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Wal-Mart Adds to Pre-Paid Lineup

Jul 27, 2010, 2:54 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Wal-Mart has recently added phones from AT&T to its Straight Talk service. Straight Talk, run by Tracfone, is a pre-paid offering that offers consumers a lower-cost alternative to post-paid contracts. Wal-Mart previously offered only Verizon handsets via the Straight Talk. The addition of AT&T to its roster gives consumers more choice and flexibility.

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flip mode

Jul 28, 2010, 2:25 AM

Droid X or iPhone 4

2 questions...

-can you hook up a droid x to straight talk

-can you take a straight talk sim and put it in an unlocked gsm device like a Nexus One or an iPhone 4 since now at&t is in the mix?

T Bone

Not an iPhone 4 surely, because it doesn't use a standard SIM, like the iPad it uses a standard SIM...although why I have no idea...I spoken to literally dozens of customers to whom the micro-SIM has caused major headaches when they wanted to swap SIM...
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justfinethanku

Jul 27, 2010, 3:41 PM

Not Verizon.

Straight Talk is owned and operated on the Trackphone network. It may use some Verizon towers, but it is certainly not a Verizon service in any way.

VZW611LA

It uses only Verizons network. If you leave it, you won't roam. They use Verizon PRLs and Prefixes.

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ecycled

Jul 27, 2010, 3:11 PM

att

Prepaid princess

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