Hi Dan, You are correct and I did not know that Straight Talk supported both GSM and CDMA networks as I have always heard the name Straight Talk in conjunction with people using it with a GSM iPhone. I found the following article on Wikipedia which explains rather well how Straight Talk is just one branch of a company called TracFone along with their partnership with WalMart. According to this article bringing an unlocked GSM iPhone to Straight Talk and simply obtaining a SIM card from them may no longer be an option as of this month:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TracFone_Wireless Straight Talk is another operator, through a partnership between TracFone and Walmart, offering several different rate plans; a $30 limited plan, $45 30-day unlimited plan and a $60 unlimited international calling plan. Discounts are available for purchasing multiple months of the unlimited plan. Straight Talk is a Mobile Virtual Network operator (MVNO) offering both CDMA and GSM support. The CDMA network uses Verizon's or Sprint's CDMA 1xRTT wireless networks and the GSM side makes use of either T-Mobile's or AT&T's GSM networks. The $30 limited plan the "All You Need" plan which provides 1000 minutes, 1000 texts, free 411 and 30MB of data for a service period of 30 days. The $45 unlimited plan, provides unlimited talk, texts and data. The data does not include streaming.[9] Straight Talk is currently exclusive to Walmart stores because of a joint-venture program between the two companies.[10] Straight Talk offers a variety of prepaid, no contract, phones on their website for use with their plans. Straight Talk also allows customers to bring a T-Mobile GSM phone or an unlocked domestic GSM phone to Straight Talk or NET10 by buying a SIM card and air time from the company. This program does not work with Blackberry and branded Straight Talk, SafeLink, TracFone and NET10 phones. The program does not work with phones designed to work on CDMA networks such as Verizon's due to incompatibility issues between CDMA phones and GSM networks. However, there are specific phones available from Straight Talk that use Verizon's network. The list of compatible phones with the program includes the iPhone Family, Nokia Lumia Family, LG Phoenix/LG Thrive, HTC Inspire and Motorola Atrix 2.[11][12] Straight Talk formerly allowed customers to bring an AT&T GSM phone or to purchase a SIM card that offers service on AT&T's network. As of February 2013, America Movil has discontinued both options from both the Straight Talk and NET10 websites. In addition, most references (besides support articles) have been edited to remove any mentions to AT&T-compatible service. It is unclear as to whether AT&T-compatible sales have been permanently discontinued or not. Existing customers are not impacted by this change. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
