{"id":28,"date":"2014-02-12T22:16:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T03:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2016-09-21T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T22:17:39","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Prepaid vs. The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reposted from Book of Norm<\/a> with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

I just made the switch from Sprint to Verizon, mostly.<\/p>\n

First off, the ATT and now Verizon $45\/mo plans are junk. 250mb of data? Are you kidding me Verizon? The reality is now there are a lot of great options out there, and these plans aren’t it.<\/p>\n

I got rid of my $90\/mo unlimited everything Sprint phone plan and instead picked up the Galaxy Tab 3 7′ for $50 and $15\/mo for 2 gigs of data.<\/p>\n

Then, I made the switch to Verizon Prepaid for my phone. Now, thanks to their 3G fire sale, you can get Verizon on lots of cheap MVNOs.<\/p>\n

But… if you go with Verizon Prepaid itself, you don’t have to be punished with a shit phone. You can get the Moto G for only $99 off contact. It’s an amazing deal. I love, love, the phone. It’s smooth, fast, good battery life, great screen, and honestly the loss of 4G means next to nothing to me if I have limited data (in my experience, it really only makes an appreciable difference when using Netflix).<\/p>\n

The plans? I went with unlimited talk and text with 2 gigs of data for $60\/mo. I’m a heavy user, but just by not using Pandora or Netflix on the network I’m nowhere near that for my first month.<\/p>\n

With the tablet, it means I have 4G in airports etc, great little tablet, Verizon network coverage, and a phone that I love. And I pay $75\/mo, with $150 for two high\/mid range devices.<\/p>\n

The only other thing I would consider is family mobile if I lived in the city and didn’t travel much. $39.99\/mo for unlimited everything. Virgin Mobile is somewhere in the middle, with the great (used it for 6 months) LG G3 for $75 and $45\/mo for unlimited data and 1200 minutes.<\/p>\n

Cut the cord. Stop paying postpaid (other than the silly Sprint tablet deal) and don’t go for the Verizon or AT&T $45 made for tv plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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