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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 5, 2020 19:10:14 GMT -5
We have Ting, and are quite happy with them. Ting works well with how we use our cell phones.
With TMobile buying Sprint, and since Ting is owned by Sprint, we are wondering what TMobile is planning on doing with Ting. I would guess that things are not going to change for awhile, but we would like to have some alternatives.
I know a few on here have Ting, has anyone researched a Plan B?
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Post by dannylion on Aug 5, 2020 19:31:14 GMT -5
I had Ting but switched to Xfinity mobile. If you have Comcast cable or internet service, it's worth a look. The service has been very reliable, and setup was quick and easy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 20:11:28 GMT -5
Ting was never owned by Sprint. It just contracted with them to use their towers.
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Post by resolution on Aug 5, 2020 20:22:57 GMT -5
I use Mint Mobile. It runs on the TMobile network. I prepay for a year, which works out to $15 per month for unlimited talk and text, and 3 gigs of fast data. The data is unlimited but the speed is slower after the first three gigs.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 5, 2020 20:39:56 GMT -5
Ting was never owned by Sprint. It just contracted with them to use their towers. If the towers are now owned by TMobile, what does that mean? The contract will likely need to be renegotiated with TMobile. |
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Post by Malarky on Aug 5, 2020 20:57:12 GMT -5
I have Verizon. I pay dearly for the service but it has never failed me no matter where I travel. Three dropped calls in over 10 years. I'm willing to pay to stay connected.
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Post by giramomma on Aug 5, 2020 21:25:04 GMT -5
We have Ting. I heart Ting. No time to research Plan b.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 21:59:10 GMT -5
Ting was never owned by Sprint. It just contracted with them to use their towers. If the towers are now owned by TMobile, what does that mean? The contract will likely need to be renegotiated with TMobile. They were using T-Mobile and Verizon towers as well. They cut their contract with T-Mobile end of last year after hearing rumors of the merger with Sprint and are moving to be exclusive with Verizon. Monday Dish Network bought Ting. I'd worry more about that! |
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Post by buystoys on Aug 6, 2020 7:09:03 GMT -5
DH and I both have Verizon. We have spotty service where we live and Verizon is the most reliable.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Aug 6, 2020 8:30:11 GMT -5
We have AT&T and get excellent service. We’ve had great coverage except for a few areas with no cell towers and seldom have dropped calls. Yes, we pay a lot for it, but it’s worth it to us.
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Post by bean29 on Aug 6, 2020 8:40:41 GMT -5
We are with Sprint. We get a corporate discount which offsets their Sh!tty service, and we got a sweatheart deal on new phones for DH and Me, so I just renewed with them in December. I am hoping the merger brings us better service.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 8:55:22 GMT -5
I use Mint Mobile. It runs on the TMobile network. I prepay for a year, which works out to $15 per month for unlimited talk and text, and 3 gigs of fast data. The data is unlimited but the speed is slower after the first three gigs. I've heard a lot of people talking about Mint. Our data usage has been going up with Ting and now I'm often paying in the range of $60-$80/month for the 3 lines...plus Carrot uses a lot of minutes talking to his friends. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 9:07:40 GMT -5
They were using T-Mobile and Verizon towers as well. They cut their contract with T-Mobile end of last year after hearing rumors of the merger with Sprint and are moving to be exclusive with Verizon. Monday Dish Network bought Ting. I'd worry more about that! Wow- I didn't see that and I'm usually pretty good at keeping up with business news. Another very happy Ting customer here, NOT looking forward to the possibility of having to switch if things go bad with them. I'd be more inclined to go with one of the "no-name" services like Mint- been burned too many times with the ever-increasing costs on cable/internet packages so I don't want to go with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc. (or whatever is left after the latest mergers- didn't AT&T merge with Dish?). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 9:15:24 GMT -5
They were using T-Mobile and Verizon towers as well. They cut their contract with T-Mobile end of last year after hearing rumors of the merger with Sprint and are moving to be exclusive with Verizon. Monday Dish Network bought Ting. I'd worry more about that! Wow- I didn't see that and I'm usually pretty good at keeping up with business news. Another very happy Ting customer here, NOT looking forward to the possibility of having to switch if things go bad with them. I'd be more inclined to go with one of the "no-name" services like Mint- been burned too many times with the ever-increasing costs on cable/internet packages so I don't want to go with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc. (or whatever is left after the latest mergers- didn't AT&T merge with Dish?). Dish apparently wants to start their own line of mobile phone service and be a major player and took on Ting to get them up and going, but there are a lot of wary folks out there.
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 9:17:32 GMT -5
I use Mint Mobile. It runs on the TMobile network. I prepay for a year, which works out to $15 per month for unlimited talk and text, and 3 gigs of fast data. The data is unlimited but the speed is slower after the first three gigs. I've heard a lot of people talking about Mint. Our data usage has been going up with Ting and now I'm often paying in the range of $60-$80/month for the 3 lines...plus Carrot uses a lot of minutes talking to his friends. I liked Ting when we were using it, but we had the same issue; the longer we had the phones, the more our usage went up. At this point I have switched my phone, my husband's phone, and my parents' phone to Mint. If you want I can mail you a 1 week free trial sim card to see if the service is decent in your area. It was in the package that I got when I set up the phone for my parents. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 9:43:31 GMT -5
If you want I can mail you a 1 week free trial sim card to see if the service is decent in your area. It was in the package that I got when I set up the phone for my parents. Would the sim card work in any phone though? All ours take different sizes!
