Advice for Cell Phone Luddite

surfsteve

surfsteve

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OK, I have an iPhone 5s that's 3 yrs old. Works fine. I hardly use it compared to the rest of the world, but like having it when i need it.

Lowest I can negotiate with AT&T is ~ 65.00/month.

A co-worker told me about Ting which you pay only what you use and said he didn't have a problem with service.

If I wanted to upgrade, could I just pay upfront for an unlocked iPhone and get a cheaper service.

I haven't really dug into this, appreciate any help.

Also if I were to get an iPad would I be able to use the same service at the same cost?
 
how about ditching your land line and just sticking with a tried and true like At&T. I'm with Verizen and my monthly bill is 67 a month, always, never changes. With that I have unlimited calling ...one number only to deal with....few if any solicitation calls....a phone I can take anywhere. I figure the money I'd spend on a land line would be at least 20-25 per month so that helps me justify having a cell. I honestly don't know why anyone really even has a land line these days. i haven't had one since 2008 or 2007.
 
My wife insists on the land line. I don't know why. It's bundled with cable and DSL internet.

I checked a few google searches, and I guess AT&T's deal is not too bad after comparing. It's surprising how many "alternative providers" are actually run by the big 3.
 
DdBob said:
how about ditching your land line and just sticking with a tried and true like At&T. I'm with Verizen and my monthly bill is 67 a month, always, never changes. With that I have unlimited calling ...one number only to deal with....few if any solicitation calls....a phone I can take anywhere. I figure the money I'd spend on a land line would be at least 20-25 per month so that helps me justify having a cell. I honestly don't know why anyone really even has a land line these days. i haven't had one since 2008 or 2007.
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If the landlines uses a copper pair, you still have dial tone when the power is out. Batteties inside phone remote buildings can last 2 days before needing a generator.

Cell phones depend on power at the towers to provide signal. Then there is the issue of 911 knowing your location.
 
LeftyTom said:
If the landlines uses a copper pair, you still have dial tone when the power is out. Cell phones depend on power at the towers to provide signal.
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This has been pointed out to me. Probably useful in a blackout zombie apocalypse scenario.
 
surfsteve said:
This has been pointed out to me. Probably useful in a blackout zombie apocalypse scenario.
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yeah if cell phone towers are out then I've probably got more to worry about then calling 911....I'm grabbing my shotgun, my 30-30, my dawg and my camping gear and we're heading for the hills.
 
My wife and I have 2 iphones on sprint....we share 1500 minutes but everything else is unlimited for $160/month.
We ditched the landline along with cable tv service....we got a mail offer from Verizon internet service...1st year $29.99/mo. 2nd year 39.99/mo and after that the price is whatever their regular price is. I think it's about $69/mo.
I bought a couple Roku boxes and we exclusively stream tv.
BEST decision we made. We are saving over $100/mo now. Even when the price goes to regular price it stillness going to be a substantial savings.
 
gtrjunior said:
My wife and I have 2 iphones on sprint....we share 1500 minutes but everything else is unlimited for $160/month.
We ditched the landline along with cable tv service....we got a mail offer from Verizon internet service...1st year $29.99/mo. 2nd year 39.99/mo and after that the price is whatever their regular price is. I think it's about $69/mo.
I bought a couple Roku boxes and we exclusively stream tv.
BEST decision we made. We are saving over $100/mo now. Even when the price goes to regular price it stillness going to be a substantial savings.
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Yeah I have an old Roku box (like a 2nd gen or something) and an Apple TV streamer and I dumped Cable about a year and a half ago. The only thing i miss is English premier league football(soccer) otherwise streaming is so much better. Cable sucks and the prices are insane.

*edit* if you have regular internet (not verizen) you don't need their cable just subscribe to Netflix and Hulu, for 16 dollars total you get almost everything you'd ever want. If yer a sports fan you can subscribe to whatever sport you like MLB package , etc and then if you're an Amazon prime member then there is a lot of free prime video to watch as well.
 
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "regular internet(not Verizon)"
I have the Verizon Internet service but not cable tv service thru them(or anybody else) and we also have Hulu and Netflix and 2 others....if I'm subscribed to those services I would still need an isp (Verizon etc)and box(Roku, Apple etc) to view....am I misunderstanding you?
 
Get a Jitterbug!

If you work for a large-ish company, check to see if they've arranged a discount with AT&T. I get 15% off my wife's cell bill. Not bad.
 
gtrjunior said:
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "regular internet(not Verizon)"
I have the Verizon Internet service but not cable tv service thru them(or anybody else) and we also have Hulu and Netflix and 2 others....if I'm subscribed to those services I would still need an isp (Verizon etc)and box(Roku, Apple etc) to view....am I misunderstanding you?
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yeah I guess what i mean is that if you have an isp with a regular modem for wi fo then just stream your services (hulu, etc). I think I misread your post originally.
 
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