 insomniacOh YeahPremium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL | reply to my2ndhandle
Re: Why? You mean, like one of these with no keypad?
»www.fireflymobile.com/phone/
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Use a credit card for the occasional emergency call? Heh... sorry, don't mean to crack on you, but the last thing I'd want to have to do when trying to dial 911 is pull out my credit card and enter in the 16 digits along with the expiration date before my call even goes through. |
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Re: Just FYI... Here you go:
»www.virginmobileusa.com/rates/minute.do
Just what the doctor ordered.
[NG]Owner |
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 LilYodaFeline with squirel personality disorderPremium
join:2004-09-02
Mountains | reply to KrK
T-mobile to go.
Pay $100, you get 1000 minutes, valid for a year |
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 EvelKubKitty is crazyPremium
join:2002-03-17
Phoenix, AZ | reply to morbo
Re: Why? »www.wi-ex.com/
These are sold at Fry's, CompUSA, among other places. |
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 shortcktWatchen Das Blinken LightsPremium
join:2000-12-05
Tenant Hell | reply to KrK
Just FYI... said by KrK:Depends. I haven't found a true use prepaid system yet. I've looked at a few. The catch I have found with every pre-paid program I have checked into is that your pre-purchased minutes expire on you if you don't use all of them in a certain time period (usually a month), and that you have to use a certain minimum required amount of dollars spent on minutes per time period. In other words, it's not only not so cheap, it can be the biggest ripoff of all.... (Pay for something, never use it, never get it.) Pre-paid wireless has been a revenue growth sector for awhile now. Many prepaid programs, while avoiding a monthly contract or fixed payment, are actually more profitable over all for the company then ppl with fixed minute plans and heavier usage. I'm on Verizon's prepay and the unused minutes roll over forever as long as I buy more minutes before existing minutes expire. For ex. $15 (the minimum) expires in 30 days, for $30~75 expires in 60 days and I think $100 or over expires in 90 days. Purchases over $15 also have free extra minutes. Nights & weekends are discounted, 1/2 price or something.
The way I see it, at $15/mo that's half what the cheapest Verizon contract would cost me, and I use so few minutes I constantly have a rollover balance of $30~50 on the account. With a contract, the unused minutes would be discarded at the end of the month, and the minimum monthly cost would be double what I pay now. |
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to LinuxJunkie
Re: Why? I don't think that's the kind of "emergency call" he meant. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | reply to insomniac84
My boss bought a $148k dollar car (Mercedes) and it has a phone hookup inside the car that ONLY works with the Motorola V60. |
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dgonerPremium
join:2002-03-08
Knox, IN Reviews:
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Don't tell them that....  I went round and round with Cingular about getting new phones yet keeping my family package we had with our old TDMA phones. They insisted their prices have not increased because they now give you MORE minutes. This means absolutely nothing since we have over 4,000 unused roll over minutes for the year so far... The sad part is after shopping around all the providers are doing this with packages for family plans starting at $60 per month and up not including the b.s. fees. The only other option is the pay as you go rip off plans that rape you when you do decide to use the phone. We're thinking of just cancelling the things outright and going back to the stone age. You can keep an old phone in the car for 911 use as they must route that through even if you don't have service. Having worked for a telecommunications equipment manufacturer that supplied these bozo's with their equipment to set up their cell towers I can tell you for a fact they are paying far less in infrastructure cost to set up a new tower today than they did back in the early to mid 90's yet the pricing is going up... |
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and don't forget another 2 yr.contract,you'd be better off in the long run to pay for a new phone like at walmart,switch
your sims card to the new phone, then you stay on the same plan.i just bought 2 new phones put them sims cards in them
did not have to contact cingular phone works perfect and my bill stays the same. |
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Re: Just FYI... My mom is a "just want to have one around" user. So I got Virgin Mobile service for her. Yes, you have to keep buying minutes, but the minimum is $20 per THREE months, so only $6.67 per month. And the phone costs as little as $30. |
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