Straight talk zte z288l hotspot experience

ctpres wrote:
Got $49 289l and it can't be activated online or with human intervention. Was told "it was scanned wrong"

Straight Talk is exclusively a Walmart product but when you tell the people at the register or at customer service for Site to Store pickup that it needs a validation scan you get :h . . they just don't have a clue.

The online sale was on and off for about a week. The sale was active most of the time during "Cyber Week".

I did manage to order the 289L (AT&T version) on Thankgiving day. When I picked it up and said it needed to be scanned they went :h so I asked to speak to a manager. She said it was prescanned at the warehouse. :R The serial number would not go in online so when I went back the next day there was a nice young lady at the register named Jen that knew exactly what to do. (wish she was there the previous day!!!) She did a return, sale, ... oops wrong price, about 10 feet of register paper later it was validated at the Black Friday price. I haven't fully activated it yet to try it out.

I DO expect it to be speed limited.

I had the same problem. It needs to be scanned twice, once for paying and once for activation. Stupid system. The easiest solution was to exchange it at Walmart for another one(same price), make sure they scan it twice(UPC and a code at the bottom). Worked fine after that.

I tried to resolve it via Straight Talk and it was a frustrating experience. At least their Customer Service Reps speak good English.

Got $49 289l and it can't be activated online or with human intervention. Was told "it was scanned wrong"

No - I have a 3G model already. It is fast enough WHEN I get a good connection. If a good deal came along I may get one then, but they was $99.

so did you get one ?

The new 4G hotspots was in my local Walmart today. When I try to order one via the website they say they are not available for my area.

I did go ahead and activated my straight talk zte z289l that was on the walmart $49.98 special with 1 gig bonus card. In my zip code it is on Verizon. My ookla speed was 6.9 download and 1.1 upload. Will do more test tomorrow. I donot know how to verify this unless AT&T just put in new service.

Does anyone know if the 288 Verizon (CDMA) version operates on the full Verizon network or the Verizon pre-paid network? There is a HUGE difference in coverage!

My Straight Talk Verizon CDMA phone was on their pre-pay network which was very limited.

I got mine today and it is a 289L, GSM which means it will probably be ATT. I was hoping for a CDMA version(which was advertised) so it would be Verizon. I have an ATT Net10 phone and have been very happy with that and wanted Verizon so I had 2 different carriers. Oh well, that's the breaks.

I got mine in today. It is a gsm 289l and canot be used in my area code, not what the order line said. Will be sending back.