[goldiegirl]

Verizon for seniors in Florida is $98 unlimited Everything. You must asked for the program.

[brfree1411@aol.com]

We pay $249 for a family plan & have 4 phones with data.

[davephan]

There were four cellular companies, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. Sprint was recently acquired by T-Mobile, mainly for frequency spectrum that T-Mobile wanted that Sprint owned. If you are paying for cellular service from another company, you are buying the service from a re-seller, not a cellular service provider. The re-sellers are selling you excess capacity of the real cellular service providers. Since you are buying excess system capacity, your coverage may not be as good, since you may be provided cell sites at a lower priority, than the three cellular company's customers.

We recently switched back to T-Mobile from Verizon. We were paying Verizon over $200 a month for two iPhones and two iWatches. We switched to T-Mobile's Magenta Plus plan. Our two iPhones are $45 each, plus $10 for one of our iWatches. The other iWatch is free. The total cost is $100 a month. There are zero extra fees or taxes.

The effective cost is actually $87 a month, because T-Mobile gives you Netflix service for free. We used to pay $13 a month directly to Netflix. Now, Netflix is included with the T-Mobile Magenta Plus service for free.

The T-Mobile Magenta Plus plan has these features:
Unlimited talk, text, and smartphone data
Taxes and fees included
Five layers of scam blocking protection
Netflix two HD screens
Two times data speed & texting abroad
HD streaming
Free texting & unlimited WiFI on flights that have Gogo WiFi
Talk, text, and 5 GB of 4G data in Mexico and Canada
20 GB of 4G LTE mobile hotspot data per line

T-Mobile also has the lower tier Magenta and Essentials plans that are lower cost, but have less features.

Several years ago, when driving around Florida, we found that the Verizon coverage was better than T-Mobile. We could compare the two service providers coverage with a Verizon work cellphone and our personal T-Mobile cellphones. After that, we switched from T-Mobile to Verizon for a couple years, because we were planning to move to Florida. Previously, we were T-Mobile customers for more than a decade. We switched back to T-Mobile because T-Mobile was half the Verizon cost. After we switched back to T-Mobile, and only after we switched, then Verizon was willing to reduce our Verizon bill a little bit. Verizon could have reduced our cost sooner, but didn't offer to reduce our cost sooner, until we left them. We declined Verizon's late offer to reduce the cost. We're hoping that the T-Mobile coverage in Florida has improved over the past couple years, and is good enough coverage, for about half the cost.

Compare Our Best Cell Phone Plans & Deals for the Family | T-Mobile

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by toddao

I'm considering a switch from Verizon to Consumer Cellular to save a little money. I currently pay about $130/mo (including taxes and fees) for two phones. It appears I can switch to CS for about $50 - $60 with 10GB of data. Consumer Reports rates them #1.

If you are using Consumer Cellular, how do you like it? Data speed, customer service, voice/text response time, etc.

Thanks for your input.

Can't speak for C.C. now but when I was with them until last July I was locked in at $35. a month, unlimited talk, text but only had 2mb of data. The good thing about them was you had NO contract, drop out whenever you wanted & if you thought you were going to run out of data you could get more just for the remainder of that month then go back to your old rate the start of the new month. I never ever got a dropped call anywhere. I only which because who I went to they offered me a Iphone 10 for FREE & unlimited everything for $23. a month. I couldn't refuse that, oh yea, NO contract either! I was with Verison for yrs. & ever time I renewed my phone contract they quoted me a price & the price they gave me they said that was tax & everything. The price they gave me never was right EVER. It was always $38. higher always! Toddao, C.C. you'll love ! If I ever go back to another phone service it'll be C.C. not Verison.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by kimgarwel12@gmail.com

We have CC and love it. $52 for 2 phones, unlimited texts, 3 gb data. We live in Monarch Grove and had a bit of trouble getting settled when we moved from Wisconsin with the phones. After going back and forth with CC and new SIM cards, we're finally all set. We're on the T-Mobile tower SIM cards because the AT&T cards didn't work for us. (Just noticed a new cell tower being installed along the turnpike near us). Their customer service is the absolute best. They had to build me a new line just so I could keep my same phone without buying a new one. I was told by CC in Wisconsin that I'd have to buy a new phone to use their service. Yes, there are signal issues in some spots, like mountains. We travel a great deal between Wisconsin and Florida and Florida and NY, so yes, dead spots with no signal in mountainous areas, but otherwise VERY happy with the bill and the service!!!

moved to Fenney almost 3 years ago cell service was bad and I almost got a landline , but was informed about call WiFi scroll down to where you see call WiFi and if you are near WiFi it will connect , never dropped a call again and used it to towers went up . FyI I’m sticking with Verizon they have English speakers also , as do all you he business I’ve ever called hmmmm

[Kilroy]

We have used CC for 2years and are very happy. With AARP discount, we pay $40.42 per month for two phones. Unlimited talk and text and enough data because I use my IPad for most data.

