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Prepaid cell phones
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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. |
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Prepaid cell phones
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. |
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Prepaid cell phones
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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Prepaid cell phones
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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Prepaid cell phones
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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Prepaid cell phones
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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"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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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 Jul 5, 4:21*pm, 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?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - He's lying again. It's ten a month for each line. |
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