I was previously a Verizon wireless customer, having been so for over 10 years. Originally it was just my wife and I with cell phones, and then with teenagers we grew to five phones. As a reward for being a loyal customer I was able to watch my monthly phone bill grow from double digits to nice big $240+ per month when I finally dumped them on February 1st.
We just switch to Ting. We bought everybody new “used” Sprint phones on eBay and Swappa for about $550. We sold our old phones all on Swappa for about $500. Our final Verizon bill was upward of $900, but Ting ETF credits will be about $250 and my first month’s bill with Ting is looking like it’s going to be about $82. I originally assumed about $120 month, but the family has really made an effort at keeping the data down, which is where the usage can really add up. So I’m guessing we’ll likely stay under $100 per month.
So far the service has been fine and we have not had any issued requiring a call to their customer support (which I hear is fantastic). Verizon actually called within a few days offering some “Really great deals…” To which I only have one thing to say: Fuck Verizon.