 exocet_cmWriting
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join:2003-03-23
Brooklyn, NY |
Registration Domain Name: PREXARMOBILE.COM Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.tucows.com Referral URL: » domainhelp.opensrs.net Name Server: NS1.PREXAR.COM Name Server: NS2.PREXAR.COM Status: ok Updated Date: 26-mar-2007 Creation Date: 26-mar-2007 Expiration Date: 26-mar-2008 Looks like they are fairly new... at least from the registration. |
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PrexarNow Prexar will just go bankrupt..... |
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 Anonymous_Anonymous
Premium Member
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1 |
yep |
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 Jon
Premium Member
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL |
Jon
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 9:28 am
Ah hipsters..America's Future. Bunch of fraek'n losers. |
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MVNOsNow if they would just take Boost, Disney Mobile, Helio, and Virgin Mobile with them... |
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moe300
join:2001-06-30
Iowa City, IA
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moe300
Member
2007-Jul-31 9:35 am
Account spending limit losers...They get all the account spending limit poor credit losers who have bad credit for not paying their bills in the first place. Just a matter of time before this happened. How amusing.. |
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Slashdotted again...And the auction list maxes out on the downloads. |
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 NJxxxJon2 0 1 7 Mmm Here We go man!
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join:2005-10-22 |
NJxxxJon
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 9:50 am
SUCKAGEYeah they suck at transfering my chicks friends cell number......I must have check everyday almost for the past week.....  |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" Guano
Premium Member
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs |
N3OGH
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 10:06 am
Amp'd losers, who would want 'em??OK, so Amp'd goes under for providing service to a bunch of losers who don't pay their bills, so now this wrecking crew steps up and wants to buy them. I can see the auction listing for when Prexar goes under. 10 (ten) un used crack pipes 200 (two hundred) heavily used crack pipes. 1 (one) Scooby Doo bong, with multiple hoses...  |
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 PeteC2Got Mouse?
MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT |
PeteC2
MVM
2007-Jul-31 10:07 am
Really comes as no surprise...you market a service particularly aimed at a customer base that has little or no experience in meeting continuing monthly payments, then you will reap the consequences...
This is much akin to the real-estate bust that is at least in part due to the rash of sub-prime lenders, and their predictable demise... |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?
MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA |
Pay - As - You - Go...and the DUH award goes to Amp'd! My cell has no monthly bills! I slap money to it and when it starts getting low, add more money. No brainer! No contracts, no bills! Yeah, MVNO - Virgin Mobile(on Sprint). I get WAY more than I really need and none of the monthly headaches.  Works for me! |
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 Lowtarget
Premium Member
join:2003-12-22
Alger, OH |
Lowtarget
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 10:31 am
I own a prepay cell phone also. $20 dollars every 3 months works fine for me. Since I dont make many phone calls. |
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 Irun Man
Premium Member
join:2002-10-18
Millsboro, DE ·Verizon FiOS
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Irun Man
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 10:34 am
C'est la vie, Amp'd Mobile!It was a good ride while it lasted.
My PAYG balance is down to $0.25; guess I'll burn that easily before midnight.
It may be "water under the bridge", but I feel if Amp'd had emphasized pay as you go they would have had better cash flow and survived much longer.
To add insult to injury, we're told that our Motorola e816 "Hollywood" handsets will be banned from the Verizon Wireless network after the shutdown, so all of us will have paperweights after midnight. |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?
MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA |
to Lowtarget
Re: Pay - As - You - Gosaid by Lowtarget:I own a prepay cell phone also. $20 dollars every 3 months works fine for me. Since I dont make many phone calls. EXACTLY! I'm burning through the initial $20 playing with it and getting ringtones(REAL Music ringtones) and whathaveyou... ...but $20 every three months, can't beat it! |
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to PeteC2
Re: Really comes as no surprisesaid by PeteC2:...you market a service particularly aimed at a customer base that has little or no experience in meeting continuing monthly payments, then you will reap the consequences... Thats why there is prepaid. Its like electroshock therapy, if you answer wrong (dont pay), you rehabilitated (homies cant call you/phone is dead). |
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ncbill
Premium Member
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC |
to Irun Man
Re: C'est la vie, Amp'd Mobile!We'll just have to wait and see about the e816.
It is the PTT application that apparently is the problem (pings the network way too often)
That can easily be deleted on earlier e816 models.
Newer models have to be flashed to Verizon/Alltel firmware to get rid of PTT.
Supposedly there are tens of thousands of these still active.
