I am so sick of paying nearly $200/month for two smart phones. We have US Cellular now because they seem to offer the best coverage. (South Central WI) I wonder if people are branching off toward the "sub providers" that Walmart and Target offer. Maybe it's time to go back to the old school cell phone....GRRR
Cellular Providers.....ugh..crooks!
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garyl62
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Why are you paying so much for with them? I have 7 lines (4 smart phones, 1 tablet, and 2 cheap phones) with unlimited everything except only 10 gb of data per month with US Cellular and I'm at $302 after taxes and everything. If I dropped back to just two phones I'd be under $150. You better check out their plans again, I just looked and they have two lines, shared 6 gb data unlimited everything is $60 + $40 per smart phone so only $140 + taxes.
polarisrider1
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4 smart phones, 10 gb data, unlimited phone and text. $200 month. Fantastic service and coverage. VERIZON rocks.
I'm in the same situation as you. Seams like US Cell is the cheaper main carrier in SC Wisconsin. I too am getting sick of it, anyone use Republic Wireless or Ting? been hearing great things about them, and might try when my contract is done.
I used Ting before work gave me a phone. It works great - it's on the Sprint network, so you'd have to see if that is in your area. If you call for support, a human answers the phone and talks to you. Bills are ridiculously cheap. The downside of it is they don't offer data roaming. You do get phone roaming.
Sprint appears to have coverage in my area. I'm guessing you live in Indiana? How well did it work when you were in the U.P? I get constant calls that never ring and go to voicemail or not receiving texts, I'm sick of paying a premium price for what I think is mediocre service, what company is your work cell? how does it compare, and would you go back to ting if you had too?
**** it is all cheep now days . no one remembers the bills with the brick or the bag phones ha?
I check about every 6 mo for deals out there. if something is substantially better than what I have I call my carrier and complain. they always toss me some sort of bone to make me happy. but I have had the same corp since mid 80s in fact I have my same high school pager number lol. they have been bought and sold 5 diff times
I check about every 6 mo for deals out there. if something is substantially better than what I have I call my carrier and complain. they always toss me some sort of bone to make me happy. but I have had the same corp since mid 80s in fact I have my same high school pager number lol. they have been bought and sold 5 diff times
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lenny
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Wife and I each have unlocked At&T Iphones and use wal-mart straight talk. Each is $45 with 5gb data, unlimited text and talk, with tax $47.78 each pr month but it's gotta be a AT&T phone because we tried it with a version and data plan was less. Package started out as 2g data than got a text from them saying its going up to 5 and it did
Yeah I live in Indiana. Ting (on Sprint network) worked fine for voice/text in the UP - it has phone roaming so you should get phone service anywhere. The trade-off is it doesn't have data roaming. I don't care if I don't get data while on vacation in the middle of nowhere, but I can see that being an issue for some (if you stay in a hotel, they all have wifi).
My work phone is verizon, which in my experience has slightly better voice coverage than Sprint and quite a bit better data, but I will go back to Ting if I switch jobs and don't have a work phone anymore.
Give ting a try - no contract, just pay for what you use and you can buy a used sprint phone to see how it works. If you call them, a human answers immediately.
polarisrider1
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Verizon works great everywhere I go. Top of Mt. Jefferson to timbukto
I Can't believe Mt. Jefferson, MA even comes up in a Google search! I grew up on that "mountain". More like a big hill, but it sure was fun to ride a skateboard down!
