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Free Cellphone Service... Really
Until Tuesday, January 5 at noon only... (but they repeat similar offers periodically.) RingPlus, which is a reseller of Sprint cell services (a so-called MVNO), is offering their most generous FREE plan ever. With no strings attached, they will give you free, per month: 1750 talk minutes, 1750 texts (but MMS is 4 cents), and 1750 megs of high-speed 4G LTE data (that is 1.75 gigs).
You will need a Sprint smartphone (and some others are allowed) that is not currently in use, or go to a Best Buy store (or Kmart) and buy a Sprint PREPAID phone but read reviews and do NOT have Best Buy activate it. (Their Moto E was $39.99, but now jumped to $69.99.) On the RingPlus website, check the MEID number from your old phone or the new Sprint Prepaid phone (on outside of box) to make sure it will activate on their system.
Then, sign up for the "Goya" plan. Lastly, open the box of your new phone and turn it on. It should automatically activate. Note, you have to make a $20 deposit that will get whittled down only if you go over your limit or request a service not covered by the plan. Only if and when you get down to zero, will another $20 be charged.
Suggestion: don't ditch your current cell plan until you see how you like RingPlus.
See also: Hot Deals
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