[Summit] Cell Phones, Continued: Ting, Virgin Mobile, Boost, etc.

[Delgado, Mona Moller]

Check this out.

Looks really good.

http://www.republicwireless.com/

I'm going to switch once my current contract is over - still have 9 months.

Mona

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM, A. Izenstark <aizenstark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sprint is the power behind Ting, Virgin Mobile, and Boost - any problems you
> experience in coverage with one will be the same with the others. You can
> explore Sprint's coverage map at
> http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?INTNAV=ATG:HE:Cov , but from personal
> experience, Summit is very much not in the "good" range, no matter what the
> map says!
>
> The only "budget" alternative that doesn't use Sprint seems to be MetroPCS,
> but it looks like their coverage drops off dramatically outside of 295.
> http://www.metropcs.com/metro/maps/coverage-map.jsp
>
> Although the main Jitterbug page doesn't explicitly say what network it's
> on, it appears from the Wikipedia page (so take with a grain of salt) and
> other tech review sites that it's using the Verizon network.
>
> Amanda
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Andria Tieman <ladyandria at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> John, I'm really curious about this Ting situation.  I'm currently with
>> sprint (I hate them) and I'm paying $50/month basically just to text people
>> since my coverage is so pathetic I can't even make phone calls.  Is the
>> coverage decent on the East side?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Andria
>>
>
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