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Straight talk’s prices are significantly cheaper then other phone companies. For $30 it says I get 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and web access. Is there a catch? Is it good service?
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the service is very good. it works on the verizon wireless prepaid network. it’s nationwide calling with no roaming charges. 411 calls at no extra cost. i have straight talk and i love it. and the fact that you can pay 30 dollars a month for 1,000 minutes, 1,000 text and picture messages and 30 MB of data and you can pay 45 dollars a month for unlimited every thing. it’s really nice. it’s prepaid, so no contracts. i have the samsung R451C phone and i get excellent service. each refill card gives you 30 days of service. there phones range between 30 dollars and 330 dollars. you can buy the phones and refill cards 3 ways: walmart stores (not all stores have it yet)(mine just got it 2 weeks ago), walmart.com and straighttalk.com. to see if it works in your area type in your zip code at straighttalk.com. NOTE: doing this just tells you if you can activate the phone in this zip code. i live in a zip code that gets perfect straighttalk service but i had to use the zip code that’s about 10 minutes from me to activate it. so if it says it won’t work in your area, it doesn’t mean that you won’t get service. so if this happens then go to walmart.com, type in straight talk, and type in your zip code. if walmart.com says it will work in your area, your good to go.
web browsing is not limited to certain websites. you can browse the entire internet. there is no international calling or international roaming at this time. your phone will not roam on any other network. i don’t recommend getting there touch screen phone for 330 dollars. it’s a very big disappointment. i highly recommend the Samsung R451C straight talk phone. it has a 1.3 mp camera, bluetooth capable, full keyboard, up to 500 contacts, music player, calendar, memo pad, alarm clock, world clock, calculator, stop watch, converter including conversions for currency, length, weight, volume, area, and temperature. and also a tip calculator and voice recognition . this phone costs 99.99 but is definitely worth it if you like to text and use the internet, because it makes it a lot easier. to finish off, i highly recommend straight talk. good luck deciding.

I was reading on the internet that tracfone offers straight talk (unlimited) calling for 45 dollars a month. However I called tracfone myself last week & they said they don’t have it! I don’t understand why it would be on the internet that they DO have it & they tell me they don’t?

Tracfone told you that? That’s a load of bullchips. They own Straight Talk. (And Net10).

They got together with Verizon and launched it two months ago.
It is a new and different division on Tracfone. Know how I know? I contacted them to see if I could sell Straight Talk because it is such a good deal. They basically said, "Not at this time."

Anyhow, ST has two plans. The one you know: $45 for unlimited talk/text/411 and 30 megs web and the original $30 plan for 1000 minutes/1000 messages/411/30 megs.

They have only three phones right now. The LG 200c, the Motorolas W385 and Razr V3. The LG does not have web capability.
The Motorolas do. A lot of people have complained about not being able to get web even on those two.

Right now, you can go to www.straighttalk.com and they will show you how to buy their phones and airtime. Basically, if it is not in a Walmart locally, you have to order the service/phones online at www.walmart.com

Straight Talk does not have the ability to have any other phones put on their system. Their customer service is typically Tracfone/mediocre to horrible. The Verizon network that they use is a third rate version.
Both Regular Verizon and prepaid Verizon has better coverage, particularly in the middle of the country. Verizon prepaid has roaming, Straight Talk Verizon does not, that is what gives Verizon prepaid the edge in coverage.

I would have recommended ST a month ago. But now…How would you like it, if I take Straight Talk , take out 411, cut off 10 megs of web, drop the cost to 39.95 , take out taxes, add roaming, allow you to use any Verizon , Alltel and uh..Straight Talk phone to ever made on it with a minimum of effort? I don’t have to because…

…Someone already did that ! Called Page Plus Cellular, they are another Verizon prepaid reseller with a different name. They basically responded to straight talk in a big way and came up with their new unlimited Talk N Text plan . 39.95. Verizon prepaid network w/roaming .No taxes. You can use their Page Plus phones or activate Verizon, Verizon prepaid, Alltel and Straight Talk phones on their network. (Talk /text almost always works, web can be hit or miss. but then again, ST’s own phones were hit and miss with web so wtf).

www.pagepluscellular.com They have been around for over ten years.They have always been low key . They are going to be launching tv, radio, newspaper ads in the near future about this plan.

The unlimited plan has taken them off guard. Their lines are always busy right now. You might want to wait till they get used to the new demand for their plans . Boost mobile was swamped for a while after they launched their unlimited plans back in January. Just be patient.

They usually have customer service that blows Straight Talk/Tracfone’s away.

Check them out. When the dust clears. Take care.

If I were to buy a new straight talk phone without purchasing the card, would I be able to transfer the minutes I have on my old phone to the new one I just bought?

You sure can, straight talk rocks

I just recently got a straight talk phone and i activated it but there was no number, ive called the number it says to call but they don’t help me at all, and every time i call the other number its always busy. What do i do??

you can go to http://www.agoodseller.com to inquiry them.they are do business with mobile phones.their customer service specialists will help you

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There has been a lot of talk in Washington recently about senior citizens, mostly about how various healthcare reform models would help or hurt them. But there is another critical issue that has quietly devastated seniors financially over the last few decades. It concerns how the cost of living is calculated. How does the administration justify not giving a cost of living increase to Social Security recipients this year?

According to the official Consumer Price Index calculation, life has gotten cheaper for the first time in decades. If the government can show statistically that the cost of living has gone down, not up, then they can make the case for not giving a cost of living increase to social security recipients. But does this match reality? Using older calculations of CPI, the cost of living has actually increased by roughly 5 percent!

