Comments on: Is Straight Talk catching on?

By: Daniel CD

Daniel CD — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:29:17 +0000

I like the phones Straight Talk has, but they are or will be offering smart phones for the unlimited plan, only.

By: Chele

Chele — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:41:50 +0000

It appears that Verizon has caught on to the demand for the straight talk phones as it’s almost impossible to find a qwerty refurbished phone or any good phones thru Verizon (the straight talk phones that end in C). It appears that all the good phones are on AT&T’s network and that doesn’t work for us because we do not get good reception in our area. Only Verizon works great. I can’t afford the contract deals for any of the companies and none of them can come close to straight talks prices. I’m hoping Verizon is working on a plan to offer better, nicer phones thru straight talk. You can’t beat the price for what you get!!

By: jay ford

jay ford — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:57:52 +0000

I have been with st for going on 2yrs i switched from boost my only complaint is they dont have and nice phone , they should at least make them available the offer the 2 nokia phones but they aren’t all that. i have been trying to get my hands on the samsung touchscreen they had out but i take it its not available anymore whats up with that. but i see peaple can flash some verizon phones to make them work.

By: shanda

shanda — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:55:37 +0000

We have fought and fought with verizon too..they told us we have the best deal they can offer..we pay 130 for 2 phones from verizon 700 minutes ..with not much of anything..just phone service..and we can go to straight talk..pay 60 doolars month for 2 phones and get 2000 minutes 2000 text..(for both phones that is) and no contracts..It will be well worth paying 350.00 get away from verizon..They told us we dont want loose you as coustomer..well they should make our plan cheaper something people can afford and give us features we want..we are done with verizon too..we have had it..good riddens verizon

By: Kitty Downs

Kitty Downs — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:45:21 +0000

Service is good , but beware they will cut you off before you have used up your minutes and you will have to borrow someone else’s phone to call the customer service rep who may be nice or you may get a smart ass, like I did earlier, but called back and got a nice young man who tried his best to help. I am giving them one more month to prove themselves, but if I have to call to tell them that I haven’t used up my 1000 minutes, I will be forced to return to another provider. I feel they cut you off early on the $30 plan to squeeze you into buying the $45 unlimited plan so you don’t have to keep calling them doing their homework for them.

By: dee stotts

dee stotts — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:50:19 +0000

I was just infomed that AT&T will be taking over my area’s towers so how is this gonna work for a verizon based straight talk phone?? anyone have any idea’s??

By: gregphc

gregphc — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:50:06 +0000

Forgot to mention, by reading this i’m assuming that everyone already knows straight talk runs on the verizon network, but if you don’t, ST uses the verizon network for their wireless service, meaning the phones will work pretty much anywhere that people live and need service.

By: gregphc

gregphc — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:35:34 +0000

I have recently ended my verizon contract and just made the move to straight talk. As a former sprint employee I know the awful truth about airtime charges, here it is: the towers are always on, always, understand?. verizon is really the only useful network and they own most of the landlines they use for switching between towers. shortly after switching I had made a trip from cols, OH to raleigh NC and experienced no drop in service or even the slightest bit of breaking up while moms sprint spent most of its battery and her time “searching for signal” and breaking up, mom even used my phone for a 45min call. Customer service? Who cares, why are you calling them? I have never had to call customer service, for any reason, there are no billing issues you pay either $30 or $45, $45 being unlimited (that’s what I choose every month) and set it up online. I have one of the smarter phones and while my friends at first laughed and gave me crap about not having a replacement plan, phone insurance, I laughed at them for paying almost $100 a month, having equally crappy customer service, being roped into extending their contract every time they made a small plan change or god forbid ordered a new phone, or wanted to switch to another carrier and had a $175 term fee for every line and on and on. No straight talk doesn’t give you an i-phone but if you really wanna use one ask one of your friends to use theirs, they always wanna show them off and brag! oh no, no pandora what will I do?? This is currently the best plan available pay per min plans suck and try using one for an hour call, wow talk about cost savings!!

By: wyeoak444

wyeoak444 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:27:43 +0000

Hard not to look at the 45 bucks a month for unlimited everything and wonder why I’m spending 110 a month on my iPhone. I’m sure this phone is fancier but I wonder if it’s worth the cost, especially if Straight Talk really broadcasts from those towers…

By: rshap

rshap — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:59:00 +0000

Hey nthomas, I’ve about had it with my contract carrier and would like to give prepaid a try. When I found out that straight talk has smart phones, I’m giving consideration to a switch. What concerns me is the how good the coverage is and how customer service will handle any issues you encounter. That’s where my contract failed me, when I need assistance, all I get is the runaround.