Re: Simple Mobile VS Tracfone
I wouldn't write off Simple Mobile too quickly. ANY provider can recycle numbers. I paid $10 to activate a Tracfone and used a Fresh IP and all of my other things were in place and I got limits of 0/0.
I have not tried Simple Mobile. But I would imagine it depends on what carrier they use and how they recycle their numbers.
All in all this is NOT the end of the world. It is just raising the cost of stealth a bit.
One thing I have found with Tracfones that may help people in the future.
When changing your number, the LG 305c models go through right away on Tracfone's website. Then you dial *22890 and the number changes. I have changed one phone 3 or 4 times and it still went right through.
When I tried the LG 306g, it always tells me it cannot change the number and to call customer service.
The difference between the phones is that the 305c has no SIM card and uses the Verizon network. The 306g has SIM cards and you do not dial anything to activate the phone or change the number, it just says to turn it off and on. I'm not sure what network they use.
I hate calling their customer service number. People say it isn't so bad, but every time I have had to call them, I am on hold for 45 minutes. It is a total waste of my time.
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