HK wrote:
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 will be. And you will be again.

Harry,
Didn't you get banned the 1st day Chuck instituted his new get tough policy?

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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'.

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.

"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.

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?

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:

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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.