# Alternative to TracFone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 29, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194 "2020-12-29T21:01:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194/21 "2020-12-30T05:03:16Z")

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You sound like me a few years ago. I have always been a tech guy, I had a CD player and DVD player and TiVo and HDTV before any of my friends or family, but until about 3 years ago the only phone I had was a cheap flipper I kept in my car. One big reason, I’m like Prop Joe in The Wire, I don’t talk on the phone. And if I wanted to go online, I would do it on my computer. But eventually the convenience of being able to check email of FB wherever I was made it worth the $50 a month I now pay for Cricket wireless.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194/22 "2020-12-30T05:21:18Z")

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> [@Mike\_Mabes](#):
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> You sound like me a few years ago.

Yep. I used to be Hep. Now Hep is Cool and Cool went to Fly and I don’t know what that means or how to even find out anymore. I’m just a stupid ol man. Darn it!

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