Something tells me Verizon will either find a way to make it work (help people get rid of PTT) or offer another phone
Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action. |
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to dmeyer6
Re: MVNOsBoost isn't really an MVNO as Sprint Nextel owns them. Anyway, whats your problem with MVNOs |
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N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" Guano
Premium Member
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs |
to ncbill
Re: C'est la vie, Amp'd Mobile!said by ncbill:...Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action.... Class action against who? Amp'd is gone, nothing left to sue. Verizon is under no obligation to offer service to former Amp'd customers. Amp'd sold them the phone, not Verizon. I would think Verizon would want to get some of that business back, but I'm sure they don't want to take on the derelicts that didn't pay their bills sinking Amp'd in the first place... |
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 SirXILEThe SolWar 2-1
Premium Member
join:2001-02-24
Brooklyn, NY |
to dmeyer6
Re: MVNOssaid by dmeyer6:Now if they would just take Boost, Disney Mobile, Helio, and Virgin Mobile with them... Agreed!  |
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ncbill
Premium Member
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC |
ncbill
Premium Member
2007-Jul-31 12:14 pm
Already active on other providersPlenty of e816 phones have already been activated on other Verizon MVNOs.
Those certainly aren't affected by tonight's amp'd cutoff.
I expect Verizon will offer the cheapest surplus phone they can as replacement if the ping issue can't be resolved. |
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 GeekJediRF is Good For You
Premium Member
join:2001-06-21
Mukwonago, WI
Apple AirPort Extreme (2013)
Ooma Telo
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to ncbill
Re: C'est la vie, Amp'd Mobile!said by ncbill:We'll just have to wait and see about the e816. It is the PTT application that apparently is the problem (pings the network way too often) That can easily be deleted on earlier e816 models. Newer models have to be flashed to Verizon/Alltel firmware to get rid of PTT. Supposedly there are tens of thousands of these still active. Something tells me Verizon will either find a way to make it work (help people get rid of PTT) or offer another phone Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action. Except that there are no grounds for a class action. Verizon did not sell you the phone, nor are they under any obligation to activate or support it. Amp'd sold and supported the phone for their service - they were the ones obligated to support it. Their service has ended, and so is the support for that phone. So it's cheaper for them to do nothing at all. |
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mc15000
Member
2007-Jul-31 12:32 pm
Prexar/USA TelephoneThe nameservers for the prexar mobile site refer to prexar.com, which is owned and operated by our good friend Bill Fogg as a subsidiary of USA Telephone.
Looks like the vultures have some more meaty carcasses to pick clean. |
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to acs12798
Re: MVNOssaid by acs12798:Boost isn't really an MVNO as Sprint Nextel owns them. Anyway, whats your problem with MVNOs My problem with them is that it lets any company with enough dollars and stupid marketing ideas create a virtual cellular/PCS company. Building and running a brick-and-mortar network requires staying power and some engineering know-how. These MVNOs are just paper mache marketing companies; the people buying the phones don't have a clue who actually runs the network they're on. |
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vanDSLuserfrom Vancouver 2010
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join:2004-07-28
White Rock, BC |
Who wants to bet it's the same company as TeleBlend» www.prexarmobile.com/about/ leads me to believe they're connected somehow. |
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Yep.... |
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 sivranVive Vivaldi
Premium Member
join:2003-09-15
Irving, TX |
to dadkins
Re: Pay - As - You - GoI must be the only one left who wants my phone to sound like.. well... a PHONE!  But wait, 20 every 3? Who are you with? I thought T-Mo was cheapest at 100/year. |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
Premium Member
join:2001-10-03
Tempe, AZ
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to dmeyer6
Re: MVNOsAt the very least, Helio...
"BUT IT'S GOT MYSPACE MOBILE!"
I'd just want to stab a needle with AIDS-infected blood into someone every time I hear that stupid ad. And for that matter, an AIDS-infected needle into every dumbass that signs up for 't3h mysp4c3 m0b1l3!!!11!!' |
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jdr30
join:2005-01-21
Clark, NJ |
jdr30
Member
2007-Jul-31 2:03 pm
prexar5000 Text5 $59.99/mo.
WOW |
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to sivran
Re: Pay - As - You - GoIf you go with PagePlus Cellular you can go for as little as $10 every 120 days. They run off of Verizon's towers too, so good network. Oh and they've been around for ten years, so not like they are going to pull an Ampd any time soon. |
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ElJay
join:2004-03-17
Portland, ME |
to vanDSLuser
Re: Who wants to bet it's the same company as TeleBlendYes they are. Both are USA Telephone... Lots of buying going on for USA Telephone. |
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