OK.... have ZERO knowledge on this.... just saw it when looking at woot...
Free Wireless Internet | Free Internet | 4G Wireless Internet - FreedomPop
Says unlimited talk, text and data for FREE...
Since I just saw this I cannot find the catch... maybe someone else will know...
I'm on freedompop, and you get what you pay for. My 200 min/500 txt/500MB data plan is free.
It cost $20 to activate my $98 used Sprint Galaxy S3 on their service. Otherwise free.
Except last night I was playing around and signed up for an international virtual phone number by accident and was charged $5 without any notification. I cancelled immediately. Charge back from CC will be initiated soon unless they refund my money.
No apparent way to contact them other than a direct message on twitter...
Otherwise, the voice quality is okay as long as I'm on 4g service (they use voip and data packets to carry voice). Spotty if on 3g and sometimes useless if crappy 3g signal.
I use about 3 minutes of talk time each month, so it works perfectly for me. Data is only ~150MB per month, and only that high if I'm traveling. Usually on wifi if I'm doing more than sending an email.
Definitely worth a try if you want to get close to zero costs.
There are better options like ting and pageplus IIRC that can be under $10/mo if you do it right. I'm always a fan of zero if it's not much worse service than the $10/mo guy.
As for landline, we're on voip using an obihai adapter and Vestalink service. $50/yr for 500 mins/month service. I'm about to drop them and switch back to free google voice though (once I research whether it will really work).
$50/yr for pretty much all the telecoms we can consume ain't bad.