Cell Phone Providers

Quote from Edward Neal

one thing I should have noted - the t-mobile unlimited 55 plan that we have is now called the "magenta" plan - its changed since we signed up - - $70 for 2 lines, but if you set it up on their auto pay its $60 - - and like I said, thats the final actual price

when we signed up it was the only senior plan - now it looks as if there are three levels one above "magenta plus" and one below "essentials" only real difference I can se between the :"magenta" and the "magenta plus" is faster data and texting when you are out of the country

If you want to pm me you might be able to get $50 from the referral program. I just switch to t-mobile last night.

Just looked at the google fi - for 2 people on the unlimited plan it’s $60 each that’s twice what my wife and I pay for unlimited on t Mobil 55 and over plan

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Don’t forget t Mobil prices include all the taxes and fees

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Quote from Edward Neal

Just looked at the google fi - for 2 people on the unlimited plan it’s $60 each that’s twice what my wife and I pay for unlimited on t Mobil 55 and over plan

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I said they are the best in coverage, didn't say that they are the cheapest.

I travel a lot for work, I am yet to find a place where my phone doesn't work.

I had to leave T-Mobile it got so bad here that I had to go outside my house to talk on the cell phone. First it got so I could not talk while sitting in my recliner at home but could stand and walk around in the house and talk. We had something like 6 phones on that plan (Business) for 6 or 8 years and were dropping so many calls we had to change over Verison around here.

Quote from FunCycle

I had to leave T-Mobile it got so bad here that I had to go outside my house to talk on the cell phone. First it got so I could not talk while sitting in my recliner at home but could stand and walk around in the house and talk. We had something like 6 phones on that plan (Business) for 6 or 8 years and were dropping so many calls we had to change over Verison around here.

FunCycle I had the same problem when I switched to T-Mobile's senior plan. It would work pretty much everywhere but my house and I was walking outside to make calls and couldn't receive most calls. I would have ditched them immediately but a call to their tech service provided a solution. I'm on Hughes Net (satellite) for internet so their wifi option was not available but they sent me a booster antenna that sits in a garage window and transmits to a receiver inside the house and it works flawlessly now. There was no charge for this.

LargeCar my Elk hunting partner who lives off-grid near Mt. St. Helens has used Consumer Cellular for years. He's a backwoods boy and claims they have the best coverage for remote areas. If you look at the coverage maps, however, you'll see that not all states are equal in coverage. The carriers also blatantly lie about their coverage so research like you're doing is important.

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I said they are the best in coverage, didn't say that they are the cheapest.

I travel a lot for work, I am yet to find a place where my phone doesn't work.

I have not had any complaints about coverage with my T-Mobil pretty much the same as it was on At-T and also now that T-Mobil and Sprint have finally merged and access has been opened up the sprint network for T-mobile people I suspect it will get even better - - in the end, as I said above, whatever plan a person chooses they need to be sure it works where they will use it most - great coverage is not worth a dang if the one place that isnt covered is where you need it most

also as a side note - if you are bringing an older phone with you to a new provider be sure it will work on all of their bands - - T-mobil in recent years has been expanding their coverage in huge ways, but it has been doing so on a new bands that many older phones dont have, when we first switched we had old iPhone 6 phones that didnt support the new band so we did not get the new coverage areas - also T-mobile is now expanding on new "wider ranging 600MHz spectrum and most phones older than 2018 will not be able to use that - - when providers show maps they dont always show the fact that some of that coverage areas may be newer cells that only have the newer bands and will require a current phone - so this is another thing to look into before signing up

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Quote from LargeCar

I just knew that this was the right place to ask about cell phone providers, a wealth of knowledge from good friends.

Went to a t mobile store and talked to a guy there that just quit at sprint. Seemed to be a pretty straight shooter, no bs kind of guy. He showed me a prepay plan that would come close to our needs, 30 bucks for both plus the tax and fees stuff. Unlimited talk and text plus 2gb data. So much to look at.

LC

I'm not sure which plan you're looking at but I'm on the $35/line plan with no additional taxes/fees - $70/month total. I keep seeing an ad for a cheaper plan, maybe $5/line less, but when I called and inquired about it, I was told that the lower plan will limit your data speed if you use too much so I decided it wasn't worth the savings.

We do not need all of that STUFF with a FLIP phone

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We do not need all of that STUFF with a FLIP phone

Yeah but MY phone can tell me that The Flying Karamazov brothers started performing in 1973 in Santa Cruz, CA. That's good stuff right there!

Quote from SlingLow

Yeah but MY phone can tell me that The Flying Karamazov brothers started performing in 1973 in Santa Cruz, CA. That's good stuff right there!

I do not use all of that stuff. I never even owned a lap top/computer until 2014 when I was piled up in the house trying to recover from the doctor trying to kill me. I only do Amazon,E-Bay and this forum as it is now. Guess what paid the bills for over 40 years, electronics and computers. DAMN I HATE A COMPUTER

Quote from SlingLow

I'm not sure which plan you're looking at but I'm on the $35/line plan with no additional taxes/fees - $70/month total. I keep seeing an ad for a cheaper plan, maybe $5/line less, but when I called and inquired about it, I was told that the lower plan will limit your data speed if you use too much so I decided it wasn't worth the savings.

My wife and I are also on the $35 /line 55 and older plan - like you $70 month - - but because we setup auto pay they knock it down to $60 per month - - - - so if you want to save $120 a year that you can use for slingshot mods you might want to set up auto pay

as to what he is looking at I read they are now offering limited plans with 2gb data for $15 per month - its a pretty new thing they just started - think it had to do with the Sprint merger

Quote from Edward Neal

My wife and I are also on the $35 /line 55 and older plan - like you $70 month - - but because we setup auto pay they knock it down to $60 per month - - - - so if you want to save $120 a year that you can use for slingshot mods you might want to set up auto pay

as to what he is looking at I read they are now offering limited plans with 2gb data for $15 per month - its a pretty new thing they just started - think it had to do with the Sprint merger

What? My whole life is on auto pay. I'll have to check into that. It could be different by state I guess...

Quote from Edward Neal

My wife and I are also on the $35 /line 55 and older plan - like you $70 month - - but because we setup auto pay they knock it down to $60 per month - - - - so if you want to save $120 a year that you can use for slingshot mods you might want to set up auto pay

as to what he is looking at I read they are now offering limited plans with 2gb data for $15 per month - its a pretty new thing they just started - think it had to do with the Sprint merger

I just switched to T-Mobile the other day. The 55+ plan is now $80 ($70 with auto pay). It's still $27 cheaper than my at&t plan with limited data. You may be grandfathered in.

Quote from BryanL

I just switched to T-Mobile the other day. The 55+ plan is now $80 ($70 with auto pay). It's still $27 cheaper than my at&t plan with limited data. You may be grandfathered in.

I stand corrected - you are right it is now $35 with auto pay - - - - Thanks

you get what you pay for.....Verizon and Concast and others are raping us with their fees....but the service is reliable...