[Sherry8bal]

Thinking about getting rid of CenturyLink's outrageous landline bill and looking at Straight Talk landline phone for $15.00 a month.

It looks like you can get either Verizon or AT&T service depending on what area you live in. I'm up by Mulberry Plaza so I have no idea which is best.

Can anyone help me out there and does anyone already have Straight Talk??

[Kahuna32162]

Bought this for my father in law who lives in hilltop estate on 42. The modem was $49.99 and the monthly is $15. Works great for him.

[kpdandjad]

We have a straight talk home phone. We live in Village of Hillsborough. It uses Verizon. I like it as we can take it with us when we are up North in the Summer.

[TVMayor]

I have one. It worked fine till the power went out for 4 hours last Monday. It only works until the internal battery in the Straight Talk unit dies and it will only work while power is out with a phone that does not have a base unit that plugs in the wall. I went to Staples yesterday and bought a small APC battery backup unit for $40 and connected the Straight Talk unit and my phone base unit. I figure this will give me power for 16 hours.

[dadspet]

We have a Ooma and it works very good. Only pay the taxes each month of about $4. Tried Magic Jack and Straight talk, Ooma is better in my opinion and cheaper. Bought it AT Best Buy for about $100 a few years back.

[John_W]

Isn't Straight Talk just a no contract prepaid telephone? We've been using AT&T Go phone. We bought the phone for $10 on sale at Walgreens about five years ago. I just looked at Walmart and they are now $19.99 but they do have sales. I buy 1000 minutes for $100 and it's good for 12 months. That's it, no taxes, no extra costs, unless you can talk more. We usually have a lot of time each year left and they started having roll-over with your minutes.

The first time when I bought the phone I called AT&T to set up the account. They gave me a phone number, I put $100 on my credit card and they mailed me a sim to put inside the phone. Haven't had any reason to call them since. Once a year I go online to my account page and buy another 1,000 minutes for $100. They have regular smart phones but the minutes are more expensive and I have a home computer for that. If you want just a simple flip phone, this is a great plan. Here's the phone I got for $10.



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[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by John_W

Isn't Straight Talk just a no contract prepaid telephone? We've been using AT&T Go phone. We bought the phone for $10 on sale at Walgreens about five years ago. I just looked at Walmart and they are now $19.99 but they do have sales. I buy 1000 minutes for $100 and it's good for 12 months. That's it, no taxes, no extra costs, unless you can talk more. We usually have a lot of time each year left and they started having roll-over with your minutes.

The first time when I bought the phone I called AT&T to set up the account. They gave me a phone number, I put $100 on my credit card and they mailed me a sim to put inside the phone. Haven't had any reason to call them since. Once a year I go online to my account page and buy another 1,000 minutes for $100. They have regular smart phones but the minutes are more expensive and I have a home computer for that. If you want just a simple flip phone, this is a great plan. Here's the phone I got for $10.



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I had similar thing with T Mobile. Never used the 1000 minutes but TMobile rolled over minutes if you purchased more minute B4 yearend. Originally thought I had to buy another $100 but found out min purchase of $10 would roll over the remaining minutes for another year.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

I had similar thing with T Mobile. Never used the 1000 minutes but TMobile rolled over minutes if you purchased more minute B4 yearend. Originally thought I had to buy another $100 but found out min purchase of $10 would roll over the remaining minutes for another year.

Unfortunately AT&T won't let you get away with that since the length of time is based upon what you spend. For example $25 will get you 3 months, I go with the $100 since I don't have to do anything for 12 months. I also have a lot of minutes, I think 900 minutes this year rolled over.

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

I had similar thing with T Mobile. Never used the 1000 minutes but TMobile rolled over minutes if you purchased more minute B4 yearend. Originally thought I had to buy another $100 but found out min purchase of $10 would roll over the remaining minutes for another year.

I still have two flip phones with those T-Mobile "legacy" plans. They only cost me $20 a year. I keep them in the cars because I don't like to carry my smartphone all the time.

[jpvillager]

Straight Talk landline is really a cell phone base you plug your wireless home phone base into. Bought a refurbished at Walmart for $15 or $20. Verizon towers. Take it north for the summers. It works fine. You can keep your old number. You can buy a wireless Panasonic phone that will continue to function off the hand held battery but as pointed our earlier for only a short time. We have a need for multiple wireless phones through out the house.

[Fraugoofy]

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[thelegges]

We use att for our home line. Move it from one house to another, have lost power for 10 days at a time with no issues. It's $19.50 a month. This is our 5th year and use it while on call for work. Its our same home phone number when we had Ma Bell 25 years ago