>  AA> Take a look at https://www.freedompop.com/plans

 > I see the $17/month plan for unlimited talk and text. Pretty nice price!

I saw $25, but picked the 4 GB sample.

In your case the data is irrelevant, so the $17 & 1GB plan is most excellent.

 > I like that. It's great to not have to worry about compatibility when
 > switching devices.

The sites have places where you can enter your device code to check for
compatibility.  For me, the 10 year old BlackBerry passed the test. The Q10
model supports a wack of technologies.  I would assume that a more recent phone
no matter what make will pass.


 > There's always a catch I guess. But a reliable phone for $17/month is still
 > worth it for people who don't need data so much.

For just voice call reliability, you really don't need to talk to Support. It
will depend on the towers anyway.

 
 > Thanks for lettting me know about it. My wife calls the shots with the phone
 > bill though, and I told her about this, but she's hooked on Tmobile culture.

Maybe just try it for one month ($17 + the cost of the SIM card) You are not
locked in.  If there is a problem, just consider that an inexpensive self-serve
experiment.

OH... I did have little issue signing up on my own.  I was allowed to pick from
a few available numbers.  I really liked one very much. But the sign-up did not
complete properly.  I called Support, reached someone (it was still a standard
work day and office hours) and the registration was done manually - BUT.. I was
not able to get the number I had picked on the site.

The replacement number turned out to be pretty cool in its own way.

It wasn't even a week into my experiment that I decided that I will stick with
them. The data service my primary concern. The phone + mobile data solution
simply worked much better than my previous USB mobile-dongle device.
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