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HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:06:25 -0400, John H.
wrote: All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much. I used a Tracfone prepaid for many years and it provided good, low cost service in the NY metro area and most other places. They use different networks depending on location. More recently I've been using Sprint and Verizon phones which both have good service all over the east coast, Verizon being the better of the two. |
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On Jul 5, 12:00*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? *snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, *Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. * I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. * You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. |
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On Jul 5, 12:01*pm, HK wrote:
BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. *Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect.. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. *Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nice dance steps, WAFA.... |
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HK wrote:
BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. |
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BAR wrote:
HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. |
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HK wrote:
BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? |
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BAR wrote:
HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. |
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On Jul 5, 4:57*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00*pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? *snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, *Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. * I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. * You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!! He just knows how to abide by rules. Now stop your whining. |
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On Jul 5, 4:59*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:43:50 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:26:32 -0400, HK wrote: I use mine a lot when out fishing...it's a much better way than VHF radio to reach the "captains" of other boats to hear them lie about the fish they are catching where they are. Out on the Bay these days, cell coverage is damned good if you are out a bit from the cliffs and woods on the western shore. With a 3 watt analog phone and a good marine antenna cell coverage is better in Florida Bay than VHF. When my buddy was making that limp home from Marathon to Pine Island (the bent prop shaft thread) he never lost cell signal but his VHF was useless Luckily, Baltimore has a tremendous Coast Guard station that reaches any are of the Chesapeake Bay I've been in. I've been able to reach them also, in the one instance I needed to. TowBoatUS monitors the Bay pretty well also. Why do you need so many tows with that new boat of yours? |
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On Jul 5, 5:02*pm, "Jim" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message ... On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!! How soon we forget. JWAFM was the first to get bonged. He was allowed back in. Were you? |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. :) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. :) |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. :) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. :) And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T! |
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"HK" wrote in message ... BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. With your low claimed usage, I don't see you having much negotiating power. What carrier? |
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On Jul 5, 4:57*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00*pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? *snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, *Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. * I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. * You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? |
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On Jul 5, 5:51*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. *Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. *The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. *We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. *Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. *Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. *:) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. *:) And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My dad's virgin mobile is about 5 dollars a month.. we pay 15 every three months.. weather you use it or not though.. But he only uses it once in a while and he can press one button and say a name and call one of us. He has parkinsons and could never dial 7 digits or more.. But he can call me with one thumb thump;) It has given him ultimate freedom.. |
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On Jul 5, 8:02*pm, wrote:
On Jul 5, 5:51*pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. *Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. *The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. *We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. *Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. *Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. *:) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. *:) And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My dad's virgin mobile is about 5 dollars a month.. we pay 15 every three months.. weather you use it or not though.. But he only uses it once in a while and he can press one button and say a name and call one of us. * He has parkinsons and could never dial 7 digits or more.. But he can call me with one thumb thump;) It has given him ultimate freedom..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Note however, the virgin mobile is not as strong as our cingulair/sbc/ att service... |
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On Jul 5, 7:58*pm, wrote:
On Jul 5, 4:57*pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00*pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00*am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? *snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, *Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. * I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. * You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? Stoned again? |
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wrote in message ... On Jul 5, 4:57 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why pick on Chuck & his board? He set it up to give the sensible posters a calm, reasoned place to go to discuss boats. You should be helping him, not planning to sideswipe him. |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:51:44 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. :) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. :) And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. I honestly don't know. I know we're on some kind of family plan because we still have one in medical school, but I couldn't tell you what the cost is. That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T! Well, the phones are part of the business and as such, a business deduction. Maybe when Mrs. Wave retires (yeah - like that's going to happen). |
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Don White wrote:
wrote in message ... On Jul 5, 4:57 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why pick on Chuck & his board? He set it up to give the sensible posters a calm, reasoned place to go to discuss boats. You should be helping him, not planning to sideswipe him. Why do make so many posts in rec.boats and so few in Chuck's board. You, JimH and Harry each make more post in one day to rec.boats, than you have in over 2 months at Chuck's place. |
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HK wrote:
BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of some discussion board like you did. |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:13:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote: Don White wrote: wrote in message ... On Jul 5, 4:57 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why pick on Chuck & his board? He set it up to give the sensible posters a calm, reasoned place to go to discuss boats. You should be helping him, not planning to sideswipe him. Why do make so many posts in rec.boats and so few in Chuck's board. You, JimH and Harry each make more post in one day to rec.boats, than you have in over 2 months at Chuck's place. They aren't engaged in a valiant attempt to make Chuck's Place a cesspool of personal attack threads and ensuing responses. If folks would quit responding, the boredom of high-fiving each other would soon set in. |
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BAR wrote:
HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of some discussion board like you did. I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than later. Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater in the bunch. |
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"John H." wrote in message ... On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:13:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: Don White wrote: wrote in message ... On Jul 5, 4:57 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:43:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 12:00 pm, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:48:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 11:06 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:31:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Jul 5, 10:00 am, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:38 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: HK wrote: John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? snerk A cell phone is a cell phone is a cell phone, even though there are hundreds if not thousands of different ones. If the cell phone works well as a cell phone, and most do, the prepaid bit won't make a difference. Snerk, Wrong again. WAFA! I wonder how many posts he'll make to me before he realizes I won't respond. I think it's about 450 so far.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't even read it anymore once I see it's WAFA. It's only going to be a cut and paste from Google, presented as something a "teacher" told him.... WAFA! Anyway. Here in the NE corridor we have had ATT-SBC for well over a decade after trying "you can't hear me now", and a couple of others. I have never not been able to make a call, from anywhere, save a couple of dead spots here and there on my way to Chicago once... There also used to be a spot on Route 9 (CT) but they put a new tower in. My phone always has service, even when everyone elses (other services) dosen't. A lot has to do with the phone too. Over the years as phones and antennas got smaller or dissapperard, I did note some models did better than others. My dad has verison because he needs the voice activation and only uses it about once or twice a week. We pay about 5 dollars a month for his phone. Sometimes his service is weaker than mine. The Iphone seems strong in most places for Mrs. JW,. I have always stuck to basic phones and care more about signal strength than bells and whistles though.. Agreed! All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean much.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OTOH.. after using the Iphone on a few outings for radar, google, road services, food, and a giggle here and there. I actually think my next phone will be an IPhone. I really like the tool all around aside from the shape. You all know I am a "tool" guy, I have used my wifes phone, and I will be getting one.. Take it for what it's worth;) Scotty The difference is this. You're smart. I'm not very. It would take me the rest of my life to figure out how to use the damn thing!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope, works just like any windows desktop / internet browser. Point and click, real websites,,, easy, if you can use google, or a reader or even do email and surf the web, you already know how to use the IPhone... Go check one out at the phonestore.. You still must be a lot smarter than I. You're not banned from Chuck's Place!!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, you think your are sooooo cool. Wanna see me get binned, I could do it you know, and in a lot more grand fashion that that weak insult you got binned for;) ?? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why pick on Chuck & his board? He set it up to give the sensible posters a calm, reasoned place to go to discuss boats. You should be helping him, not planning to sideswipe him. Why do make so many posts in rec.boats and so few in Chuck's board. You, JimH and Harry each make more post in one day to rec.boats, than you have in over 2 months at Chuck's place. They aren't engaged in a valiant attempt to make Chuck's Place a cesspool of personal attack threads and ensuing responses. If folks would quit responding, the boredom of high-fiving each other would soon set in. Tell Waylon that we're on a mission... to cleanup this board and make it as useful as Chucks'. |
Prepaid cell phones
HK wrote:
BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of some discussion board like you did. I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than later. Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater in the bunch. Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck. |
Prepaid cell phones
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:51:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around. Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them. I guess it's a pretty good deal. As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. Some pre-paid phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. The ones that are associated with the major carriers are the best from what I've read. I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty - it's served me well over the years. We have Verizon - been with them since - well, forever. Great customer service, they give us any phone we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few freebies in terms of minutes. Excellent coverage too. Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of us use it, but we got it. :) I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone - just took a blind shot in the dark. :) And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. I honestly don't know. I know we're on some kind of family plan because we still have one in medical school, but I couldn't tell you what the cost is. That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T! Well, the phones are part of the business and as such, a business deduction. Maybe when Mrs. Wave retires (yeah - like that's going to happen). We use the cell phones for all the long distance, except a fax now and then. Since both of our daughters and their husbands live in SoCal, we probably save enough to pay the $70 / month for 1100 minutes. ATT gives you 15% discount for AARP. Very good return on a $21 for 2 year aarp signup. Plus we travel a lot in retirement, and can keep in touch with friends and family. Mom is 93, so she gets lots of calls and they are toll calls from my home phone. Since I have had cell phone for years I am used to it. Company paid for it for about 7 years. |
Prepaid cell phones
BAR wrote:
HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: BAR wrote: HK wrote: Vic Smith wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H. wrote: I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and they're good for a year. Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do you like it? I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years. If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to renew for another year. Gold member or something like that. Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about 800 minutes left. I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use. But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage. From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been perfect. So check coverage first. I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good" coverage, so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area and get the straight skinny. We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked out for out trips too. Dumb luck. --Vic You used only 200 minutes over an entire year? Crikey. We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At all. Hate it. IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these days. Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month. Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month. That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo. With who? With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies, works with cable providers. Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask. I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them. Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is. Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of some discussion board like you did. I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than later. Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater in the bunch. Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck. Of course I did. Why wouldn't I? And why would I care what you or the other dwarfs think? |
Prepaid cell phones
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:
HK wrote: snipped I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than later. Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater in the bunch. Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck. I don't believe he did either. But, if he did get a 'sorry about that' note from Chuck, then I don't believe even Harry would be stupid enough to broadcast the fact. So, I believe your statement is correct. However, Chuck could post a message here validating Harry's claim and explaining why Harry got treated so nicely. Chuck sure as hell sent me no message. All I ever saw was the "You've been banned" message. But then again, I'm probably not very special. |
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