Straight Talk

[Mordy]

Interesting, so you are saying Straight Talk will allow a 4G CDMA phone to be physically activated? What needs to be flashed about the device that is so complicated, on the subject?

[AnonymousUser]

Interesting, so you are saying Straight Talk will allow a 4G CDMA phone to be physically activated? What needs to be flashed about the device that is so complicated, on the subject?

AFAIK, most Verizon MVNOs will allow you to activate a 4G service on their network, but they won't officially support it, and it won't OTA program without flashing. I have a Droid 4 on PagePlus which i flashed with instructions i found online and then activated it.

[cozmohoot]

It will not work unless flashed (doable but a ha$$le)Verizon MVNOs will allow you to activate a 4G phone but the phone needs to  activated manually since it defaults to the SIM for activation and data.I am not sure who "they" is. If the company does not offer 4G then you will not be able to program the phone OTA.

straight talk sells the iphone 5 and it uses vzw

[elikay]

straight talk sells the iphone 5 and it uses vzw

Interesting, seems like it uses 2G/3G

[cozmohoot]

Interesting, seems like it uses 2G/3G

yup. Like having a vette with a prius engine:)

[AnonymousUser]

I just activated a new account with Straight Talk on a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I bought the SIM and plan from Walmart.com, and activated it online. Data speed varies by location, but I got 13mbps in BP, and 15mbps in the BMG dining room.

[cozmohoot]

I just activated a new account with Straight Talk on a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I bought the SIM and plan from Walmart.com, and activated it online. Data speed varies by location, but I got 13mbps in BP, and 15mbps in the BMG dining room.

Nice!

[avrumy]

Anyone  know if this works well for hot spots (internet) in the Catskills? which towers does this use?

[AnonymousUser]

Anyone  know if this works well for hot spots (internet) in the Catskills? which towers does this use?

The T-Mobile SIMs use T-Mobile, and the AT&T SIMs use AT&T.

[avrumy]

The T-Mobile SIMs use T-Mobile, and the AT&T SIMs use AT&T.

I am not familiar- so I will get a choice after i get the hot spot - then what prepaid card i buy?

[Ez]

Anyone  know if this works well for hot spots (internet) in the Catskills? which towers does this use?

Both T-Mobile& AT&T don't have the best reception in the Catskills.

[cozmohoot]

Att would be better imo. Straight talk won't like tethering unless u get the data only plan.

[avrumy]

I am looking only for data. I would buy what they call a hot spot and then u buy a card depending on how much data i want to use.  Walmart sells the hot spot for $80 plus u have to buy a card for air time.  Is this better then Verizon or same?