Just Avoid
look elsewhere
Posted Jan 10, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC
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The Unl/Unl/1Gb 'premium' LTE plan is working just fine on my end. Sure there has been a few bumps along the way but what does one expect for something that I paid $40 for a years worth of service.
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Top ups are $20 per gigabyte if you exceed 1GB. It's a good deal, if you don't incur any top ups. Top ups expire after 30 days. You have to login to the website and reactivate them to be available or else they will charge you another $20 if you exceed 1GB, even though you still have an inactive top up balance.
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Does anyone know if the 1gb a month for 12 month plan they sell at target or Best Buy still works? I’d get that as my wife’s plan is due , with wfh she never goes out so 1gb is plenty
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I have 'heard' the legacy 1Gb plan still works as data only. As it is supposed to be unl talk and text you might be able to get then to upgrade you to the new premium offering but I wouldn't count on it. You could use it with Google voice.
edit... Reported to work but you can only get legacy voip/sms via the app plus cellular data.
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lol I had the new freemium for a month before I chose not to renew it.. no even remotely enough data
Right, even the 200mb legacy free plan wasn't enough. You had to turn off mobile data, enable data saver mode and disable mobile background data for all apps. At least with the new plan, they only charged you $8 for a data top up instead of $20 with the legacy plan.
For the new freemium plan, you need to do the same plus contact freedompop to enable WiFi calling and then turn on WiFi calling on your phone, then keep your phone in airplane mode and turn on WiFi. You have to have WiFi available most of the time to avoid top ups and be diligent about connecting to WiFi wherever you go. Only use the cellular minutes for emergency calls and texts.
is $8 still the absolute cheapest data plan out there?
I would like to find a $5 plan for my burner phone.
I would look into the "$5/Mo Red Pocket Prepaid Wireless Phone Plan+Kit: 100 Talk 100 Text 500MB" on Ebay. $60 plus tax per year.
Or the $30 RP GSMT plan if T-Mobile works in their area.