any one use straight talk pre paid?

i just bought it today and it works good for the time that i have used it

 

We just got one today to replace t-mobile pre paid. T-mobile use to be a good deal but I think they doubled there text fees last year and now my wife can burn though 25$ of minutes in 2 weeks.
Why spend 50$ a month for basic service and no web when you can get 1000 min & texts for 30$? So will find out how it works and post back once we had time to try it out.

BTW: Anyone ported a number from t-mobile prepaid to Straight Talk ? It said it can take from 4 hours to 7 days. 4 hours is fine but not having a phone for a week is pushing it.

 

didn't straight talk start using t-mobile coverage area instead of vzw?
just what i have heard that's why i ask

 

No, they still use Verizon's network. Switching to T-Mobile's network would be a major undertaking as ALL Straight Talk customers would have to change phones as Verizon uses CDMA and T-Mobile uses GSM, two completely incompatible technologies.

 

after 2 month's i'm about ready to say good-bye to
att, does Straight Talk allow number porting?
if so do you do before or after the service is activated

 

You should be able to port your number over, but your best bet is to contact them first to see if you can get their service and the best way to go about the port. According to their coverage map, Kentucky is partially covered.

Check them out here: Welcome To Straight Talk

Keep in mind your AT&T phones will be useless, as you're going to have to get one of Straight Talk's phones. You cannot use your AT&T phones with them. Also, you'll have an ETF with AT&T to contend with, though it should be reduced slightly as they have declining ETF's now.

 

My friends in Murphy, NC got Straight Talk about 6 weeks ago. They love it so far.

 

I have been with AT&T for 6 years and I am jumping ship too. I can get two plans for 90 bucks with Straight Talk with unlimited everything and I am paying that for 550 min. plan with AT&T..of course no text or internet with the At&T plan I have. I have read countless reviews and Straight Talk seems like the way to go right now. Of course you can read personal horror stories about Straight Talk or Boost but I think the deal is too good to pass up. I can actually get by with the 1000 min. plan with Straight Talk which would be 60 bucks for me and my wife. That is a savings of 30 a month. I would also cancel my home land line since I would not have to worry about going over and that would save me around 300 a year. I currently have Comcast phone service. I can pay 19.95 a year with Magic Jack if I want a land line. Just seems like a no brainer to switch.

 

Straight Talk is a deal between Wallymart and Tracfone.

As with all Tracfone branches - you will need a new compatible phone. And purchased at Wallymart. Straight Talk, Net10, and Tracfone - are all the same company.

 

Just got 2 Straight Talk phones (Samsung T255G) at Wal-Mart. Ported the numbers from VZW. It took 2 days. They use the T-Mobile network. I'm still experimenting, but the "tmomail.net" domain works for SMS messages. I haven't checked MMS messages yet, but they will probably work. They (Straight Talk) don't allow tethering to the computer, but the price sure is great!

-Jon

 

I read that straight talk(tracfone) only uses Verizon & ATT. There are two different straight talk phones you can buy at Wal-mart. One uses Verizon & the other uses AT&T network.

Unless straight talk(tracfone) came out with a T-mobile phone for certain areas that AT&T does not cover.

 

I talked my parents into dumping their family plan with T-Mobile and going to prepaid. My mom uses StraightTalk and my dad uses TracFone. They couldn't be any happier.

StrightTalk is one of the best deal on the market if you are willing to settle on the features of your phone. You can find plans a little bit cheaper but they are hard to find In my opinion digging around for other providers like Pure Talk and H2O Wireless are not worth the few dollars a month for the convince of walking into Walmart and picking up your device, but check them out.

 

I believe StraightTalk uses different networks depending on what phone you purchase, and in what area. For example, the E71 uses AT&T's network... and the SIM works in an AT&T locked iPhone.

 

Per TracFone Wireless - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

 

I have not seen any evidence that Sprint is used by StraightTalk. The model of the phone will determine whether you're going to be using AT&T & T-Mobile (GSM Phones) or Verizon (CDMA Phones). Most of the phone selection is CDMA, but some recent additions to the lineup (not new phones, just new to ST) are GSM/UMTS phones. The location would determine whether the phone is used on T-Mobile or AT&T, but I believe that determination is made when you buy the phone--ie it doesn't select the better network, the SIM is homed to either T-Mobile or AT&T. If you're buying a Nokia E71, which has 850/1900 3G support, it is set to AT&T's network regardless of location.

My suspicion is this:
All CDMA phones: VZW
3G GSM phones: AT&T
GSM phones: T-Mobile, but AT&T in areas without T-Mobile

 

That's interesting. I tried putting a TracFone SIM in one of my phones a year or two back, much to the chagrin of it's owner. Didn't work and somehow messed up the TracFone account - they had to call customer service to get the problem resolved. But I cannot recall now if the TracFone SIM had already been activated - if not, that may have been what created the issue. (Since that time, even at&t has started "locking" their prepaid SIMs to the phone they are activated with.)

 

the easiest way to tell if a straight talk (net 10,tracphone) is GSM or CDMA is to look at the letter at the end of the model number
Samsung t401g is GSM

while the
Samsung r451c is CDMA

note the phones above are virtually identical
the biggest differences are headphone jack, video recording and keyboard layout.

Best bet is to research which network offers the best coverage in your area and select the corresponding model of phone
phones are shown to you according to the zip you enter on the straight talk website
use a zip of 29929 and you are shown only CDMA phones
use a zip of 03101 and you are shown a mix of GSM & CDMA phones

I personally have a lg231c
and Samsung t401g
the CDMA phone has much better reception in the rural areas around here

I'd say if ya pick the correct network you'll be happy with straight talk