I used Virgin Mobile happily for a while, and they are the best if you're happy with limited minutes. Virgin Mobile's plans are restarted each month, and they offer unlimited text, unlimited data, and 300 minutes for $35, which is phenomenal; however, 300 minutes isn't going to be enough for most people. Their next plan is $45/month, which gets you up to 1,200 minutes; at this point you're paying $45, so you might as well be using Straight Talk, which is $45/month for unlimited talk, text, and data.
One very cool thing about Straight Talk is that using this provider gives you the option to have practically any phone you want, because of their "Bring Your Own Phone" program. Any GSM (meaning uses a SIM card) phone that is unlocked, T-Mobile, or AT&T (or a Straight Talk phone, of course) will work with Straight Talk. Regarding how good coverage will be for these phones: Straight Talk or unlocked phones use Verizon's prepaid towers, while AT&T or T-Mobile phones through Straight Talk use the AT&T or T-Mobile towers. That means your coverage is premium... the same coverage as if you were using the providers directly. Like Virgin Mobile, Straight Talk is prepaid, so every month (unless you pay for multiple months at once) you restart your plan.
So Straight Talk offers $45/month for unlimited everything, and the widest phone selection you'll find anywhere -- do you know of a better carrier?
2 comments:
so if you have a verizon phone, you can just keep it the way it is?
Verizon phones don't work with Straight Talk. You can use unlocked, T-Mobile, or AT&T phones with Straight Talk. The phones that are sold directly from Straight Talk and have the Straight Talk logo on them use Verizon towers, but actual Verizon phones can't be Straight Talk-ified. If you have a Verizon phone that uses a SIM card, and you get that phone unlocked, then it would work with Straight Talk, because it's no longer a Verizon phone... it's now an unlocked phone.
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