- Location
- Bay Ridge, BK
I've been meaning to come on and proselytize my new found cell freedom with MR but have busy so I am just getting around to it.
I got really tired of shelling out $150 a month for 2 smart phones with Sprint (since I started I have paid Sprint about 14k+ for 2 plans since 07 at $1,800 per phone per 2 year contract plus upgrades and phone costs). Once I really started doing a budget I realized just how much money I was wasting. There had to be a more frugal way but I was not willing to compromise service like some of the Metropcs and Boost plans that I have heard about.
Started reading about this Canadian company Ting which offers pay-for-what you-use smartphone service on Sprint and Verizon's backbone. I signed up and haven't looked back except to kick myself for not doing this the first second I heard about it. You can migrate your Sprint phones over, if you want a new phone you just buy it unlocked and that is that, no subsidies. My monthly bills so far have been been $12 and $18 plus the taxes and fees which are only a few bucks, My wife's bills have been $18 and $25 because she talks and is on FB ALL the time. Granted I am not a power user but I realized that I could use wifi for data and even calling if I wanted to so now I just use wifi pretty much everywhere except during my commute (and even then with hotspots a lot of the time).
They have a referral service which got me $100 from 2 referrals ($50 for the first person and $25 for any after that plus my $25 for signing up and they paid me 25% of my early termination fee from Sprint which was another $75 so I had $175 dollars to start, haven't paid them a dime yet and I still have about $150 credit left. At the rate I am going I will have no cell phone bill for another 9 months. Plus, they have actual customer service with no automation. You call up and they just pick up and they are Canadian and nice... (call them like I did because I didn't buy this too good to be true customer service at first: 1 855 846 4389).
Anyway, figure you would want to get the $25 for using a referral link and I get $25 as well if you sign up using my referral link here https://zff6p72s8k5.ting.com/
If not just go to Ting.com and sign up without the credit (this would be dumb but I don't really care, just throwing it out there to see if I can get to a year without a cell phone bill.)
At the very least check it out and see if it would work for you.
I'm really loving this company and have noticed that T-mobile has recently been trying to copy their model (no phone subsidy, no contract)
If you sign up and are interested in cutting costs on your usage this thread is what I used to get google voice up and running. http://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/1khmaz/ting_surchargestaxes/
...which actually means that in buildings with Wifi but bad cell reception I actually get great reception because I am over wifi, at Nerac this weekend I got a call for the first time during the dinner which I never have done before due to poor cell reception in there. I also use GV for my texting so I don't get charged for that. Only downside is if you do it that way you don't get picture msgs or group txts but if that is important to you then just don't use google voice and use Ting service like they were Verizon or Sprint.
Anyway, I hope this info saves some of you reefers $ so you can use it for the important things like coral and equipment upgrades. If you have any questions just ask them here and I'll answer them if I can. :smoker:
I got really tired of shelling out $150 a month for 2 smart phones with Sprint (since I started I have paid Sprint about 14k+ for 2 plans since 07 at $1,800 per phone per 2 year contract plus upgrades and phone costs). Once I really started doing a budget I realized just how much money I was wasting. There had to be a more frugal way but I was not willing to compromise service like some of the Metropcs and Boost plans that I have heard about.
Started reading about this Canadian company Ting which offers pay-for-what you-use smartphone service on Sprint and Verizon's backbone. I signed up and haven't looked back except to kick myself for not doing this the first second I heard about it. You can migrate your Sprint phones over, if you want a new phone you just buy it unlocked and that is that, no subsidies. My monthly bills so far have been been $12 and $18 plus the taxes and fees which are only a few bucks, My wife's bills have been $18 and $25 because she talks and is on FB ALL the time. Granted I am not a power user but I realized that I could use wifi for data and even calling if I wanted to so now I just use wifi pretty much everywhere except during my commute (and even then with hotspots a lot of the time).
They have a referral service which got me $100 from 2 referrals ($50 for the first person and $25 for any after that plus my $25 for signing up and they paid me 25% of my early termination fee from Sprint which was another $75 so I had $175 dollars to start, haven't paid them a dime yet and I still have about $150 credit left. At the rate I am going I will have no cell phone bill for another 9 months. Plus, they have actual customer service with no automation. You call up and they just pick up and they are Canadian and nice... (call them like I did because I didn't buy this too good to be true customer service at first: 1 855 846 4389).
Anyway, figure you would want to get the $25 for using a referral link and I get $25 as well if you sign up using my referral link here https://zff6p72s8k5.ting.com/
If not just go to Ting.com and sign up without the credit (this would be dumb but I don't really care, just throwing it out there to see if I can get to a year without a cell phone bill.)
At the very least check it out and see if it would work for you.
I'm really loving this company and have noticed that T-mobile has recently been trying to copy their model (no phone subsidy, no contract)
If you sign up and are interested in cutting costs on your usage this thread is what I used to get google voice up and running. http://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/1khmaz/ting_surchargestaxes/
...which actually means that in buildings with Wifi but bad cell reception I actually get great reception because I am over wifi, at Nerac this weekend I got a call for the first time during the dinner which I never have done before due to poor cell reception in there. I also use GV for my texting so I don't get charged for that. Only downside is if you do it that way you don't get picture msgs or group txts but if that is important to you then just don't use google voice and use Ting service like they were Verizon or Sprint.
Anyway, I hope this info saves some of you reefers $ so you can use it for the important things like coral and equipment upgrades. If you have any questions just ask them here and I'll answer them if I can. :smoker:
