Why I decided to try it.(Ting referral link)
I was tired of paying 60 dollars a month for my wife and I to have 1000 minutes and unlimited texting on Tmobile. It seem like a lot of money just to make phone calls and send a few texts. Heard about Ting from a friend at work and decided to give it a try this is my experience so far.Monthly Bills(Ting referral link)
So the biggest thing that I love so far is how cheap my wireless bill has been so far. My first months bill was 27 dollars! Currently for my second month I am looking at 20 (Plus probably a few dollars for taxes) dollars!The reason my bills are so low is based on my actual usage. Even though my wife and I both now have smart phones we spent the majority of our time in places with wi-fi so neither one of us has even turned out data on.
First Month(Ting referral link)
S Minutes 70 minutes used $3.00S Messages 83 messages used $3.00
XS Megabytes 2 megabytes used $0.00 (I actually accidentally used a little and they took it off my bill!)
3 Devices $6 for each device $16.60 (To try out service I originally Taxes and regulations $5.01
Total 27.61
Total Cost(Ting referral link)
Switching to Ting was a little expensive as both my wife and I needed to buy new phones.
Iphone 4S $160 from Glyde
Galaxy S III $135 also from Glyde
Otter boxes to protect phones 60 a piece.
Total of 295 but I can probably subtract around 30 because my wife's phone we were using on T-mobile was broken. At my current savings of roughly 30 dollars a month I will break even in just 10 (Without including Otter boxes) months! To also pay off otter boxes would be 14 months which is still under less then a 2 year contract.
Ting Customer Service(Ting referral link)
So far my experience with Customer service has been awesome as well. When I purchased from Glyde one of my concerns was that they phones might not come with a Sim card. The other issue is that Glyde expects you to tell them if the phone works within 48 hours. Ting has Sim cards for sale on there website for 9 dollars. So just in case my phones didn't have them I decided to buy one. Since I was prepared of course both my phones came with Sim cards. So I contacted Ting customer service and they refunded the money for the Sim card!When I first got my phone I didn't know how to shut off cell phone data so I used like 4 Meg of service. I was expecting to get charge but Ting took it off my bill.
Service(Ting referral link)
So far service seems to be fine keeping in mind I live near Philadelphia so your results could vary. I have had no trouble connecting calls or sending text while in the area.Buying Phones(Ting referral link)
We weren't pumped about buying used phones from Glyde as even used smart phones were a lot more expensive then we were used to. Now that we have had the phones for about a month and a half I think we are both happy with our phones.
Picture Messaging(Ting referral link)
Picture messaging might be my one gripe so far. On Ting picture data counts against data which means if you don't want to spend any money on data you can't send or receive(?) picture messages. I have gotten around this by using Facebook messaging to send pictures when on wi-fi but it is a little annoying. Seems like something that could be fixed.T-mobile(Ting referral link)
Previously I was with T-mobile for 2 years. My wife and I each had Samsung Gravity text dumb phones. They were okay phones that could text and make calls. T-mobiles service was pretty good where I lived. The problem was that even with my employee discount I was 60 dollars every month just to have 1000 minutes and unlimited text messaging.
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