So, I'm really, really considering Ting for our family. Our contract with Verizon was up in May. Our bill has been lowered now that we aren't paying for the phones. A couple of us have started having small issues with our phones, likely needing an upgrade in the near future.
We currently pay around $140 with Verizon for four phones. The last time I checked with Ting based on our usage we would pay between $75-$85 a month. We do a pretty good job of limiting data since we use WiFi at home.
I think the hard part will be making the actual switch! My first thought is to get SIM cards and keep our current phones and numbers which I believe can be ported over from Verizon.
After that I think we would slowly switch each of us over as it becomes clear our phones are really dying. So far, all the issues have resolved themselves usually with restarting the phone a time or two.
My main concern is the actual switch. Will our ability to get service change that much? We will be getting service through the same towers we currently do right? In some ways we are only changing the billing method.
At one time, I understood that Ting used Sprint towers. I hesitated to switch as Sprint towers in our previous town were horrible according to users and Sprints own map. I think now if we use GSM SIM cards we will be on Verizon towers (not sure this makes sense, but it's how I understand it).
Also once I have the SIM cards in hand and INSERT IGNORE INTO our phones, how long until they are active? Less than a day? This is actually a good time of year to switch as we are home a lot more and not using our phones as much.
I'm sure I can find some more information on Ting's website, and I will start looking. I'm just hoping one of you Ting users can encourage me and answer some of my questions.
Thank you in advance!
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July 4th, 2016 at 02:19 pm
July 4th, 2016 at 04:22 pm 1467649358
July 5th, 2016 at 01:08 pm 1467724082
I think they say it takes 24 hours to activate, just in case there are any problems. I'd say it usually takes an hour or less.
Ting is easy to test out without any commitment, so it is a good idea to just start with one phone and see how it goes.
July 5th, 2016 at 01:12 pm 1467724377
Yes, moving one phone over first is probably a good idea.
July 5th, 2016 at 01:55 pm 1467726901
July 5th, 2016 at 03:26 pm 1467732399
July 6th, 2016 at 01:56 am 1467770214
I would suggest trying it out with just one phone - even if you got one of their cheap refurbished phones to test it out on.
Switching over shouldn't take too long - both my and my DH's numbers ported within a matter of an hour or two. Although DH's did require a phone call to customer service because his was a flip phone and that took a little more finagling.
I just had an interaction with Ting yesterday - chatted online with someone about how to merge DH's and I's accounts. They sent us both security codes, and by Wednesday our accounts should be merged (had to wait til end of DH's billing cycle.) Pretty painless.