Revol and Cricket don't carry phones I'm interested in, I provided a list of requirements at the beginning.
You can pull in any unlocked phone you want, but unlocked phones are way more expensive. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:350800 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
