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The Underground Network
join:2002-09-08
Orlando, FL | just goes to show this just proves it again that it doesnt cost anywhere near what the major providers are charging you. | |
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join:2009-05-12
New York, NY | Re: just goes to show They are not the only ones to give cheap international calls, Tracfone offers long distance and international calls to over 100 country's for the same price as a local call, They also don't charge for roaming and there are no hidden charges. | |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs: | Nice But unlimited only in metro areas , and bad phones. | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Nice Cricket's coverage isn't that great either, but for the price, its a good deal for those that don't travel outside the metros that are covered. | |
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join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV
| said by r81984  :Also they say you can use any CDMA phone for a price of $40. If you're in an area where they utilize AWS spectrum (such as here in Las Vegas for example), then this is not true. It's their phones or nada. | |
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| said by BosstonesOwn : and bad phones. Bad phones?? My Nokia 6265i does everything but give me a Lewinsky!
I had been a (real AT&T) AT&T Wireless customer, and, after we were "borged" into Cingular, they informed us that they were shutting down the TDMA network that had provided the best service of all carriers serving my area, and marketed new phones (and CONTRACTS) at us. After seeing how poor the service was around here on Cingular's towers around here, I decided to shop around before I was forced to make a switch.
With no one I knew having a favorable opinion of their service with Verizon, T-Mobile, and a few others, and no one yet I knew on Metro PCS, I signed up "just for a month", as their coverage maps for around here (Sonoma County, CA), looked fairly good. With a "cheap" Nokia 2125, it was less than $100 out the door.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that areas "planned for future expansion" on their current coverage map, already were "on", and, I didn't need to care about "burning" minutes, while I did!
I later bought my 6265i, and sold the 2125 on Craigslist for "basically what I paid for it".
I do travel out of their area (to Nevada) occasionally, where I'm roaming on Verizon's network there. At $0.35/minute, I find I usually ring up a whopping $4 or $5 in airtime each trip. Quadruple that, and go every month, and it's still cheaper than with any other carrier.
AND HEY: Back on the topic of phones -- You can take in any phone that supports "800/1900 MHz CDMA plus AMPS band" in to a Metro PCS agent, and have it activated on their network,
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Carlos Contreras
@swbell.net | It works where I live - so I am wondering what you mean by Metro? I live in Woonsocket Rhode Island - call the DR everyday. EVERYDAY!!!!!! | |
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Tatum Hawkins
@sprintlink.net
| a fine print bomb Read the fine print ... you can't call wireless phone numbers in 82 of the countires, including Mexico. And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
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join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| said by Tatum Hawkins :
Read the fine print ... you can't call wireless phone numbers in 82 of the countires, including Mexico. And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
- Tatum Hawkins, Boost Mobile
Granted, the exclusion of calling cell phones is a limitation that should have been mentioned more prominently, but you can't blame MetroPCS for it. In many countries, the person who calls a wireless phone pays for the call, and the recipient of the call doesn't get charged airtime. Therefore, in countries with this billing scheme, you can't expect MetroPCS to simply eat those charges, which can be quite high. | |
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Carlos Contreras
@swbell.net
| Re: a fine print bomb Terminating calls on cells is expensive. People are raving in the DR over MetroPCS. Haitians are wishing for the plan, Colombians are cheering. What does Boost offer but LIES? I was told no taxes I get charged taxes. BS, limited to few countries that have old NExtel Networks and delayed text messaging.
You want more prominent? Why not mention that BOOST reserves the right to terminate customers for excessive usage (around the 8000 minute mark) or force them to a post paid plan. Boost is BRAND - MetroPCS is an actual COMPANY. | |
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sapo
The Internet is Down
Premium
join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA | This isn't unusual at all. Calling mobile numbers internationally generally costs a lot.
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joako
Premium
join:2000-09-07
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| said by Tatum Hawkins :
Read the fine print ... you can't call wireless phone numbers in 82 of the countires, including Mexico. And if you're roaming in Cricket territory you should plan on paying an extra $0.19/minute. Smells like BS to me.
- Tatum Hawkins, Boost Mobile
There is *NO* one of these "Free international calls to 100 countries" offers from *ANY* provider that includes mobiles in whatever countries MetroPCS is excluding.
