01-12-2013, 12:37 PM
CJsNvrUrly wrote:
Is Straight Talk any good?
I decided to move away from Verizon this last fall when my kid got off the family payroll. I was very tempted to go to Straight Talk, but my online searches found a number of complaints. Of course, you'll find complaints about any particular place/service/whatever. But, the complaints had a pretty common theme--when things go well, it's fine. But, if things do not go right, they go downhill very fast. One of the more common complaints related to porting numbers. Since I really wanted to keep my number, I didn't chance it. Instead I went to Page Plus because of one of our members here who has said how great it's been. And it has been great. The current issue on Page Plus is the ability to bring an iPhone 5 to Page Plus. People are reporting that they can jump through a variety of hoops and bring one over, but at 3G speeds. The Verizon iPhone 4 and 4s phones apparently work fine. The assumption is that Verizon will ultimately allow the iPhone 5 "officially" on Page Plus, but the timing is unknown.
Here's one complaint about Straight Talk: http://consumerist.com/2012/01/06/solvin...htforward/
(Edit: left a rather important word out!)