Walmart Straight Talk Phone Plan

Fwiw, I'm paying $25 for 1,250 min voice and text (but no data) with Net10 (another América Móvil MVNO). Using AT&T network. $28.09 per month including taxes & fees. Very happy with service!

az99 wrote:
Thanx to whoever started this thread. It got me looking into my old ATT plan and I am switching to Consumer Cellular. I will get double the minutes and save 33% per month.

I had the AT&T Pay As You Go plan but I also switched to Consumer Cellular. I did give up unlimited texting, now 1000 texts, but went from 250 Min/Mo to 600 Min/Mo. Also I had no data before but got 100MB with this plan. I had the data disabled though. That low amount would get you in trouble rather quickly. I didn't save 33% since I was only paying $25/Mo with the AT&T plan and now paying $23.75.

Thanx to whoever started this thread. It got me looking into my old ATT plan and I am switching to Consumer Cellular. I will get double the minutes and save 33% per month.

rtate wrote:

Halmfamily wrote:
Watch what plan you choose. My daughter wanted her own service and ended up on the ATT network instead of Verizon. She is using the Walmart plan. Her data throttles back after 10 gig.

Ten gig before throttling back would be fine, but I thought it was like 500meg or 1/2 gig.

NO it's 3 Gigs
http://data.straighttalk.com/?lang=en

NinerBikes wrote:

GoPackGo wrote:
I have an Iphone 5 that I bought from Straight Talk. I also have the Straight Talk monthly plan. It runs on the Verizon system. I specifically wanted to be on Verizon so I picked a phone that runs on their system.

As has been stated -

1. The phone you buy from STRAIGHT TALK drives which carrier you end up with. There is no choice. Cost is $45/month.

2. The rules state you cannot use the phone as a hotspot. I use Millenicom.com for data which gives me the portable MiFi. I have the phone set to search for it's signal and use it if available.

With newer model Samsung Galaxy's, this is not a correct statement... an "unlocked" phone can get any carrier, with the change of a SIM card. Some models must have the first SIM card be a certain flagship brand that you insert... but generally speaking, if you get an enterprise rated or type smartphone... (think Galaxy Note II and newer, or Galaxy S4 or newer, in a Verizon brand, updated to Kit Kat 4.4.2 Operating System) you can run any carriers card. It's basically pretty similar to the Samsung I9505 International models, which run any providers SIM card. This became an FCC mandate, I believe, when Verizon bought 800mh bandwidth, the FCC mandated that the phone be unlocked if that bandwidth was going to be used on the phone. Samsung obliged with a chip set that handled both GSM and CDMA type OTA cell tower signals.

Nowadays, you should be able to get a sim card, and go in to a walmart, or an Office Depot, or Staples, etc, and buy a AT&T refill card for $2 for a days service, on up to $25 or more, to make your smart phone run for however long you are visiting. The ATT $2 a day card is good for unlimited phone calls and unlimited data, for a day. Of course, if you go to McDonalds and have a sim card that's active and a phone number you could also use their wifi to use Google Talk for free phone calls, or Google Hangouts for video calls, similar to Skype.

I believe that may be true if you 'bring your own phone' to Straight Talk. But I think that if you buy a phone from Straight Talk and then sign up for the Straight Talk $45/month plan, then you will be placed with the Straight Talk carrier (Verizon or AT&T I think are the available systems) based on what kind of phone it is (CDMA, etc).

I've had Straight Talk since it came out... $30 a month for 1500-minutes on Verizon towers. What a deal...

DW and I have two Verizon phones, we pay $140.00 per month and that is with a government discount, I checked on the straight talk site, using our phones, that will work, same towers we use now, more messages and more data, both phones $90.00 a $50.00 a month savings, we are switching.

Johnnie

GoPackGo wrote:
I have an Iphone 5 that I bought from Straight Talk. I also have the Straight Talk monthly plan. It runs on the Verizon system. I specifically wanted to be on Verizon so I picked a phone that runs on their system.