[Boilerman]

Originally Posted by Boilerman

We’ve been using Mint Mobile for $15 per month per phone, including taxes.
Unlimited text, calls and data. They use T-mobile’s towers. Been very happy with them.

Originally Posted by ronl911

Nobody offers unlimited data for $15!

Why don't you check it out before stating that? The data is unlimited - the first 3GB is high speed (5G or 4G) and slower speed after that. But it is unlimited. You can purchase plans with more high speed data if you need. But we use less than 1GB of data per month.

Cell Phone Plans with Unlimited Talk, Text & Data | Mint Mobile

The $15 per month price is available to those who prepay for 1 year of service.

We switched from Cricket, paying $80 a month for 2 phones. Now we pay $30 a month for the same 2 phones. Signal strength for us has been stronger with the T-Mobile towers, compared to the AT&T towers that Cricket uses.

When we started using Cricket about 10 years ago, we got the same responses from people who couldn't believe that anyone legitimate could offer such cheap plans. But Cricket is not so cheap anymore so we switched.

[nhlinda]

My experience with CC was that they use either T-Mobile or AT&T network. Before I switched to CC I had Verizon and paid $160 per month for two lines. Unlimited everything. I switched to CC because it was cheaper. About $50 a month for two lines. I had nothing but problems after I switched to CC. I tried both T-Mobile and AT&T networks. Most of the time when I went to make a call, I had no service. Most of the time people would try to call me and they would go straight to voice mail. My phone never rang. Lots of time when I was on a call, people couldn't hear me. Sometimes calls would drop. After a year of total frustration, switching SIM cards, networks and even buying a new phone, I went back to Verizon. I got a prepaid card for $35 per month (one line) and haven't had a problem since. I am shocked to read how so many others have had a great experience with CC. Might have to do with where my home is located within the Villages but I definitely am glad to be back with Verizon!

[mopper]

Had CC for 5 years highly recommended

[august2959]

We have used Consumer Cellular for three or four years now and we love it. Only problem is they use AT&T towers and there don't seem to be many below Rt.44. will be moving in to our home in Monarch Grove in Oct. so we are anxious to see how it works. We have unlimited calls & text. We do not use phones for internet much and it is $49. a month for two phones.

[LOMDtrainman]

Originally Posted by toddao

I'm considering a switch from Verizon to Consumer Cellular to save a little money. I currently pay about $130/mo (including taxes and fees) for two phones. It appears I can switch to CS for about $50 - $60 with 10GB of data. Consumer Reports rates them #1.

If you are using Consumer Cellular, how do you like it? Data speed, customer service, voice/text response time, etc.

Thanks for your input.

We have three lines pay approx 70.00 per month great service If you are AARP you get an additional discount

[jenistaf]

Consumer Reports is right. Have had Consumer Cellular for 2 years, no issues. A bargain, especially for seniors. Widespread coverage because it rides AT&T towers.

[bowlingal]

Consumer Cellular is an awesome company, great price, great customer service, great reception

[Viperguy]

If you have Xfinity for internet, go with Xfinity mobile. They use Verizon's network...never missed a beat. Two phones sharing 3gb total $32.

[bobnyce]

Originally Posted by toddao

I'm considering a switch from Verizon to Consumer Cellular to save a little money. I currently pay about $130/mo (including taxes and fees) for two phones. It appears I can switch to CS for about $50 - $60 with 10GB of data. Consumer Reports rates them #1.

If you are using Consumer Cellular, how do you like it? Data speed, customer service, voice/text response time, etc.

Thanks for your input.

I have had great results. Both me and my wife have iPhone SE's with unlimited calls and text and 3 gig of data a month. We have never exceeded and if you do no overcharge just move you up to next plan and you can go back with no penalties. Great service since they use T-Mobile and ATT towers. My two cents.