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Prepaid cell phones
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:54:42 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:35:55 -0500, 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 Thanks Vic. Good info and I appreciate it. I've not heard of any plans better than the T-Mobile plan. Have you found any places where you couldn't get coverage? Nope. Maybe once in the Smokeys in a deep pass when the wife called home. Lasted til we rounded a curve. Keep in mind I've only used it from Chicago to a bit south of Tampa, nearly always not too many miles from an interstate. Works real good on the Sunshine Skyway fishing bridge! I'll bet half our yearly minutes are from that pier or some store my wife is in asking if she should buy this or that. I usually talk her out of it, saying we can use that money for bait. --Vic |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:28:16 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:54:42 -0400, John H. wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:35:55 -0500, 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 Thanks Vic. Good info and I appreciate it. I've not heard of any plans better than the T-Mobile plan. Have you found any places where you couldn't get coverage? Nope. Maybe once in the Smokeys in a deep pass when the wife called home. Lasted til we rounded a curve. Keep in mind I've only used it from Chicago to a bit south of Tampa, nearly always not too many miles from an interstate. Works real good on the Sunshine Skyway fishing bridge! I'll bet half our yearly minutes are from that pier or some store my wife is in asking if she should buy this or that. I usually talk her out of it, saying we can use that money for bait. --Vic Sometime when you're in this neck of the woods, give me a shout and we'll try it in the Chesapeake Bay. I've had to call TowBoat US twice. Could have used the radio, I guess. |
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:05:04 -0400, John H.
wrote: Sometime when you're in this neck of the woods, give me a shout and we'll try it in the Chesapeake Bay. I've had to call TowBoat US twice. Could have used the radio, I guess. That would be fun. Doesn't seem likely I'll be there any time soon, but I wouldn't go past without taking you up on that. 'Course the way things work, you'll be camped with your new travel trailer in the Black Hills. --Vic |
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