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Tell Me About Ting

July 4th, 2016 at 03:19 pm

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!

6 Responses to “Tell Me About Ting”

  1. val combs Says:
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    I switched to ting about 5 months ago after a coworker told me about it. I only pay about 20 a month for my phone and will be adding my husband and kids when their contracts are up saving me over $200 a month. No problem with coverage since switching. Switching only took about 2 hours and they emailed me updates. If you decide to switch let me know and I can give you a referral code.

  2. MonkeyMama Says:
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    GSM uses T-mobile towers. I would not expect to be getting Verizon cell service with Ting. So it depends how T-mobile service is where you are. & it also depends on the phone. Some phones have better antennas.

    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.

  3. creditcardfree Says:
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    Hmm, maybe I meant CDMA, rather than GSM for Verizon.

    Yes, moving one phone over first is probably a good idea.

  4. MonkeyMama Says:
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    P.S. I should clarify that it probably also takes longer to port over a phone from Verizon. Because they have to contact Verizon and so on. My "hour or less" quote probably has to do with phone purchases we have made since being off of the big carriers.

  5. debt-free by thir-ty Says:
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    I tried switching one family member over to Ting to see how it went with the intention of eventually moving everyone, but service was horrendous. Granted, my family lives in a pretty rural area, but it was even worse than AT&T. Texts took hours to go through. Phone calls didn't connect or if by some miracle, they did, then you couldn't actually hear the other person. We ultimately decided it wasn't for us.

  6. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    I have and love Ting. However, I do use the Sprint towers, and not the T-mobile. Tried the t-mobile ... never again (at least here.)

    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.

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