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FreedomPop phone service - Printable Version +- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com) +-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3) +--- Thread: FreedomPop phone service (/showthread.php?tid=158448) Pages:
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FreedomPop phone service - silvarios - 10-02-2013 FreedomPop announces phone service.
Service is VOIP over Sprint EVDO or WiMAX. One phone available at launch, HTC Evo Design 4G, which costs $99. Seems interesting. Re: FreedomPop phone service - silvarios - 10-02-2013 Who's the first MacResourcer going to bite? I doubt I'll switch since I just upgraded all three of my lines with new phones. To be fair, my old Nokia e72 went to my mom, so not really a new phone in that case. My partner got the Huawei Prism II I just bought a couple months back since it can't tether without a third party app (limited to USB tethering with PdaNet+). Leaves me with a "new to me" Xperia ION that does tether natively (thank goodness) and is a pretty solid phone all things considered. Unfortunately, non of those fine devices will ever hope to be compatible with Sprint's CDMA, WiMAX, or LTE networks. Alas, phones just don't work that way. Which leaves me in a quandary. I pay $125 for unlimited everything for three lines. FreedomPop gives me unlimited calling/text and 500MB per line for $33/month plus any fees/taxes. Pretty big difference in price. Then again, switching will incur a $300 up front expenditure that eats into the savings for the first three months. Hmmmm… Re: FreedomPop phone service - Bill in NC - 10-02-2013 I signed up for the free plan (+$107 for the phone) Since I already use Clear I knew we had decent WiMax coverage here. Re: FreedomPop phone service - clay - 10-02-2013 I'd sign up for it in a heartbeat if we had coverage here. Re: FreedomPop phone service - kj4btkljv - 10-02-2013 clay wrote: Where do you find the coverage map, anybody know? Jeff Re: FreedomPop phone service - timg - 10-02-2013 Are the phones only good in 4G WiMax areas? My house is on the edge of a WiMax coverage, and most of where I would want to use it is 3G coverage only. Re: FreedomPop phone service - timg - 10-02-2013 kj4btkljv wrote: Where do you find the coverage map, anybody know? Jeff you can look here: https://www.freedompop.com/coverage.htm Re: FreedomPop phone service - silvarios - 10-02-2013 clay wrote: You don't have Sprint CDMA coverage nor WiMAX? Re: FreedomPop phone service - silvarios - 10-02-2013 timg wrote: Supposed to work with Sprint CDMA as well. How well VOIP will work with EVDO speeds remains to be seen, but it could work in theory. Re: FreedomPop phone service - clay - 10-02-2013 silvarios wrote: You don't have Sprint CDMA coverage nor WiMAX? hmmm... I just assumed since it's never shown me coverage for any of their internet options that phone wouldn't work for me. they let me add the phone/plan to a cart after inputting my address, so maybe I'm good? |