Okay, I'm going to have to get a 2nd FreedomPop device and account for myself for in-the-car use (Google Maps, Wikipedia searches, etc. in those rare times when I'm between wifi at home and work). Why? Primarily because of our PITIFUL data consumption so far this month. In 1 week, my son and I have used a total of 5Mb - - - out of our 500Mb monthly allotment of FREE DATA! BUT... my son has 'our' device in his backpack at school 90% of the time, so it's unavailable for my personal use.
After calling Customer Care, and having them REMOVE the "Premium Service" that was so kindly added - for a monthly fee of $8/month, I could roll-over any unused FREE DATA balance to the next month. Not a bad deal... but that is *NOT* why I'm using FreedomPop. And while I was automatically enrolled in the 'Premium' service when signing up for FreedomPop service, I was forced to CALL IN to customer service to have the 'Premium' services removed. Did I mention you have to watch these 'free' things? Oh, they're "free", but you have to watch them. Log in at least once a month, etc...
But WAIT, there's MORE!!!
FreedomPop has a program called "Freedom Friends" where you can add 'friends' (who ALREADY use FreedomPop) to your 'friends list', and for each 'friend' added, you get an addition 10Mb-per-month of free data above-and-beyond the original free 500Mb! A quick web search found several places with lists of FreedomPop users who are ready and willing to become your 'friend', because... those users ALSO get an additional 10Mb per month! To date, our FreedomPop account has 1000Mb of free data... AND... I have a list of names I'm going to submit next month in case some of the current users stop using FreedomPop.
Where did I "find" these 'friends'? Two main sources: 1) SlickDeals.net, 2) a FaceBook page (that I'm NOT using, but others may choose to use it), 3) this forum post with 329+ friends listed.
YMMV - but from my perspective, SFSG!!
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