Helium Mobile has
Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for
Free when you
Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code
BREAKFREE at signup.
Thanks to community member
WackyP for finding this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
- Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
- Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
- Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
- Valid email address
- Your name, home address and date of birth
- Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
- No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
- You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
- Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free
How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (
source)
- "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
- 100 minutes talk
- 300 texts
- 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
- Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
- No credit card needed
- You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
- Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
- Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
- Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network
Top Comments
If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.
Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?
Anyways...So they will pay you in their crypto token., Which they then accept as payment.Or you can sell yourself. Im assuming they are going to expand on this somehow.
Also a while back they were talking about another app that carriers were going to opt into that allows people to use each others phones a a hotspot for a small fee.
Just a guess but maybe something with this as well.
They are not the only company going this way there are going to be some announcements very soon of others going this path
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No thanks.
It's not uncommon in some European countries. In this case, probably has to do with them trying to not get bad data from bad actors that would tank their business since they use your data algorithmically to drive their investments into new infrastructure.
Why the F you lured me into giving you my confidential information? What are you going to do with it? What is the bogus explanation that your free plan customers are paying by sharing their locations, for what? Avoid, avoid, avoid!
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Company might be owned by someone who came from controlled country where privacy means less than NOTHING.
One Asian supermarket asked for SSN to get a $20 OFF $35.
I give up.
I was one of those subscribers as well as FreedomPop. Were you or anyone else on here? 😊
Oh, I'm sorry to hear you in at the end. It was a decent service. Am I right?!
If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.
Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?
What's interesting is we can use AI to summarize text like this now. Wonder how long we will have unreviewed long TOS without summaries and clarifications of what they mean?
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