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difficult child *could have* spent thousands on *this* month's TMobile
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 537393" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>VErizon is not hard to hack. Not at ALL. Wiz learned how to do his friend's verizon phone in under ten min. he is NOt a super hacker either. This pohne had every parental conrol that was available. I heard about this from the parent, not from Wiz bragging. The parent told Wiz and his buddy that there was no way to hack the verizon parental controls, then was gobsmacked ten mn later when Wiz was able to buy games and music (wiz did offer to pay for them even though the parent challenged him with what was meant as a dare/brag )</p><p></p><p>Get the boy a net10 phone. I recently priced ALL of the pay as you go plans and they are the cheapest. Texts are .25 min to make or receive, internet is billed in minutes so if you do a lot on the internet you have fewer minutes to talk/text. We have several of the phones and the call quality is much better than AT&T or Sprint or Verzon. Not sure about tmobile, but have tried all the others. You can get 200 min for $20 with 30 service days and anythng you don't use will roll over to the next card if you don't let the service days expire. You can also get 750 min for $25 with 30 service days but they don't roll over. You can get unlimited minutes/internet for 30 days for $50 if you need/want it. </p><p></p><p>Check the cheapest phone they make, usually about $10-$15 and it may not have internet access. I do know that tracfone has one that is super cheap and cannot go online at all. Texting is awful on it, so it realy slows that down too. Tracfone offers double and triple min for life with some phones and/or on cards with a number that you enter that gives you this. It is STILL not as good a deal as net10, costwise anyway. </p><p></p><p>The ONE thing you never want to do with a pay as you go phoen is to buy ANYTHING through the phone using a credit or debit card. Once you do that, it can be done again with-o entering the number. So it is better to buy the cards at the store to give him minutes than to go and buy them through his phone. Or else go online to their website and you can buy minute for his phone that way and the credit card # won't get logged on hs phone. Be sure to use a long, complex password on the account.</p><p></p><p>I also think that kajeet would be the next best thing. They have some very simple phones and award winning control - and have had these for a number of years and gotten many awards for best parental controls.</p><p></p><p>I do think that not having a phone is problem the best option. the other kids always have them so he can use a friend' phone to call you. Or the school office, coach or teacher will have one and let hm call you. Trust me. He does not need a phone to call home. I know a TON of kids who do just fine borrowing a phone or makng plans the day before intead of always at the last minute. in my opinion it is a good thing for kids to do this because they learn how to function with-o some gadget telling them what to do and letting them not learn to plan ahead. If gfgwon't tell you his plans ahead of time, then he isn't allowed to do them. It is a simple, easy concept and will need time and consistency to make it happen, but it IS possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 537393, member: 1233"] VErizon is not hard to hack. Not at ALL. Wiz learned how to do his friend's verizon phone in under ten min. he is NOt a super hacker either. This pohne had every parental conrol that was available. I heard about this from the parent, not from Wiz bragging. The parent told Wiz and his buddy that there was no way to hack the verizon parental controls, then was gobsmacked ten mn later when Wiz was able to buy games and music (wiz did offer to pay for them even though the parent challenged him with what was meant as a dare/brag ) Get the boy a net10 phone. I recently priced ALL of the pay as you go plans and they are the cheapest. Texts are .25 min to make or receive, internet is billed in minutes so if you do a lot on the internet you have fewer minutes to talk/text. We have several of the phones and the call quality is much better than AT&T or Sprint or Verzon. Not sure about tmobile, but have tried all the others. You can get 200 min for $20 with 30 service days and anythng you don't use will roll over to the next card if you don't let the service days expire. You can also get 750 min for $25 with 30 service days but they don't roll over. You can get unlimited minutes/internet for 30 days for $50 if you need/want it. Check the cheapest phone they make, usually about $10-$15 and it may not have internet access. I do know that tracfone has one that is super cheap and cannot go online at all. Texting is awful on it, so it realy slows that down too. Tracfone offers double and triple min for life with some phones and/or on cards with a number that you enter that gives you this. It is STILL not as good a deal as net10, costwise anyway. The ONE thing you never want to do with a pay as you go phoen is to buy ANYTHING through the phone using a credit or debit card. Once you do that, it can be done again with-o entering the number. So it is better to buy the cards at the store to give him minutes than to go and buy them through his phone. Or else go online to their website and you can buy minute for his phone that way and the credit card # won't get logged on hs phone. Be sure to use a long, complex password on the account. I also think that kajeet would be the next best thing. They have some very simple phones and award winning control - and have had these for a number of years and gotten many awards for best parental controls. I do think that not having a phone is problem the best option. the other kids always have them so he can use a friend' phone to call you. Or the school office, coach or teacher will have one and let hm call you. Trust me. He does not need a phone to call home. I know a TON of kids who do just fine borrowing a phone or makng plans the day before intead of always at the last minute. in my opinion it is a good thing for kids to do this because they learn how to function with-o some gadget telling them what to do and letting them not learn to plan ahead. If gfgwon't tell you his plans ahead of time, then he isn't allowed to do them. It is a simple, easy concept and will need time and consistency to make it happen, but it IS possible. [/QUOTE]
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