Which data plan is better, Tello $5 or TMobile $5?
I was thinking about this today.....
Both have fallback 2G. We haven't seen reports yet whether Tello's fallback will be the usual speed of T-Mobile fallback, or will remain at the slower rate Tello had on Sprint.
Tello includes unlimited cellular text with the data-only plan. T-Mobile does not.
Tello's early manual renewal lets you roll over unused data, at a very marginal cost.
T-Mobile may include some roaming coverage that Tello doesn't have. (I don't know, but it's possible)
Both apparently allow switching plans if you desire. (Switch to a plan including calling for a month if it looks like you need it, and switch back if you don't, or change to a higher-data plan for a month.)
Recently, I've read that the T-Mobile data plan can be suspended if you won't need it for a month or 2, and reactivated without getting a new SIM. Tello won't do this: I think you'd need a new SIM, and would get a new number, to start back up.
Since T-Mobile doesn't including cellular voice/sms, it may not be possible to port in a number, if you wanted to for some reason. The possible work-around would be to sign up for the first month on T-Mo's $15 Connect plan, and then change plans the next month to the data-only plan. (I haven't done this, and there may be some catch....)
If redpocket is willing to offer a similar $5 data plan and honors my top up credits, or even better, allows me to combine all of my top up credits, I will go with it.
If Tello is willing to match up my credits in FP, even if just one account, I will go with it.
Otherwise I will go with T-Mobile.
I suspect that means "Welcome to T-Mobile!".
So 3 more days to FreedomPop funeral?
One more FreedomPop day?
Seems still working. My plan renewed last night.
Same here
I've only tested one, it works. I've looked at a couple online, they look normal.
I had 2 unactivated 12-month/1GB SIMs I hadn't needed because of Covid. (I'm near WiFi almost always.)
I activated one on Jan 30, and it works (so far). I'm going to take a chance on the other one activating later, since I'd be wasting the plan even if I activated it right now..
For a few hours on Feb 1, the activation site (Activate | FreedomPop) was down. It's back up now, and looks normal. I stepped through it with an unactivated $1 LTE SIM (no incliuded plan) I got at Target some time ago, and the site seemed to be working. I stopped short of finalizing it because the site insisted on a $10 credit deposit, and I'm not doing that.
If anyone is considering porting out a FreedomPop number, it's highly advisable to contact FreedomPop Support via twitter (@FreedomPopHelp) to get the proper porting credentials. I did this for 2 lines in the last few days, and can confirm my prior experience that the porting PIN shown on the FreedomPop dashboard is not correct. (It was wrong on both lines. I had a port-out request fail repeatedly a few months ago until I contacted support to get the proper credentials, and Chelle reported the exact same problem.)
For those who want to reduce the risk, but aren't willing to contact Support, both of the lines I checked (different accounts) use 1(+10-digit-phone-number) as the account number, and 9999 as the PIN. No guarantee that yours will be the same, though. Subscriber name and zip code matches what I see in my dashboard. (My real zip, not the FreedomPop office zip that was sometimes necessary in prior days.)
One of my lines renewed early this morning, on schedule. The only funny business I see is that there is an inexplicable $.01 account maintenance charge on Jan. 28.
My line was renewed again with $0.01. International calling is still fine.
Guess FP is postponing the cutoff.
Wish FP or RP offer a decent cheap alternative for ATT similar to the 30 annual plan.
All three of my lines are confirmed to have rolled over this month, on schedule.
Was $0.01 charged to credit card or you have account balance?
They charge to my credit card. I still don't know on what basis they determine this maintenance charge.
I had 7 legacy FreedomPop numbers. I first requested 3 SIMs for 3 of the numbers. When I received those 3 SIMs, I got help from FreedomPop via twitter messaging to transition them over to Premium. During the transition, I asked about rolling over to the Premium accounts the big top-up credit balances on those 3 numbers (which is why I selected those 3 to transition first.) They said they will do it, but have no idea what the time line is.
I have since requested and received 4 SIMs for the remaining 4 numbers, with much smaller top-up credit balances. Because those 4 are still working with the 200-250 MB monthly allotments, I am going to take a chance and not transition these 4 over to Premium until FreedomPop has completed the rollover process of the credit balances to Premium of the first 3 numbers.
Also, I looked at the new FreedomPop website to manage the 3 Premium numbers, and there is no spot for credit balance. I wonder if that functionality has to be developed before they can rollover the credit balances from the legacy numbers / SIMs.
I never got my credit rolled over. In fact, I recently gave that line away for a Visible port. No more worries about potential spam texts causing a top up charge!
FreedomPop's accounting of how much data is being used on a legacy VOIP plan seems very inconsistent lately. For example, none of the data that I used today got tabulated as being used. Yesterday, I used data during a drive to and from a movie theater about 10 miles away from home, but only the data on the return trip was tabulated.
I can't figure out the rhyme or reason for this; there seems to be no pattern.
Just got a new email stating to convert by May 1. However, this one is different because it says:
If you do not migrate by May 1, 2021, your account will be automatically enrolled into the Essential Plan which offers 350MB and 200 minutes / 200 texts each month for only $3.99/mo.
Guess the usable free ride is now over since 25mb of data would probably disappear just turning data on.
Checking all my old accounts to make sure they're closed. FP has such a shady business practice with confusing screens to cancel, gotta double check to make sure.
I found one still open and just closed it.
I found another that was closed before but now shows active - account will not close, getting a FAILURE screen. It has an expired credit card, hopefully that means they cannot charge the card.
That is different! For a change, it's actually a competitive rate.
For comparison:
Red Pocket's old CDMA (FreedomPop conversion plan, now available on T-Mo as well: 200 min/1000text/200mb for $2.50/mo with annual prepay, or $3 by-the month. (I haven't confirmed that the by-the-month option is available on T-Mo.)
UltraMobile's PayGo plan is $3/mo, with 100 voice/100 text/100mb (but easy & affordable PayGo overages)
Red Pocket's popular $60 annual plan ($5/mo) is 100 voice/100 text/500mb
$4/mo 200 min/200 text/350mb on AT&T network seems competitive.
The only problem for me is that I don't need another small paid plan, while I still get some good use of the 200mb free SIM.