StraightTalk Goes After PagePlus with BYOD for Verizon Network

[sms]

<http://www.phonenews.com/straighttalk-targets-pageplus-will-launch-verizon-byod-service-on-tuesday-22711/>

The advantage of Page Plus is that they have smaller, lower cost, plans
for those that don't need unlimited data, and they allow voice and text
roaming onto other CDMA networks. But for heavy data users that never
leave urban areas, it's a good deal. Much better coverage than Virgin or
Boost.

As with Page Plus, Straight Talk doesn't officially allow LTE capable
phones.

[Justin]

sms wrote on [Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:39 -0700]:
> As with Page Plus, Straight Talk doesn't officially allow LTE capable
> phones.

right now that effectively kills both carriers for many people

[nob...@nada.com]

It does for me. I don't mind just getting 3G service but I'd like to
be able to use a current , better, smartphone.

And there appears to be a limit on the plan that the phone you bring.
The articel says "Any phone can be eligible provided it has not been
activated outside of the Verizon network." So you can't bring the
phone you've been using on Page Plus and switch.

Another consideration is no roaming off the Verizon prepaid network.
Page Plus charges for it but at least it's there.

[sms]

On 5/19/2013 6:20 PM, nob...@nada.com wrote:

> It does for me. I don't mind just getting 3G service but I'd like to
> be able to use a current , better, smartphone.

It's a PITA, but OTOH people have managed to activate quite a few
different LTE phones on Page Plus, and of course the Straight Talk
iPhone 5 can also be used on Page Plus (it's an iPhone 5 with LTE disabled).

> And there appears to be a limit on the plan that the phone you bring.
> The articel says "Any phone can be eligible provided it has not been
> activated outside of the Verizon network." So you can't bring the
> phone you've been using on Page Plus and switch.

I don't think that's what they mean. I think that they mean phones that
have been off of Verizon's network, like phones that have been flashed
to Metro PCS.

> Another consideration is no roaming off the Verizon prepaid network.
> Page Plus charges for it but at least it's there.

Yep, that effectively eliminates Straight Talk for me.

[AL]

nob...@nada.com wrote:

>The articel says "Any phone can be eligible provided it has not been
>activated outside of the Verizon network." So you can't bring the
>phone you've been using on Page Plus and switch.

The posted article is almost 2 months old. If you're really interested
you may want to check the website. Things change...

[nob...@nada.com]

On Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:31 -0700, sms <scharf...@geemail.com>
wrote:

>On 5/19/2013 6:20 PM, nob...@nada.com wrote:
>
>> It does for me. I don't mind just getting 3G service but I'd like to
>> be able to use a current , better, smartphone.
>
>It's a PITA, but OTOH people have managed to activate quite a few
>different LTE phones on Page Plus, and of course the Straight Talk
>iPhone 5 can also be used on Page Plus (it's an iPhone 5 with LTE disabled).

Yes an LTE phone can be made to work on PagePlus but it's not that
easy. You'd better really know what you are doing, and also have a way
back if LTE should ever show on PagePlus.

>
>> And there appears to be a limit on the plan that the phone you bring.
>> The articel says "Any phone can be eligible provided it has not been
>> activated outside of the Verizon network." So you can't bring the
>> phone you've been using on Page Plus and switch.
>
>I don't think that's what they mean. I think that they mean phones that
>have been off of Verizon's network, like phones that have been flashed
>to Metro PCS.

We won't know until someone tries, I guess.

>
>> Another consideration is no roaming off the Verizon prepaid network.
>> Page Plus charges for it but at least it's there.
>
>Yep, that effectively eliminates Straight Talk for me.

Straight Talk does have some roaming with their AT&T and T-Mobile
plans and it's no charge.

My method is to use a GSM prepaid most of the time. I have an old
Verizon phone that I use if I might need roaming, at $30 a year on
PagePlus.

[nob...@nada.com]

I couldn't find any newer info.

[nob...@nada.com]

On Sun, 19 May 2013 22:34:09 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<el...@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>In article <fbuip8l0rkc518e88...@4ax.com>,

> nob...@nada.com wrote:
>
>> And there appears to be a limit on the plan that the phone you bring.
>> The articel says "Any phone can be eligible provided it has not been
>> activated outside of the Verizon network." So you can't bring the
>> phone you've been using on Page Plus and switch.
>

>I don't know that that's what they mean. From a strictly technical
>standpoint, PPlus phones have been activated inside the Verizon network.
>
>If they wanted to mean what you said, they wouldn't have used the term
>"Verizon network". They would have said something else specific to the
>Verizon-branded billing structure.

We won't know what they mean until it happens and someone tries it.
Assuming that Verizon is precise in what they are saying could be a
mistake.
>
>Now, Sprint phones that were activated outside the Verizon network, sure.

[Justin]

some of these MVNOs don't seem to consider updated information on their
website a priority

[Justin]

sms wrote on [Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:31 -0700]:
> On 5/19/2013 6:20 PM, nob...@nada.com wrote:
>
>> It does for me. I don't mind just getting 3G service but I'd like to
>> be able to use a current , better, smartphone.
>
> It's a PITA, but OTOH people have managed to activate quite a few
> different LTE phones on Page Plus, and of course the Straight Talk
> iPhone 5 can also be used on Page Plus (it's an iPhone 5 with LTE disabled).

yeah, so that limits the number of people that do it. Most people
aren't going to know how to, or want to, rejigger their phone and hope
it keeps working.