[wplug] OT cell phone help -- other more on-topic cellphone question

Sat May 17 19:59:09 EDT 2014

Suggestion:  Look at this, just for the hec of it.

http://www.lycamobile.us/en/

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Rob <tempest766 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sounds way too much like a paid endorsement for T-mobile.  Considering
> what they did to my X, there's no way in hell that I'd sign any contract
> with those people.
>
> She simply called to ask about early termination of her contract since it
> was up in three months anyway, and she wanted to join me on my contract
> under a different carrier.  The CSR gave her a rash of crap, and when my X
> asked to speak with a manager they hung up on her...then to add an illegal
> act to what they did, they immediately cancelled her phone to keep her from
> carrying her number over to another carrier, even though they never arrived
> at an agreement about her terminating early.  .... then T-mobile had the
> gaul to send a collection agent after her for breach of contract even
> though THEY THEMSELVES shut her phone off early without coming to agreement
> with her on terms for canellation of service.
>
> Yeah...T-mobile ain't happenin in my world.
>
> I'm stuck with Verizon for now since my plan has more than just my phone
> on it and I'm not the customer of record for the service...and I JUST
> BOUGHT the Galaxy S4.  Had I known beforehand how Verizon locks down the
> phones I would have dropped off of the plan I share with other family
> members and gone with something different like a pre-pay and bought the
> phone outright instead of accepting the subsidized contract route.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 5/17/14, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [wplug] OT cell phone help -- other more on-topic cellphone
>       question
>  To: wplug at wplug.org
>  Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 8:45 AM
>
>  You won't find
>  anything as cheap as $15/month from T-Mobile or an MVNO.
>  MVNO = mobile virtual network operator.
>  It's a fancy term for a company
>  that
>  pays a carrier for the privilege of selling service using
>  the carrier's
>  network.
>
>  One of the most popular T-Mo
>  plans is the $30/month plan available for
>  new customers through Wal-Mart. You get 100
>  minutes, unlimited texting,
>  and 5GB of
>  soft-capped data. T-Mobile did away with all overage fees a
>  few
>  months ago, so you don't have to
>  worry about getting slammed if you go
>  over
>  100 minutes.
>
>  The $40/month
>  "Simple Starter" plan gives you unlimited minutes,
>  unlimited
>  texting, and 500MB of soft-capped
>  data. From there, it's $50/1GB data,
>  $60/3GB data, and I'm guessing you
>  don't want to go any higher than that.
>
>  If you just want good service
>  and don't need T-Mobile's retail perks, such
>  as paying early termination fees, there are
>  other options. Straight Talk
>  (MVNO) offers
>  unlimited minutes, unlimited texting, and 3GB of data for
>
>  $45, although its customer service can be
>  iffy. MetroPCS, which was bought
>  by
>  T-Mobile, offers identical coverage to T-Mobile postpaid at
>  a significant
>  discount. You can get 2.5GB
>  of data for $50 or unlimited for $60. However,
>  MetroPCS is /only/ available to people with a
>  phone number linked to a
>  major city.
>
>  Getting an unlocked Nexus
>  device onto T-Mobile (or T-Mobile MVNO) is as
>  simple as inserting a SIM card. The Nexus 5
>  includes a special tool for this.
>  You press
>  an eject point on the side of the phone with the SIM card
>  tool
>  and the SIM card tray pops out. Then,
>  you just put the SIM card on the tray
>  and
>  push the track back into the phone. That's it.
>
>  --
>  *Justin
>  Smith*
>  GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
>  /"Any fool can use a
>  computer. Many do."/
>
>
>  I am interested in a Nexus. Last time I checked
>  T-Mobile plans they had a
>  very cheap
>
>
>  ($15/mo or
>  something) plan with few talk minutes but decent data and
>
>  text. The next jumpup from that was
>  significant, something like $60/mo. is
>  this
>  still the case or have they improved the plans?
>
>
>  How do you
>  get an unlocked Nexus onto Tmobile? Is there some chip or
>
>  card youhave to install? is it hard to do
>  it?
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