As has been stated -

1. The phone you buy from STRAIGHT TALK drives which carrier you end up with. There is no choice. Cost is $45/month.

2. The rules state you cannot use the phone as a hotspot. I use Millenicom.com for data which gives me the portable MiFi. I have the phone set to search for it's signal and use it if available.

With newer model Samsung Galaxy's, this is not a correct statement... an "unlocked" phone can get any carrier, with the change of a SIM card. Some models must have the first SIM card be a certain flagship brand that you insert... but generally speaking, if you get an enterprise rated or type smartphone... (think Galaxy Note II and newer, or Galaxy S4 or newer, in a Verizon brand, updated to Kit Kat 4.4.2 Operating System) you can run any carriers card. It's basically pretty similar to the Samsung I9505 International models, which run any providers SIM card. This became an FCC mandate, I believe, when Verizon bought 800mh bandwidth, the FCC mandated that the phone be unlocked if that bandwidth was going to be used on the phone. Samsung obliged with a chip set that handled both GSM and CDMA type OTA cell tower signals.

Nowadays, you should be able to get a sim card, and go in to a walmart, or an Office Depot, or Staples, etc, and buy a AT&T refill card for $2 for a days service, on up to $25 or more, to make your smart phone run for however long you are visiting. The ATT $2 a day card is good for unlimited phone calls and unlimited data, for a day. Of course, if you go to McDonalds and have a sim card that's active and a phone number you could also use their wifi to use Google Talk for free phone calls, or Google Hangouts for video calls, similar to Skype.

I have an Iphone 5 that I bought from Straight Talk. I also have the Straight Talk monthly plan. It runs on the Verizon system. I specifically wanted to be on Verizon so I picked a phone that runs on their system.

As has been stated -

1. The phone you buy from STRAIGHT TALK drives which carrier you end up with. There is no choice. Cost is $45/month.

2. The rules state you cannot use the phone as a hotspot. I use Millenicom.com for data which gives me the portable MiFi. I have the phone set to search for it's signal and use it if available.

For MexicoWanderer,

A Galaxy S2 if AT&T is 4G or pseudo 4G in speed. It uses HSPA+ for it's 4G or something like that service. It's chip, the Snap Dragon 1.2 Gh does not have 4G LTE capability, like Verizon offers. Verizon never carried this model.

If you get one, go to the PlayStore Icon App on one of the screens by Google (it'w where you can go to get all the free apps, for free, and some for pay, if you want to go that way) and type in "OOKLA" for a speed test app. You can run the app for free and it will tell you if your upload or download speed is good, so so, or bad.

AT&T will generally choke down your speed when or if you get close to your data limit.

Go to "High on Android" and do a search for "Galaxy S2 AT&T how to root JellyBean 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean is the most current up to date operating system) for AT&T. You may need drivers from Kies Samsung to do so, on your desktop, first. Once your root your phone, you have super moderator powers and can shut down AT&T cr*p bloatware running in the backround.

If you are on limited data plans, turn your data off when you are near a wifi point, and try to use free wifi instead, always. If you are not near a wifi point, turn your wifi off, and turn data on , and use what you have for data carefully. Wifi is usually free, like at Mcdonalds, where you can get free coffee in the mornings or for very cheap, $.59 and free refills. Data and using it on your phone, is on your dime.

Do a search on Google "How to use a Galaxy S2 with android" to learn how to operate your new phone. I think I threw in a protective case with the phone, a BodyGlove model. It only works or fits with the smaller 1700ah stock battery. There's a fatty battery in there to, with a back, 3000mah, lasts much longer.

You will also have to do a search on how to unlock your S2 for free on the internet. You can then probably install another brand SIM card in your S2 down there in Mexico, and it will work fine. Or it should.

You have a lot of reading and studying to do to learn how to get the most out of a smart phone with an Android operating system. Trust me, it is worth it, there are brilliant hackers out there that make open source Android systems the "go to" system for the intelligent smart phone users.

A good starting point. In it's day, a few years back, it was the best of the best.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II