anybody use MetroPCS?

[passthewine]

I'm considering switching to MetroPCS to save money and wanted to see what the general consensus was.

I know they don't have as good of phones as the contract companies, are the phones they have any good though?

The data is my biggest concern, I'm always on it.

Thanks! I'm just ready to ditch T-Mobile and couldn't believe how much it would cost me each month at AT&T (and that's sharing data!)

[mominatrix]

Never heard of them, but we've been considering a switch to Credo (http://www.credomobile.com/) for quite a while.

What we learned: many of the smaller carriers buy time on the Sprint network.

[passthewine]

and I've never heard of Credo, lol. MetroPCS is a contract-free prepay phone service and it's only like $50-60/month, incl unlimited data (you have to pull full price for the phone.)

[sweetday]

My dad has MetroPCS and the reception is terrible.

[mominatrix]

Credo is cell service for lefty hippies. They donate money to causes that the people who contract with them vote on.

They're an offshoot of Working Assets long distance, which I had years ago. The cool thing about them: every Monday it was free to call your Congress-person in DC.

On the phone front, they're intriguing because they'll buy out your contract (up to $350 per line, up to three lines) with your current carrier.