Cell Phone Service - who do you use and how much you pay?

[shark66]

You can get Verizon (or Sprint) service through third parties, which is what I used to do for my wife.

These were the folks we used:

http://www.lucky-aces.com

A gaffe here and there, but overall they were quite alright and much cheaper than getting service directly from VZ.

YMMV

Good luck to us all.

[Drazil65]

Straight Talk (Walmart) and the service provider is Verizon. $45 plan is unlimited everything and you can set it up to auto refill monthly or put the service cards (purchased at Walmart) in a reserve account and you choose a date each month that it will dump a refill into your phone at that time. It easy, its simple its cheap and no contract. You have a choice of many phones and I have one that you can access the internet, talk, text and photos ($39.99), there is one cheaper at $29.99 as well.

[Exployer1234]

I have At&T right now. 85 dollars per month. I have 450 free minutes, unlimited internet, and 200 text. I have an iPhone.

In August I will be switching to Verizon. It is the same price for the plan, but I will be able to use 4G service instead of having to run on edge all the time. I need to have a phone for work and school.

[jetsfan2010]

glad to see most of you have phones similar to what I have and pay about on average what I would expect

[sunshinepa]

Wow, I feel cheap!!! I use a pre-paid Tracfone. Have a double minute plan, spend maybe 75.00 a year but only use for emergencies, etc. My landline including DSL, caller id with Verizon is 43.00 a month. I do not keep long distance on my landline, use Google voice to call everywhere long distance for free!

Just call me frugal......LOL!

[IamOld]

When my "bundle" for "free" phone service ends with cable co, I think I'll finally convince spouse to get rid of landline...UNLESS cable co offers another "deal"

[LadyinAL]

AT&T is our cell phone provider for 5 years now. I have a family plan w/ 4 lines. 1400 mins, Unlimited text, grandfathered in unlimited data plans, free mobile calling any cell phone on any network ,A-List (10 numbers) and over 9,000 accumulated roll over mins. I have the iPhone and my hubby has the Windows Phone 7. We pay $200 dollars monthly.

[jetsfan2010]

looks like Im switching over to sprint. My job gives a healthy discount and their service is solid where I live.

[bcohen]

About landlines .... I agree, they are through. The last time we had one it was primarily for faxing, but now use a scanner & email for anything we need to fax. I am getting ready to have a garage sale ...several phones for sale ..... gonna put a couple of bucks on them for a day or two then put them in the free pile, lol.

Nonsense. I dumped my cellphone (which was with T-Mobile) back in 2008, and got a home phone instead. I can talk as much as I want with no "per-minute" charges, no overages at 50 cents a minute, no dropped calls, no poor sound quality, and no hassles--since I have an unlisted number. Now that I've been cellphone-free for almost 3 years, I don't miss it at all!

[jetsfan2010]

I am not home enough to not have a cell.

[malf1204]

I dumped Verizon 2 years ago and my wife and I use Virgin Mobile. It is owned by Sprint and operates on the Sprint 4G network. $25.00 for 300 minutes, $40 for 1200 minutes and $60 for unlimited minutes all plans have unlimited text, email, web browsing no hidden fees or add ons. I use a $10 phone and I read email surf the web and text just fine. I could not be happier with them

[shark66]

Nonsense. I dumped my cellphone (which was with T-Mobile) back in 2008, and got a home phone instead. I can talk as much as I want with no "per-minute" charges, no overages at 50 cents a minute, no dropped calls, no poor sound quality, and no hassles--since I have an unlisted number. Now that I've been cellphone-free for almost 3 years, I don't miss it at all!

I'm with you in the respect that I'd *never* give up my POTS line. We've had situations where the heat, snow, rain knocked down the power lines, and good ol' plain-copper-dialtone stayed up...

If most people had the slightest idea how the vast majority of cell towers actually work, they wouldn't give up their landlines either, but that's a whole another matter.

I also have a ringdown circuit that is tied to local police station...long story behind that one, but let me put it this way: the alarm system on my house is there for the purposes of insurance discount. My guns and the aforementioned ringdown are there for *real* safety.

My cell phone is provided and paid for by my employer...

Good luck to us all.

[Pandora]

Verizon - 3 phones, Friends & Family share plan 1400 minutes, unlimited mobile to mobile (verizon customers), 10 friends/family numbers (home or otherwise) that is unlimited, unlimited text, plus MiFi 2200 (internet) for $211 a month.

Still have landline (also verizon) with unlimited long distance ($70.99) month all in; we have to have a landline as cells dont work too well in the house. Wish I had my wonder twin powers so that I could activate the new cell tower thats been sitting 4 miles from us.... for over a year now so we could get better service!

[Freddy03]

We use AT&T total bill is $160 for 3 lines, 1 unlimited data plan, 850 shared mins and unlimited texts (this is a neccessity as we have a teen daughter..lol).

[catleg]

Tmobile prepaid. $100 per year gets us 1000 anytime minutes which we never use up. Not the stupid $1 a day plan, but the traditional Tmo-to-go.

I used to have an AT&T blackberry thru work but could not use it at home, voice quality was so poor. And I am physically located very close to the NJ Turnpike which you would think would just about guarantee good coverage.