Cody feels VERY rich right now being his first real job and all. Mike On Nov 14, 2012 7:58 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 3 1/2 years later, when I was commissioned and started flying, my total > suddenly went to $585 - I was RICH - well, I felt damned good, anyway. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Canfield" <slozuk...@gmail.com > > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:54 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Military Cel Phone ???'s > > > Lol. I think it's around $600 a month now. Not too shabby for a single >> guy with included room and board. >> >> Mike >> On Nov 14, 2012 7:52 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> How does a Pvt. handle all of that on $78 per month - oh, I guess pay's >>> gone up a little since my E-1 days. ;<) >>> (And rightly so, of course, after all, It's been only nearly 56 years.) >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Canfield" < >>> slozuk...@gmail.com >>> > >>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:36 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Military Cel Phone ???'s >>> >>> >>> Thanks everyone. He ended.up with a Boost Mobile phone. It is an >>> Android >>> >>>> called a Kyocera Hydro. Supposed to be waterproof and seemed sort of >>>> sturdy. Price is $55 per month for "unlimited" everything with data >>>> throttling after 2gb or something. He will set it up to be taken out of >>>> his account every month and after 18 months of current payments the >>>> price >>>> will be down to $40 per month. The phone was $99 so worth it to give >>>> it a >>>> try for a few months and see how it works. >>>> >>>> Thanks again, Mike >>>> On Nov 14, 2012 2:30 PM, "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com >>>> >>>>> >wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I have heard the wallymart straight talk is a good deal. I just > >>>>> wonder >>>>> > about service coverage. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> With Straight Talk you choose either AT&T or T-Mobile as your base >>>>> network. >>>>> You can voice roam to the other, but it is not technically supported - >>>>> in >>>>> other words they might turn that off. There is no data roaming, from >>>>> what >>>>> I understand, though SWMBO is not a heavy data user. >>>>> >>>>> You can buy "normal" phones on Straight Talk that are CDMA (i.e. no >>>>> SIM, >>>>> no >>>>> worky in Europey), I know nothing about those other than they are >>>>> slightly >>>>> cheaper and run on Sprint, so I would not buy one*. >>>>> >>>>> Big disadvantage of prepaid is the up-front cost of the phone, you are >>>>> basically buying a computer with a fancy radio and touchscreen at >>>>> retail >>>>> price so it can be quite expensive. Google's $300 Nexus 4 was a low >>>>> price, >>>>> but average smartphones would be around $500, give or take, new, less >>>>> 30-40% on Craigslist. ALSO NOTE if your prepaid account goes inactive >>>>> you >>>>> will lose your phone number. Look at Google Voice to get a permanent >>>>> number to forward, but your caller ID will be wrong and it is another >>>>> level >>>>> of indirection. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > He is mostly interested in unlimited text/data so he can use it for >>>>> > internet access/entertainment as well as a communication device for > >>>>> calls >>>>> > back home. Limited calling minutes aren't much of an issue with > >>>>> Sprints >>>>> > 450 minute plan as cel to cel and after 7pm to 7am are unlimited. > >>>>> That >>>>> is >>>>> > $69.99/month. Everything else including roaming on other networks is >>>>> also >>>>> > included. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> T-Mobile's 100-minute, 5GB data plan ($30) is the best price if you >>>>> don't >>>>> average more than 250 minutes per month ($0.10/min overage). If you >>>>> have >>>>> an Android phone (possibly also iPhone?) there are apps to use data for >>>>> calls, if that's an issue. 5GB is pretty much unlimited, in my >>>>> experience, >>>>> and I think they just downgrade you to 3G rates if you go over. >>>>> >>>>> Postpaid Sprint and T-Mobile offer unlimited data, VZ and AT&T do not. >>>>> In >>>>> my experience the connection rates on Sprint have become very poor >>>>> since >>>>> they got the iPhone - I often see rates in the 50-80Kbps range now. >>>>> That >>>>> could be regional. T-Mobile offers HSPA+ rates up to 42Mbps which >>>>> should >>>>> be a much better experience, but I think the initial cost for phones is >>>>> higher. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > Is roaming included in the prepaids? Do they have the same coverage >>>>> > as >>>>> > contract phones? I have been told that they don't and that in rural >>>>> > > >>>>> area >>>>> > they don't work as well. Is there any truth to that? >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> Generally no, yes but of course without roaming, and sort of. It isn't >>>>> so >>>>> much rural as region - I get horrible Sprint service in DC and VA, for >>>>> example, but I get service fine in the empty forests around NC. >>>>> Meanwhile >>>>> a friend couldn't get Verizon at his new house south of Raleigh. The >>>>> northern SC coast has strange T-Mobile coverage. Moral of the story is >>>>> that there are pockets everywhere, so it is worth going to the places >>>>> where >>>>> you will be and borrowing someone's phone - no one network has >>>>> universal >>>>> coverage, especially indoors. Also, not to be ignored, phone hardware >>>>> is >>>>> really significant to receiving a signal - Samsung is the worst I've >>>>> had, >>>>> Motorola is the best, but I don't know how if that holds true across >>>>> product lines. >>>>> >>>>> * I have recently had to force roaming [to Verizon] at home just to >>>>> get a >>>>> Sprint signal, I assume it's because of their LTE conversion since I >>>>> used >>>>> to get good signal with this same phone in the same place. Because of >>>>> that >>>>> I would not buy a Sprint-based prepaid phone if I expected to keep it >>>>> for a >>>>> while. >>>>> >>>>> You can always dial '911' in the US from an inactive phone, so you can >>>>> just >>>>> keep a charged battery and a phone from another network in the trunk if >>>>> that's a concern. >>>>> >>>>> As you can see from Mitch's response, voice-only prepaid plans are >>>>> priced >>>>> much more competitively, so your son might give some thought as to >>>>> whether >>>>> he could survive without data. 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