The CPI (Consumer Price Index) is a calculation based on the average price of a fixed basket of goods that was initially designed to help businesses adjust for inflation. The government eventually started using it to determine cost of living adjustments for entitlement programs. Couple that with politicians discovery that they could raid the social security trust fund to pay for new spending programs, and you have a perfect storm to deny seniors what they were promised, while hiding the true size of the deficit. For politicians, it is a win-win.

For seniors, it is a different story. Economist John Williams of Shadow Government Statistics has estimated that if the original methodology of CPI had not changed, Social Security checks would be nearly double what they are today. This represents a lot of money that politicians have been able to literally steal from seniors, to spend on their own wasteful programs. One example of how they do this is to substitute hamburger for steak, which lowers the average price of that basket of goods. But living on hamburger, or maybe dog food, instead of steak does not represent a constant standard of living. This renders the measurement virtually meaningless, even though politically it comes in very handy.

I have introduced legislation to keep politicians in Washington from ever raiding the Social Security trust fund again. HR 219 The Social Security Preservation Act would assure that all monies collected by the Social Security Trust Fund would only be used in payments to beneficiaries, or be placed in interest bearing certificates of deposit. This would at least stop the bleeding of the fund, and take away some incentive to tease and torture the numbers in order to give seniors the minimal amount. This would also cut off a source of funding for government growth, so it is not likely to get easy support from many politicians.

It is bad enough that Washington imposes high payroll taxes on American workers. The least Congress could do is use the tax dollars for their stated purpose. Instead, seniors will have a harder and harder time trying to survive on a fixed income in an economy based on variables and deception. For them, it is too late to start over. Todays young people will be forced to pay into the system for years to come. The first step towards solving the impending crisis facing Social Security is to stop politicians from raiding the trust fund and to significantly cut federal government spending.

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So I have had a tracfone for a while now and recently because of all the texting I do I have been buying $20 cards like everyweek…I went to walmart today and saw a new phone called straight talk, where you pay $45 a month for unlimited or $30 for 1000 minutes and text messaging. My question is if someone has a straight talk phone is it good and probably cheaper than a tracfone?

I think you just answered your own question.
;>)

If you talk and/or text a lot, Straight Talk is going to be less expensive for you.

It’s a TracFone brand, by the way, just like Net10.

But straight talk’s unlimited deal is probably the best for you. And the phones are a bit better, too.

Anyone know anything about Straight Talk phones? If you do.. is it possible to use a different phone and use the Straight Talk phone cards? I like the idea of straight talk and its really cheap and I know it uses Verizon towers so it has good service (in my area) but to be honest the phones suck!! If and Straight Talk fans know of new upcoming phones or something.. please lemme know. thanks!!

no. straight talk service will work only with straight talk phones. and no there is no news of any new phones being released by straight talk at this time.

Chyron: John McCain: straight talk on the Economy?

QUESTION: “You have admitted that you’re not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said —

MCCAIN: I have not. I have not. Actually i have not. [ABC News, Good Morning America, 7/2/08]

CHYRON: Housing Crisis: Keene, NH — 12/04/07}

MCCAIN: “But I can’t come down now and give you a specific solution because I don’t claim to be smart enough.” [Keene Sentinel editorial board, 12/4/07]

CHYRON: Interest Rates, Republican Debate, 10/09/07]

QUESTION: Has Ben Bernanke cut rates aggressively enough.

MCCAIN: I don’t have that kind of expertise to know exactly whether he has cut interest rates sufficiently or not. [CNBC Debate, 10/09/07]

CHYRON: Wall Street & Stuff: Concord, NH — 12/17/07]

MCCAIN: “I am not an expert on Wall Street, I am not an expert on some of this stuff.” [McCain Town Hall, Concord, NH, 12/17/07]

CHYRON: Meet the Press, 1/27/08

QUESTION: “Senator McCain, you have said repeatedly, quote, I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated. Is it a problem for your campaign that the economy is now the most important issue, one that by your own acknowledgement is something you’re not well versed on?”

MCCAIN: “Actually, I don’t know where you got that quote from. I’m very well versed in economics.

QUESTION: “Well, I’ll—”

MCCAIN: “Now I know where you got that quote from. Now I know where you got that quote.”

QUESTION: “I will show you where I got that quote from. I got it from John McCain, And here it is. “[McCain] is refreshingly blunt when he tell[s] me: ‘I’m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.’” [Meet the Press, 1/27/08]

QUESTION: “You have admitted that you’re not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said —

MCCAIN: I have not. I have not. Actually i have not. [ABC News, Good Morning America, 7/2/08]

CHYRON: Straight Talk?

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i want a straight talk phone and i want to know what 30 mb meant.

MB is the Megabytes of data that you get with the $30.00 Plan.
Every page you go to on the internet with your phone uses so many Megabytes. One page can use say 1Kb(kilobyte) and another uses say 10Kb all depends on how graphic the page is. now don’t forget that 1,000KB equals 1MB.

You are better off just getting the $45.00 plan.
That way you have Unlimited Calling,Texting and Internet use.
Would you rather Save $15 a month, with the chance that you use more than the plan and have to pay $30.00 again before the month is up? Or Spend $15.00 and not have to worry about it.

My opinion..get the $30.00 plan, If you are short for money..and if you don’t use all of your minutes/text and Mb for internet than stick with that..

Me personally use the $45.00 plan just to be safe..i rather spend the $15.00 extra a month than to spend an extra $30.00 before my month is up.

I was just wondering if there was a possibility that straight talk Tracfone was going to come out with a Blackberry soon?

There’s always a possibility but there have been no announcements.