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 10:11:08 GMT -5
If you want I can mail you a 1 week free trial sim card to see if the service is decent in your area. It was in the package that I got when I set up the phone for my parents. Would the sim card work in any phone though? All ours take different sizes!
Its in a credit card size, with perforations to punch out three different sizes.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 10:22:52 GMT -5
Switched to Xfinity Mobile this year, they are on Verizon’s network at half the cost in my situation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 10:26:55 GMT -5
Would the sim card work in any phone though? All ours take different sizes!
Its in a credit card size, with perforations to punch out three different sizes. Ah. Sweet. It looks like they would just send me the 7 day trial sim anyhow after installing the app?
I looked at the coverage map and was first all excited because MN was mostly green, but there is a big no coverage area right by where I'm located on the WI side that would be an issue.  |
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 11:12:35 GMT -5
I believe you buy the starter kit for $5 and then if you decide to sign up they will take $5 off your first purchase.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 11:21:13 GMT -5
I believe you buy the starter kit for $5 and then if you decide to sign up they will take $5 off your first purchase. Oh. Well, then send it to me! I'll PM you my address.  |
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 12:03:07 GMT -5
I believe you buy the starter kit for $5 and then if you decide to sign up they will take $5 off your first purchase. Oh. Well, then send it to me! I'll PM you my address. Sounds good. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 6, 2020 12:16:41 GMT -5
Its in a credit card size, with perforations to punch out three different sizes. Ah. Sweet. It looks like they would just send me the 7 day trial sim anyhow after installing the app?
I looked at the coverage map and was first all excited because MN was mostly green, but there is a big no coverage area right by where I'm located on the WI side that would be an issue. Where did you find the coverage map without installing the app? |
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 12:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 12:35:25 GMT -5
I totally dig the once a year cell phone payment option with Mint.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 6, 2020 12:49:37 GMT -5
It’s not to bad as long as we stay on the I5 corridor. Not much east of us. No Canadian service?
Ting does work in Canada, we pay a little more but still have access.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 13:01:36 GMT -5
They were using T-Mobile and Verizon towers as well. They cut their contract with T-Mobile end of last year after hearing rumors of the merger with Sprint and are moving to be exclusive with Verizon. Monday Dish Network bought Ting. I'd worry more about that! Wow- I didn't see that and I'm usually pretty good at keeping up with business news. Another very happy Ting customer here, NOT looking forward to the possibility of having to switch if things go bad with them. I'd be more inclined to go with one of the "no-name" services like Mint- been burned too many times with the ever-increasing costs on cable/internet packages so I don't want to go with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc. (or whatever is left after the latest mergers- didn't AT&T merge with Dish?). Close. They merged with Directv. |
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Post by resolution on Aug 6, 2020 19:58:10 GMT -5
It’s not to bad as long as we stay on the I5 corridor. Not much east of us. No Canadian service? Ting does work in Canada, we pay a little more but still have access. When we went to Quebec I bought some international time from Mint and I had phone service but the data didn't work. Supposedly the data will work if I set up my phone properly, but I did my best and couldn't figure out how to make the data work. I was very unhappy about the lack of data, I am reasonably intelligent and their process should have been simple enough for me to figure out. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2020 7:09:31 GMT -5
When we went to Quebec I bought some international time from Mint and I had phone service but the data didn't work. Supposedly the data will work if I set up my phone properly, but I did my best and couldn't figure out how to make the data work. I was very unhappy about the lack of data, I am reasonably intelligent and their process should have been simple enough for me to figure out. That's good to know. Ting has some International Roaming capability and I've used it in India, Nepal and Bolivia but for me the cheapest and most seamless process was to buy a local SIM card, which I've done in Iceland and Europe. Getting a SIM card required major paperwork in India at the time and I never could find the place at the airport where you were supposed to be able to get one. I think the Ting rates were cheap enough in Bolivia that I didn't bother with a SIM card. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 7, 2020 11:58:34 GMT -5
When we went to Quebec I bought some international time from Mint and I had phone service but the data didn't work. Supposedly the data will work if I set up my phone properly, but I did my best and couldn't figure out how to make the data work. I was very unhappy about the lack of data, I am reasonably intelligent and their process should have been simple enough for me to figure out. That's good to know. Ting has some International Roaming capability and I've used it in India, Nepal and Bolivia but for me the cheapest and most seamless process was to buy a local SIM card, which I've done in Iceland and Europe. Getting a SIM card required major paperwork in India at the time and I never could find the place at the airport where you were supposed to be able to get one. I think the Ting rates were cheap enough in Bolivia that I didn't bother with a SIM card. We use Ting in Canada, the rates are not horrible but both of us realize that they’re higher and don’t use it indiscriminately. When we were Europe and Turkey, it is was easy to buy a SIM card and phone plan on our way out of the airport. We really didn’t bother in South America as we weren’t on our own long enough to need one. Our 2 days in Chile, we hired a guide to take us to the vineyards one day and our 4 days in Argentina, 3 of them were in Iguazu on a tour. |
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