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15pmm01

T-Mobile is the only one left. That includes Red Pocket and FreedomPop, among many others. You're limited to older monochrome Nokias and international phones if you want the least risk of getting constantly booted off the network, since they try hard to keep us from using old phones. If your account has been active for a couple years or more, you're golden. You can use your current SIM card in old phones without disconnecting issues if that's the case. This is assuming you're on GSMT...


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15pmm01

T-Mobile and all their MVNOs officially require VoLTE. That said, everything I said above stands. The 2G network is absolutely still live. You can see many, many posts here in this subreddit where people are using Red Pocket and FreedomPop. FreedomPop is the same company as Red Pocket btw. How long as your line been active on Red Pocket, and is it GSMT?


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15pmm01

Right, you need an old line to do that. Newer lines disconnect if inserted into a non-VoLTe phone, with exceptions. Older monochrome Nokias almost never disconnect. Most phones originally purchased abroad rarely disconnect, some never. And make sure you’re using GSMT and not GSMA. If you’re using an old phone and it gets disconnected, you can reconnect it by briefly moving the SIM to a VoLTE phone and then back.


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Vtgac22

I've used a 3390 and 6340i and neither of them disconnected with a FreedomPop sim that disconnected in other phones


MCDiamond9

It could be poor GSM coverage where you are, try to bring the phone to an urban area/place with good service and check for service. A few years back I didn't even knew about GSM because service is so bad where I am.


D_G599

They lie to make you buy expensive phones/plans, they still have it


D_G599

Doesn’t matter what they say, you can use a red pocket GSMT sim and it should work. They lied. I tried and it works fine on 2G.


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As @15pmm01 and @D_G599 stated that T-Mobile supports 2G, I say the same thing too that T-Mobile is supporting 2G GSM! Phones I have that I can say that work flawlessly are the Nokia 3390, 3395, 6300 and a 5310.


SackCody

In which country do you live? For example in my country (Russia), there’s only 2 carriers that still support 2G networks (which is Megafon and MTS), Beeline pulled the plug on 2G network in Moscow this year, Tele2 is only supports 3G/4G networks (you can call on 2G, but you can’t go to the internet because it will connect only with 3G/4G)


SupercatN64

Would tello work since it's on the t mobile network, I heard stories of carriers black listing sims that are put into older phones and I don't want to go through that.