > > > > > > here, > and > > > the > > > > > > phone > > > > > > > > hits all the high points I've set for myself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The second closest was on sprint, but their mobile > > > > > > > > hotspot is > > an > > > > > > > additional > > > > > > > > 29.99 for some reason. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, the things I want: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Android 2.3 > > > > > > > > 4g > > > > > > > > Full qwerty keyboard (sliders preferred) Decent camera > > > > > > > > (6+ MP) Front facing camera (can be lower rez) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
