Dave, it has been 10 months now, an update on CC, please?
I’ve been with AT&T for almost 17 years. After my phone took a dip in the pool I am looking to switch carriers to help off set the purchase of a new iPhone. Paying $95/mo now for two phones and 6GB data. CC is at the top of my list but concerned about some reviewers complaining about text and data issues. Thanks!
Thanks for asking. I don’t usually gush about a product, especially a cell phone, but I do have to say I am absolutely, completely, 100% satisfied with Consumer Cellular as a phone carrier. I wish I had switched over years ago.
We got AT&T SIM cards initially, but switched out my spouse’s phone to a T-Mobile card, after finding the coverage at the Costco building was better that way. We both have rock solid performance, and zero issues with dropped calls or texts. Data is good, and it’s as solid a cell solution as I ever had all those years with Verizon.
We’ve used the phones all over here in our PNW area, as well as when we’ve traveled to New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Southern California. No issues with coverage, and it was invisible that we were away from home. When we went over the border into Canada there was no service, but we expected that. If we were going to be there any length of time, I’d have figured a way to get coverage there. But at home, day to day, it is excellent.
I opted for the two lines, unlimited talk and text, 5gb data plan. $55 a month plus taxes, which ends up at $69 a month, nearly half of what I was spending with Verizon. We have only gone over that data one time (when we went to New Orleans), and the only thing that happened is CC bumped us up to the next higher data plan, which added $10 to the bill. When we got back home, I switched us back down to the regular plan we had the next month, and life went on. If your usage requires higher data use, buy the higher plan.
The one thing we do differently now that we didn’t do before is look for free data in restaurants and airports. Connecting to free wireless in public places reduces our data use, which is no big deal. We don’t come close to our 5gb plan limit, and we both can do what we want online. Streaming data and such is not an issue.
The Apple 5SE phones we got initially were fine, and worked great. We’ve both upgraded since then, me to a 6S from CC, spouse to a 7Plus purchased directly from Apple. No biggie changing phones - switch the SIM card, call CC with the EIN or whatever it’s called, and that was that. Easy breezy.
Would I do it again? Yes. Am I satisfied? Yes. Do I recommend CC over the big bucks named carriers? YES!
CC has a referral program where we’d both get a one time discount if you tell them I referred you. If anyone is thinking of switching, PM me and we can both get a break.
Dave