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Covid-19- If anyone has problems paying their plan and needs a alternative

Jb456
Mayor / Maire

If anyone is having problems paying their plan due to loss of work here's an alternate solution for time being from TEXTNOW.

 

Stay safe and enjoy the Sun!

 

JB

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https://blog.textnow.com/blog/2020/04/13/our-response-to-covid-19/

 

How We Are Helping
For those of you in the U.S. and Canada — if you’ve lost your job and can no longer afford your phone bill, reach out to us on Twitter or Facebook, or email us at helpinghands@textnow.com. We are giving away as much as we can, from free phones and service, to SIM cards and premium upgrades, to help you stay connected during these uncertain times.

Free Phones
If you need a device, we’ll do our best to get you one — complete with a SIM card and preloaded with our unlimited free calling and texting plan — including, for the first time ever, for users in Canada. We’re clearing out our existing inventory of devices to help as many people as we can stay connected.

Free Service
If you already have a compatible Android or iOS device, we’re sending out as many free SIM cards as we can to get people connected to our Free Nationwide Talk & Text plan. Unlimited calling and texting to the U.S. and Canada at no charge, on the Nationwide Sprint® Network*. If you want to port in your existing number, we can help.

Free Phone Number
The spread of coronavirus has changed the way we live and work. If you’re connected to WiFi all day and want to reduce your phone bill, or you find yourself in need of a second phone number to work from home, our calling and texting app is available in the App Store and Google Play for free. Get a free 10-digit phone number, and immediately have access to unlimited calling and texting to stay connected to the important people in your life.

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helenhelen
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Not free like this alternative, but I just posted under the "Plans" forum what I am doing to save money.

CannonFodder
Mayor / Maire

@Jb456  OH, so you ARE still hangin' around here..... somewhat! 👍

TERMS AND CONDITIONS...

 

16.

We require certain rights to the messages, information, data, text, images, graphics or other materials (collectively, the “Content”) that You transmit, post, make available, submit or otherwise communicate to or through the Services (“Your Content”) (expressly excluding Your Information (as defined above) in order to operate certain features of the Services. We do not claim any intellectual property rights in Your Content. As between TextNow and You, You own, or have the rights to, Your Content at all times. By submitting, transmitting, making available or posting Your Content through the Services, You grant Us a world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, sublicense, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, perform and display Your Content worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the purposes of operating and providing the Services.

 

Short version...

 

They collect any/all information they can about you (including private information, provided it does "not" reveal your identity, haha) then sell it to advertisers, data brokers, and highest bidders. Or to any bidders, really. They "require" it, you "agree" to it - a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and non-exclusove right to do whatever they like with it - even after you stop using their service.

Luddite
Oracle
Oracle

Just need to be aware most of their phones are cdma & won't work with PM. Great effort in any case. 


>>> ALERT: I am not a CSA. Je ne suis pas un Agent du soutien à la clientèle.
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