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frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025
frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025

Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts + 3GB Data Per Month

(ID Verification & Location Sharing Req.)

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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:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. 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.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. 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

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP
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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:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. 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.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. 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

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP

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If someone asked me how to make a free mobile data plan, my very first thought would be "control its DNS, packet-inspect everything on my network so I can tell who's doing what, sell that info to data brokers, advertisers, marketing agencies, etc., and insert enough legalese to my long-AF-that-nobody-reads-it terms of service that it's totally OK for me to do that." Classic case of "if it's free, it's because you are the product."

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?
Right now their 20$ a month plan turns out to cost a couple of dollars a month if you opt in to their location tracking. They are trying to build a network of hotpots to fill in what traditional cell towers miss. Turn on tracking and they map whenever they hit one of their hotspots. Then they try to get new ones in empty areas.

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
I gave them my email address for spam, so we'll see. Right now it looks like they just offer one plan -- $20/mo for unlimited.

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max-a-mill
Feb 3, 2025
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Quote from tedcruz :
I had it for 2 years IIRC. Saved $400.
agreed! ringplus was awesome except the service was sprint. but for free it was acceptable service.
Last edited by max-a-mill February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM.
Feb 3, 2025
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Satoshi_N
Feb 3, 2025
209 Posts
Quote from audioClover :
Wow there are a lot of people in this thread that have no idea how Helium works and have never used it before, spewing what they think is knowledge. Unreal.
Oh its real. and it very aggravating.
Love helium BTW
Feb 3, 2025
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Satoshi_N
Feb 3, 2025
209 Posts
Quote from oasisallure :
did you earn lots of rewards by phone or hotspots?
both.
Feb 3, 2025
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damnthatsadeal
Feb 3, 2025
1,696 Posts
It's a long time coming from the zwave mining days for Helium network.
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infin8007
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Feb 3, 2025
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Quote from Le-SerKale :
I still have 2 lines from free up mobile. Att. They drop 1000 min/text down to 200. Still good.
I dumped them for textnow.
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Le-SerKale
Feb 3, 2025
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Quote from infin8007 :
I dumped them for textnow.

Was free. Still free. Good enough burners
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infin8007
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Feb 3, 2025
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I have textnow service on one phone with their sim card

and on my other phone with esim I have 5GB free data with instabridge and use google voice.

Between the two i dont' miss calls and get free monthly service.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17866149-free-5gb-data-monthly-esim-for-ap-launcher-installed-0?attrsrc=Thread%3AExpired%3AFalse&src=SiteSearchV2Algo1

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Feb 3, 2025
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DealGypsy
Feb 3, 2025
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I've had this company for over a year with a $5 monthly plan unlimited. It is now gone up to $20 unlimited but not for me. This is a great company. I never had better reception and I usually get crypto every month to cover the bill
Feb 4, 2025
339 Posts
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Feb 4, 2025
flex360
Feb 4, 2025
339 Posts
I have their $20 per month plan for about 6 months now and I enjoy it. Getting ported over to them when I signed up was a pain.

Make sure if you're porting your number, so it during their work hours lol
Feb 4, 2025
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Feb 4, 2025
mikeydread
Feb 4, 2025
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Quote from oasisallure :
did you earn lots of rewards by phone or hotspots?

More rewards via my phone than the hotspots. Mainly because the more users that connect to the hotspots the more rewards. They are installed at my house and I live in a rural area so it's just us connecting to the hotspots.
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lotrbfme
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Feb 4, 2025
755 Posts
I ve been using helium for a year or more. I have their $5 original plan and I love it. I have like $100 in crypto from them but I only started recently to map my area. I have a friend who has racked up $3,000 already.
Feb 4, 2025
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W-Creative
Feb 4, 2025
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Quote from lotrbfme :
I ve been using helium for a year or more. I have their $5 original plan and I love it. I have like $100 in crypto from them but I only started recently to map my area. I have a friend who has racked up $3,000 already.

Didn't you have to buy their overpriced hotspots first?
Feb 4, 2025
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monkey02
Feb 4, 2025
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Real?? How to make it?
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Feb 4, 2025
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mail4aksingh
Feb 4, 2025
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It is asking for a password when tried to open the wait list link. It's kind of new as haven't seen such thing in the past.
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WackyP
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Looks like mapping is a requirement for the free plan which makes sense as the goal of Helium is convincing their users to put up hotspots.
Feb 4, 2025
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thecooler
Feb 4, 2025
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You can join the wait list now

https://hellohelium.com/
Last edited by wuzzy February 4, 2025 at 05:35 AM.

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