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | Not bad but. there service area sucks. | |
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glinc
join:2009-04-07
New York, NY | lol If their service was worth using in NYC then that'd be great but oh boy.....service really sux | |
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tmh
@qwest.net | Not a good deal Callcentric has LD rates as low as 1.9 cents/min, and works with any phone service, cell or otherwise. | |
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Never Be Satisfied
join:2003-07-09
Forest Hills, NY
| Re: Not a good deal Oy someone teach this guy the difference between long distance and international.
Long Distance = With in the US (1.9 cents/min)
International = Outside the US (17 cents/min to mobiles in the EU)
Callcentric is great, but they aren't eating the cost of calling international mobiles. | |
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Carlos Contreras
@swbell.net | $5.00 divided by $0.00012 a minute.
How is that NOT better than 1.9. Your card is not even a clean card. | |
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA | Re: If It Sounds Too Good To Be True.... How "unlimited"?? You ask...
As "unlimited" as an unmetered broadband connection, or better!
If you use, say, 10,000 minutes/month, they'd probably contact you about it, half that, no problem!
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL |  metro is great
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I Use Dial
join:2004-01-04
Morgan Hill, CA
clubs:
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| It totally depends on where you are. I have a buddy who has Metro here in the SF Bay Area, and service is pretty much perfect everywhere he goes.
I pray to God that Metro Continues to grow and doesn't sell out to anyone. The international calling is one of my biggest gripes with AT&T, and because I travel so much for work I can't go with Metro.
If my job changes to something local, I'm changing to Metro for sure.
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sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH | Lol The funny thing is that AT&T and Verizon have been putting huge markups in prices for special access lines. Yet despite these huge markups smaller carriers can offer much better pricing. It's hilarious. | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
·Verizon FIOS
| Out of their network area As great as these prices sound, my biggest problem is that I don't live immediately in one of the areas they service... and the insane markup on "roaming" calls that they do charge. I think the last time I checked for myself, it said it was somewhere around $0.75 per call, which I can see rack up to well beyond the normal rate for me. 
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tphillips
Premium
join:2009-02-04
Apopka, FL
| Re: Out of their network area I am not a Metro customer but my wife is. The service is Ok. But it looks like they cover Davenport unless that is not your home area. I was thinking about moving to them with the family since the wife uses them for work the 14 year old will never leave the area and I carry to other devices for work.
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Out of their network area I just checked again and was pleasantly surprised to see that update. Granted, it had been a very long while since I last checked their coverage... so this is welcome news to me! 
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pweegar
join:2005-02-18
Phoenix, AZ
| What a crappy site How in the hell does this company stay in business???? I went to their site, typed in my zip code and was told coverage isn't available. I then looked at their coverage map, and sure as hell it IS in their coverage area.
If they can't even get coverages right, I sure as hell don't have much confidence in the way they do business. Boost sounds better al the time (IF I get the over powering urge to have a wireless drvice). | |
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Yetskii
join:2002-03-01
Hazel Park, MI
| A+ After using ATT, Sprint and Nextel in the past, I signed up for Metro PCS in the Detroit Area. Yes, the coverage is somewhat limited, and expanding, but I have only been out of the area a couple times in 3 years. As for crappy phones, I have a Razr v3..I paid 200 or so for it, but my bill each month is less than 50 bucks a month, after taxes. I hate internet on a phone so do not have it. I recommend it to everyone. I could not imagine being n a plan where I need to watch my minutes.
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skullz5
join:2002-06-17
Clementon, NJ
| Re: A+ I have Cricket, I pay $35 for unlimited talk, text, call waiting, forwarding, and voicemail. I work FT and am going back to school, the metro area is all I need. No major Cell company can compete with that price. I got a $30 phone to start and it does all what I need it to do and more and sound quality is better than my T-Mobile. I am upgrading to the new touch phone they have. Its a great service, and I have had Sprint, TMobile, Verizon and AT& T in the past.
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JimminyJ
@co.za
| Ohter options are better The $5 for unlimited would be useful for some, I suppose, but I am not even slightly tempted. I use a Tracfone that has international calls at the same price as local to over a hundred countries.
Other benefits include the fact that I do not pay roaming fees, their latest plan (Straight Talk) is the best priced prepaid available and the Tracfone coverage is probably the best. | |
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Carlos Contreras
@swbell.net
| Boost: UN'International'D So you can walkie talkie 6 countries and the Boost rep on here is poo-pooing MetroPCS. After calling 10 different countries I am convinced this is for real. People need to try it out - they even let you try it out at any MetroPCS store so you can see it is for real, great voice quality, 43200 minutes of INTERNATIONAL CALLING.
Thank you MetroPCS! | |
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