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Re:Nexus 5 by ufmace on Thursday October 31, 2013 @05:19PM (#6650019)
I've been on Straight Talk since I got a Galaxy Nexus over a year ago. Their customer service isn't great, but I never really have to deal with them. Just drop in the SIM, set up auto-pay, and blacklist their spammy reminder texts, and it's fine.

I think their data cap is around 2GB, but I've never come near that. What are you guys who are breaking 5GB caps doing with your phones anyways? The plan is unlimited voice, which is nice, since TMobile's 100min voice can be a little limiting sometimes.

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Re:Nexus 5 by presty on Thursday October 31, 2013 @05:30PM (#6650090)
I'm on Straight Talk and got flagged by their system.

Went 1 day without data access, a few days with limited connection (very slow) and a few weeks later they disabled my hotspotting ability.

I was using my phone as a wifi hotspot since I don't have internet at home.

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Re:Nexus 5 by ericd on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:49PM (#6651328)
That would be what their flagging is set up to catch...
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Re:Nexus 5 by laughfactory on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:29PM (#6651624)
Yep. They're very explicit in their literature about not using your device running on Straight Talk as a hotspot (tethering). It's clear enough that you don't even have to read the fine print to know it is the case. I think they print it in large letters somewhere but I can't remember.
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