What is your personal cell phone plan and what isn't it MetroPCS?

[CA19100]

Metro PCS is $40 unlimited talk with 3 gb data. I said eff it and upgraded to $60/mo which has unlimited data. (truly unthrottled, unlimited)

Uhhhhhhhh...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...plan-disclosures/ar-AAj8UJe?OCID=ansmsnnews11

 

[Capt Caveman]

Straight Talk using AT&T towers.

This. $42.5/month (reimbursed by work). Unlimited phone, text and data(first 5gb at LTE)

 

[tynopik]

Ringplus here. Essentially free. I paid $10 once some months ago and get 3,000 plus minutes, 3,000 plus texts, and 3GB of data a month, at zero additional cost. They offer phones, I use a "bring your own." Beat that, homes.

The main downside is that it uses the Sprint network . . . not the best coverage.

also, it might not be around much longer

http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2016/10/ringplus-stops-activating-new-lines.html

they claim they'll be back soon, but . . .

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

The wife and I use Ting. Because of their pay-for-what-you-use plan the monthly charge usually varies between $38 and $46. Our largest bill ever was $52. That's for both of us, not each.

The downside of Ting is no mobile data when roaming. However, Wi-Fi is so ubiquitous today it's rarely ever an issue.

 

[Skeeedunt]

$60 flat. Taxes included. Couldn't be happier.

Even T-Mobile has far worse plan (more $, less data) which is what MetroPCS leases their towers from. Crazy.

I'm looking at switching to T-Mobile now, and their current "unlimited" offer is $70, before 15% work/association discount (and also before taxes). Probably around $65/m out the door. Doesn't seem like a huge difference to me.

I wish I could talk myself into the $30/5GB plan but it seems like a pain to micromanage my minutes that much.

 

[Herr Kutz]

Total Wireless

• $33.50 per month before tax with autopay and $37.75 with tax
• Unlimited talk/text, 5GB of Data
• Verizon Network
• Throttled to 5Mbps but I cannot tell the difference from being on AT&T postpaid even though speeds were faster
• Major downside is no tethering which I did occasionally use when on AT&T
• You can add 3GB of data for $10 and it does not expire

I really moved to Total Wireless because I thought the Verizon network had the best coverage but in my area I really cannot tell a difference.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I love the Sprint commercials where they say they are within 1% of Verizon's reliability, so they are saying they are not as good.

 

[NutBucket]

Well really what does that even mean? Within 1% of what, coverage? Reliability? Data speeds? Point is, it's just statistics.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Well really what does that even mean? Within 1% of what, coverage? Reliability? Data speeds? Point is, it's just statistics.

I posted what they are claiming, reliability.

 

[NutBucket]

How do you define reliability?

 

[eldorado99]

Mine is paid for by work that's why.

Seems to work fine and costs me nothing.

 

[John Connor]

Cricket @ $35/month with the auto pay otherwise it would be $40/month. 2 or 2.5 Gigs a month I think it is. I mostly use WIFI.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Very Happy with Consumer Cellular!!

 

[thedarkwolf]

Another Ringplus guy here. Hard to beat FREE.
I'm on the 1k min, 1k txt, and 1gig plan. All are way more than I use.

If they go away then it is back to Ting for me unless I figure out something better.

 

[lxskllr]

How do you define reliability?

When it works, it works. Kind of a shit statistic. All the companies have good reliability. What matters is coverage and speed.

 

[Zeze]

T-Mobile, $50/month, but I keep thinking about switching to Ting.


Does that allow tethering? That's important to me in case my wired Internet goes out.

Yes. Just so happens I had to tether my work laptop last week and I was nervous it worked flawlessly doing screen shares

Not tethering, but phone turned into a wifi. The screen showed wifi name + pw. Then you log in. Amazingly simple.

 

[Insomniator]

I'm on Verizon because of a 22% work discount, and connections discount for having both FIOS and VZW. Bill is $110 a month for 2 phones with 24GB of total data -- which is basically unlimited for us. Also Verizon has good international plan options and the wife and I have been out of the country for ~4 weeks this year so far. My friend switched to Verizon just for that after he was screwed by ATT on a recent trip.

 

[repoman0]

I'm moving off a shared Verizon plan to an individual T-mobile account in the next week or so -- $70 / month to $40. I get 3GB of data plus unlimited music streaming. The music streaming is the only important use of data for me so this cheapest option is more than enough. Coverage seems to be good around here but I really don't care that much about cell coverage, so whatever.

Apparently it will work overseas easily too, but I've actually enjoyed entirely foregoing cell coverage for the duration of my last few extended trips.

 

[nathanddrews]

We've been doing an 8-line T-Mobile account for a couple years now and it's been great. Every line gets:

3-5GB 4G LTE (with rollover)
Unlimited select video and music streaming services (Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Pandora, etc.)
Unlimited slower data
Unlimited texts
Unlimited minutes
Wi-Fi calling (awesome for making calls in other countries, airplanes, wherever)

The base price before taxes, fees, replacement warranties, etc. is just $18/line.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I use MetroPCS. 2 phones, 82 bucks a month including the 6 dollar insurance.

 

[NutBucket]

I'm at $280 a month with Verizon. Old plan, 4 smart phones and 1 dumb phone

1400 minutes, UL text.

2 lines - unlimited data
2 lines - 2GB
dumb phone

Haven't decided what my next move is given we do go places where Verizon coverage blows away the competition. Might consider moving to a shared data plan...we collectively used about 14 GB last month. I haven't been hit with the $20 increase for UL data yet because the contract on those two lines won't expire until next summer. That will definitely make it hard to justify keeping our current plan.

 

[ControlD]

Verizon is the only carrier with decent service around here, so I just bend over and take it with half a smile.

 

[RockinZ28]

I do Cricket for my mobile use, $65/mo unlimited talk/text/LTE data. Coverage has been pretty good, although places where you have that LTE in the middle of nowhere with VZW, you have voice at best with Cricket.

Then have two Verizon lines for $145/mo. Family plan of 700min, no texting (Use Hangouts and GV) with one unlimited data and one 2GB plan. Wife uses the 2GB line, unlimited is used as a USB modem tethered to my router. Only get 6/1 DSL for a landline option here, and my phone gets f'in 140/35 at home.

 

[NutBucket]

Was just doing some reading and it seems if you break the 100GB mark that's a red flag.

 

[RockinZ28]

Was just doing some reading and it seems if you break the 100GB mark that's a red flag.

If you're month to month on VZW you'll get a notification to change plans or be dropped. At least that's what was said in July.

Under contract, no. I use 300+GB/mo and have never heard a peep. Hopefully they don't close all the loopholes for renewing unlimited contracts.