Mint Mobile [mintmobile.com] has a limited time offer available for new customers and at select channels only:
Buy 2 months, get 1 month free on a 3-month 5GB plan.
- "One month free" applied as $15 discount at checkout on 3-month 5GB plan only - upfront payment of $30 required, w/ taxes & fees extra.
- One-time discount applied for first 3 months only.
- Cannot combine with any other offers.
Instructions
1. Click on the link above or here:
https://www.mintmobile.com/plans and click "Shop New Customer Offer"
2. Add 3 month, 5 GB Plan to cart and apply promo code
FREEMONTH which will bring your total down from $45 to $30.
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I looked into it a bit and it's a junky as it sounds. Like when the rental car companies wanted to "recover" the fact that they have to pay rent for their building. What BS. Boycott this crap
I've had them for about a year and haven't found much reason to switch.
The service has been good.
As long as an area has service I'm good for video and all that.
My issue is the endless fees that come with buying a phone from them, and from renewing.
Every six months I get the $12 recovery fee added-on when I extend coverage.
When I bought the Pixel from them the extra fees were almost $50.
My Tracfones never charge me those fees in any dramatic way.
I buy a years service and thats it (I have 17k minutes in rollover)
Of course Tracfone sucks for data ($10 a GB) but I dont use data with them - I use the Mint.
Mint data is pretty good as far as the isolated cost.
If I went new to Mint I would BYOP and not buy a phone from them with all the fees
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1 - Pick a Google account you own that doesn't have a GV number linked to it (or create a new Google acct)
2 - Go to voice.google.com and log in to that Google acct. I prefer an Incognito window here to make sure I'm only engaging with the preferred account.
3 - Select a GV number... I used my home area code and perused the list of available numbers, settling on one that looked good.
4 - Select it, verify it by using a mobile or landline. (see note on this below)
5 - Really important.... set up a PIN!!! Settings > Voicemail > Enable Call to Listen > Enter a PIN
6 - Unlock the GV number so it can be ported: Settings > Account > GV Number > click UNLOCK
7 - Pay Google three bucks
8 - Wait for confirmation that the number is unlocked
Then at Mint:
Phone # is the GV number
Account # is also the GV number
PIN is the PIN you set up in Step 5 above.
The important note from Step 4.... the phone you use to verify here (via text message if you're using a mobile or via a phonecall if using a landline) will be DISCONNECTED from any other GV number you may be using and will be linked to the GV number you're creating here. When you finish up all of this and have successfully ported in to Mint, you'll want to go back to whatever prior GV number you have an re-link that mobile/landline back where it belongs.