Cell phones forum: Pure TalkUSA?

Their coverage map looks exactly like the At&t coverage map.

HiDefSteve,

Thanks for taking the time to educate yourself on wireless providers and Pure TalkUSA. We pride ourselves in offering a variety of flexible cellular plans to accomodate any budget and usage needs; we utilize the nation's largest, most reliable GSM network. Our basic plan starts at $10/month; our unique Flex Plan allows you to set a budget each month and never incur additional charges or fees; our family line lets you add users to your account for $5/line; our Unlimited Talk & Text gives you all the talk/text you desire for $37.95; the Unlimited Plus+ plan gives you unlimited talk/text and 600MB of data with 600MMS for $43.95. In addition, we offer a wide variety of handsets at many different price points and also offer a SIM card for use with any unlocked GSM handset.

For reviews of our service and more information in general on our company, please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/puretalkusa. If you have any questions about our service, email us at info@puretalkusa.com.

I hope this helps answer your questions.

- Tara

I'm a retired corporate executive who was a customer with AT&T for over 15 years and finally got fed up with poor service, support, and lack of interest to keep their loyal customers. I researched and found puretalkusa about 18 months ago, use an iPhone 4S, started back then with a 3GS and when I made the switch I couldn't believe how much better the coverage and quality of service is. Puretalkusa leases bandwidth from AT&T, has fewer subscribers so with less congestion the difference is noticeable immediately. Their online support staff are first rate, helpful, courteous, and followup to assure satisfaction. I could not be happier and I have referred several of my friends to them as well. I HIGHLY recommend!

Hello, HiDefSteve. I am sorry to be a few months late with an answer, but I just saw your post. I never heard of PURETALK before I signed up either. Just wanted an inexpensive way to go because I do not use my flip phone that much. Ten dollars a month is great. I have never been cut off from a call, the calls are very clear. Before you reach the end of your minutes, you will get a voice on your phone as you are about to dial, telling you how much you have left in minutes. I have the $10 a month plan which is deducted from my debit card. You can add more minutes by going onto their site, and clicking for more. I also love the fact that whatever minutes you have from one month to the next roll over and you never lose them. Their website has all your info and the calls you made and how long you spoke. For such an inexpensive charge each month, you get a lot. You can increase or decrease your plan depending on how much you want to pay and how many minutes you need. I believe the increments are $10.

I recommend PureTalk highly, and their customer reps are very courteous and patient. Check it out! Gloria

I've used PuretalkUSA on an iphone 4s for over a year and it is very good. The call quality is good and I've never had a call drop. I only have the $20max plan.
Last month I set up another iphone 3G on PureTalk. They sent the sim and I put it in and had the service up and running in a few minutes. No jail break or any of that. This only works if you have a GSM phone, but it works well.
I recommend the service as far as the talk and text, but I don't have the data, so can't discuss that aspect of the service. There is no free nights and weekends or any of that. You get 130 min for $10 and if you go over by one min you get bumped up to the $20 for that month, but if you don't use all your minutes they roll to the next month.
I use talkatone with Google Voice, which I learned about on the PureTalk website, to save minutes when I'm within wifi range, and that works well, too.

I have had this service for a month or so and it is great as to signal strength and small fee. But have one problem and it probably isn't them, but I can't understand it.
I was with Consumer Cellular and I live in the boonies and the signal was very poor and if I lowered the monthly cost to their $10 plus tax and fees figure, it came with no minutes. If you used a minute it was like 23 cents.
Pure talk uses the AT&T towers in my area and the low fee is $10 a month for 130 roll over minutes.
I got their sim card to put in my Huawei U8652 GSM cell phone and it says it is locked. Consumer Cellular said it was my phone and was unlocked. That they never lock the phone you purchase from them --- It's yours!. I paid $100 for it. Pure Talk says compatible phones must be GSM and an unlocked AT&T or another kind I forgot the name of it would work with theirs. AT&T uses the Huawei U8652 as a prepaid phone with their service.
Pure Talk did furnish me a little flip top Samsung free that is marked AT&T and it works like a charm. The reception is fantastic but all my contacts are in my Huawei. I have WiFi at home and can use the Huawei features there or in free zones.
Every month I take the sim card out of the Samsung and put it in the Huawei and power it up but it is still says it needs to be unlocked. Consumer Cellular said if that happened I could use 6 zeros for the code. Doesn't work. Would love to hear any ideas on how to get it to link up with Pure Talk. The little Samsung they sent me for free is great for hiking the neighborhood and dog walking, but would love to get to my contacts and weather reports and apps in my Huawei.
I strongly recommend the Pure Talk. Greatest talks I have ever had on a cell phone, but sure would like to hear the same on my Huawei.