patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to pandora
Re: Is AT&T is milking POTS users?
Yes. America, home of $10/mo Caller ID. Remember a prepaid cellphone can be cheaper than $10/mo based on usage. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| Barely, since they set a minimum charge of 1 dollar per each day you use the phone. So one call a day, that may be 30-60 minutes a month of calling will at minimum cost you 30 bucks. It was was actually per minute that same amount of calling would cost only 7.50-15 a month at 25 cents a minute. So prepaid doesn't work for anything but 100% emergency usage. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Depends on usage and carrier selected. Pretty obvious.
»www.cellguru.net/prepaid_compare.htm
A couple $5 or less per month no usage plans. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Austin, TX
clubs:
 ·VoicePulse
| reply to insomniac84
said by insomniac84  :Barely, since they set a minimum charge of 1 dollar per each day you use the phone. So one call a day, that may be 30-60 minutes a month of calling will at minimum cost you 30 bucks. It was was actually per minute that same amount of calling would cost only 7.50-15 a month at 25 cents a minute. So prepaid doesn't work for anything but 100% emergency usage. Oddly enough, it's only AT&T's prepaid wireless that has that stupid per day access charge. I'm on VirginMobile, if I wanted to I could buy the $90 minute pack once a year, and pay 18c a minute. They have other options as well, it's certainly not $30 a month just to HAVE the phone.
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disc
join:2005-12-31
Raleigh, NC
| reply to patcat88
Great web page. I used that one recently in deciding to get my daughter set up with AirVoice. |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to insomniac84
said by insomniac84 :Barely, since they set a minimum charge of 1 dollar per each day you use the phone. t-mobile prepaid is as low as 10 cents a minute. if you buy $100 (1000 minutes) and attain "gold" status, your number and minutes do not expire for 1 year.
prepaid works if you use the right provider. at&t prepaid doesn't make sense. |
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