Dodie

we do not have a land line phone only cell and our verizon service was outrageous so we switched to straight talk over a year ago I use the 45.00 plan and that is unlimited minutes my husband does not use his phone much su uses a track phone we also travel quite a bit and have never had a problem ours uses the verizon towers so glad we switched has saved a lot of money

Woodster

My husband has had 3 Phones - all with problems from Straight Talk. Finally had to threaten to sue the company to get anything done - after hours upon hours over the phone trying to get things corrected. The next day, his phone was back to working - amazing. On the other hand, my Son in law and daughter have Straight Talk and haven't had one bit of trouble. I guess it's the luck of the draw when it comes to picking a phone off the rack!

BKrenning

If your phone is compatible (AT&T or T-Mobile in my area), you can just order a SIM card instead of using one of their phones since that seems to be what most people have complaints about. I have the SIM and a $45 refill card but hubby with his i-Phone, bandwidth sucking, AT&T checkbook sucking piece of crap won't use it so now I'm waiting until our youngest son's contract expires in November to try it out on. If that works, then maybe hubby will switch.

AshleyR

I don't think you can do that. They are pretty good at protecting their phones, for lack of a better phrase. I know one of the times we were having trouble with them, we went to Walmart and got a new (Straight talk) phone and couldn't use another SIM card in it. They have to "marry" the SIM and the phone. They make a LOT of money on the phones (look at the difference in price on the same phones thru Trac Phones, which is the same company), so they don't want you using your old ATT phones.

OTOH, my hubby and my son both are using "contract" phones with T-Mobile's Pre-Paid (yes, with Pandora!!!). I think you can with ATT, but don't hold me to it.

If you really want to see how much fun ST is to deal with, "friend" them on Facebook and look at the complaints on their page. I bet they get hundreds of problems a day.

I seriously would not recommend this service to anybody. Now a days, most services offer unlimited services for around $50 per month. I'd spend the extra $5/month for At&t or Verizon and save the aggravation!

Kel

Try Consumer Cellular they have a web site. Consumercellular.com They have very good flat rates and give an AARP discount on top. I have had them for over 2 years and really am satified with service, you can change your plan at anytime.