I also use Fi, and have for over 2 years. I now have my wife on as a family plan. $20/mo + $15/mo for additional members and $10/Gb. No additional cost for a tablet other than data. I highly recommend!! Kevin On Aug 17, 2017 9:40 PM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > Ting is a good idea. > > On Aug 17, 2017 8:05 PM, "Ed" wrote: > > Michael, your small phone dreams may become reality - if the Jelly > phone ships - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-the-sm > allest-4g-smartphone > also > if IF you can get VoIP to work (sorry Apple profit centers) your phone > bill could be $35-50/year - not including WiFi - or free w/ > Google.Voice/Hangouts > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Michael Butash > wrote: > > I read the thread, and was going to recommend Fi, but the phone lock > sucks. > > I tend to use an unlocked phone, as I tend to like small phones, and all > I > > can get are tablet-sized phones anymore. Fi not supporting general > phones, > > and their smallest being the Pixel at 5.anything inches beyond my caring. > > > > I use StraightTalk @ 45/mo, where I pay monthly still because I'm lazy to > > change to a yearly plan. I've been with them 2.some years, it's att on > the > > back end (not an incentive as always the first to drop their shorts at a > > government request), but all in all is really good service, imho. It > never > > *not* works, and only when I get into a 20 story building in phoenix do I > > ever see an issue. > > > > I think about shopping it some, $10/mo for voice/text/data sounds > riotous, > > and if I just have to enable something via an app or api call ultimately, > > I'd just look at hacking around it to enable. When last I told Verizon > to > > fsck themselves and shopped it, $40 was the cheapest I could find for a > > decent, usable service with straighttalk, or 45 month-to-month that I > do. I > > don't know how low att resells their mvno services per user, as really > > straighttalk pays them, and the margin is their profit, but ultimately I > > look at costs knowing a few things about telecomm industries, ~40 still > > seems to be the bar for something not shady, at least last time I cared. > > > > I too am interested in what others here use. And looking up this > > AirVoiceWireless. Assume everyone cheap is shady and probably hacked > them > > for better data service if janky, probably submitting the how to doing so > > themselves somewhere on the intertubes. > > > > -mb > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:10 PM, AZ Pete wrote: > >> > >> I've been using Google Fi and have been very happy with their service > (my > >> wife and son also use it). > >> > >> $20/mo unlimited talk & text > >> $10/mo for 1GB of data. Unused data is credited back the next month. > >> Since I use such a small amount of data, I always get a credit of $8-9 > >> each month and my bill averages around $25 each month (including all the > >> taxes). > >> Downside is you can only use Nexus phones (but I've found them very > good). > >> Peter > >> > >> > >> On 8/17/2017 5:20 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> > >> What do y'all recommend as the best cell phone plan > >> for "light" use? > >> > >> I have been using a AirVoiceWireless.com no-contract, > >> pay-as-you-go plan for several years and it has generally > >> met my needs. I pay only $10 every 3 months for voice, > >> text, and data and rarely need to add time. However it > >> requires me to turn on "mobile" to get data access and > >> that is a nuisance and data does not always work. > >> > >> I've searched for options and ConsumerCellular.com with > >> an advertised average $25/month seems reasonable ... > >> but I would appreciate hearing your recommendations. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >