On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
> The phone is a cheap model. No camera.
Your phone appears to be a phone, and in thaty respect, it probably
works as well as any other phone. What it is not includes not being a
camera, video recorder, web browser, GPS device, portabl
The other alternative is T-Mobile. I got mine at Costco. The price of
the phone was about $45 after rebate (I think, but it was several
years ago) and I can buy minutes in whatever denomination I want down
to about $20? I usually buy the 1000 minutes for $100. My first 1000
minutes easily
Actually, that's $8.33/mo the first year. Hard to say how long you could
keep renewing minutes after that as the networks change and to get the
better coverage you may need a new phone.
Still, $4.15/mo for 10 minutes of phone calls is pretty bad. Not so long ago
that used to cost about $0.25 cent
I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you describe.
Advantages:
- low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first year,
second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month.
Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty. OK here. Non-existent
On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:00 PM, rleesimon wrote:
I just had a 4 min conversation with
their customer service and with that ...as I rarely if ever text, I
got that
off halving my internet monthly charge, dropped to 550min/mo reducing
another chunk, was able to retain my more that 5000 minutes of
$10 a year sounds just cheap enough to get ME to finally buy a cell phone!
Last one I tried wouldn't get a signal where I usually hike, so I returned
it. But I'm willing to try again at that price.
Can anyone better this deal?
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM, TPiwowar wrote:
> Need to read the
On Aug 24, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Tony B wrote:
Actually, that's $8.33/mo the first year. Hard to say how long you
could
keep renewing minutes after that as the networks change and to get the
better coverage you may need a new phone.
Need to read the fine print on the plan and ask questions. With
Sue Cubic wrote:
That's what's nice about TracFone. They buy space on all of the major
companies' towers. You get coverage from whatever tower you're nearest.
I don't know how much I trust that. Tracfone won't show you a coverage
map that you can zoom in on. I checked them out years ago when
David Cowdrill wrote:
I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you describe.
Advantages:
- low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first
year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month.
Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty.
David Cowdrill wrote:
I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you
describe.
Advantages:
- low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first
year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month.
Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty.
YMMV
You must check the coverage of any Cell phone company prepaid or not
before purchasing.
Different companies have different coverage.
What works well in one area may not work well in another.
If you will use the phones in multiple places check out the coverage
in all places.
I use Ve
Actually, that's $8.33/mo the first year. Hard to say how long you could
keep renewing minutes after that as the networks change and to get the
better coverage you may need a new phone.
Still, $4.15/mo for 10 minutes of phone calls is pretty bad. Not so long ago
that used to cost about $0.25 cents
I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you
describe.
Advantages:
- low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first
year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month.
Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty. OK here. Non-existe
At 05:57 PM 8/23/2009 -0400, you wrote:
So far I have resisted getting a cell phone for myself. Wife &
daughters insist on having one, so that I am paying about $150/month
for same. Don't want to add on to my plan since it requires another
2-year contract, plus wifey will be constantly callin
> So far I have resisted getting a cell phone for myself. Wife & daughters
> insist on having one, so that I am paying about $150/month for same. Don't
> want to add on to my plan since it requires another 2-year contract, plus
> wifey will be constantly calling me for help, for chitchat, and
Since you asked I'll give you my take on it. Get the cheapest
possible cell phone with a pay as you go plan. Even then you
won't use it. It will be another inconveniece in your life.
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So far I have resisted getting a cell phone for myself. Wife &
daughters insist on having one, so that I am paying about $150/month for
same. Don't want to add on to my plan since it requires another 2-year
contract, plus wifey will be constantly calling me for help, for
chitchat, and for no
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