Who uses Virgin Mobile?

[SAWYER]

I am about to cancel my Sprint and I stumbled up VM and see it uses Sprint's coverage so I am good to go. How do you like it? I am going to do the 35/month plan

 

[arrfep]

Do you travel much? Apparently the biggest negative is that there is no roaming ability.

That's the only thing that really kills it for me.

 

[SAWYER]

70 miles away from home weekly, but I dont talk anyway. If the area I go to on their coverage map is in green am I good to go?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Yep, good to go, biggest downside is the Triumph has a crappy radio, and slow internet speeds. You're looking @ VM's coverage right?

Sprint roams on Verizon, so you get pretty good coverage, VM is Sprint only, no roaming.

 

[matas]

I am confused about roaming, if my phone enters a roaming mode, does it mean I will have to pay a lot more per minute/text/internet?

 

[SAWYER]

I use a bb curve so internet speed isn't an issue. I don't know if I roam on my phone now with Sprint. I live in Jonesboro, AR

 

[tfinch2]

I've been on it for a week now. I have the Motorola Triumph.

It's been good so far, except for the battery life on the Triumph is terrible. Worse than my Evo.

 

[ImDonly1]

I am confused about roaming, if my phone enters a roaming mode, does it mean I will have to pay a lot more per minute/text/internet?

No, on prepaid there is no roaming at all. You can't roam and can't be charged more.

 

[hanoverphist]

my daughter has the optimus V on virgin mobile. not too bad, but sprint isnt the best here in the phx area so i get frustrated sometimes when i cant get ahold of her. when we travel she usually has signal, but not everywhere.

 

[SAWYER]

Can I buy a used Android VM and put it on the 25/month plan or do i have to use the phone that are offered for that plan?

 

[Pliablemoose]

No, just like Sprint, they don't allow other phones on their network.

 

[SAWYER]

I mean a used vm android phone. ON their website that only list certain phones for the pay lo, my wife prefers the more minutes that it offers

 

[senseamp]

I like it, great value for voice + data (I still pay $25) in urban/highly traveled areas, but if you want more reliable voice with no data, get Page Plus, which is on Verizon network.

 

[SAWYER]

I would but no Blackberry on it that I see. If I could get my Sprint Curve to work on it I would

 

[Pliablemoose]

Any VM phone should work fine.

 

[alent1234]

I would but no Blackberry on it that I see. If I could get my Sprint Curve to work on it I would

the reason it's so cheap and unlimited data is they know how much data each phone uses and plan around that. their phones aren't exactly speed demons

 

[quikah]

I would but no Blackberry on it that I see. If I could get my Sprint Curve to work on it I would

?

There is a VM Curve available.

 

[NeoV]

my ex and my daughter are on it. Coverage in NE Ohio isn't nearly as good with Sprint as it is with Verizon or AT&T, but when they are in areas where the coverage is good, it works fine.