Free Ringplus (sprint MVNO) cellular service
 

http://slickdeals.net/f/6786838-ring...l-12-30pm-pst?

Ringplus, a sprint MVNO, will offer free sprint service
* requires BYOSD (bring your own sprint device)
* free 200 min, 500 SMS and 50 MB data every month
* must place 1 outgoing call per wk, and 10 outgoing calls per month
* offer available Fri Mar 28th, 2014 from 12noon PST until 12:30PM PST only.
* they may charge tax per month.
* this is not a government subsidized plan.


check the above linked thread for more info or http://discourse.ringplus.net/

I've got a unlocked Pantech smart phone sitting around doing nothing but it sounds like it won't work on this service. Has to be a Sprint phone for some reason.

requires sprint phone because it uses sprint service. Sprint uses CDMA technology and thus has a registry of all devices allowed on their network (ESN list). Verizon pretty much does the same thing.

you can get a sprint phone for as little as $5 w/ free shipping or $20 for a smartphone @ gottagetaphone.com

MVNO?

mobile virtual network operator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile...twork_operator

essentially a 3rd party reseller that (in this case) uses sprint's network. MVNO's tend to offer prepaid service.

Thanks...

bump. deal will be live in a couple days. Good opportunity for those who need a cheap/free cellular plan.

Sweet. I've got a brand new Sprint Evo 4g laying around. Booty call phone FTW,

30 minutes to get a free cell service today.

There's one thing I've learned in life there ain't no free lunch and there will be a catch in this deal to just not worth having to find out what it is.

I've had 1 of my phones on this plan since 9/2013. Its been completely free. The catch:

1. uses sprint CMDA service
2. no roaming
3. advertisement (generally music) instead of "ringing tone" you normally hear on an outgoing call.
4. no free mms. they charge $0.07 per mms.
5. currently no voicemail app (though they will send transcribed email/text of voicemail)

think thats everything.

btw, I have no incentive to shill for ringplus. I just figure that this might be a benefit to CPers since many are in the kansas city area, and thus many will have access to sprint phones and sprint coverage.

Here are 2 long threads about ringplus from other well known forums:
slickdeals
howardforums