At 12:11 AM -0400 4/27/09, b_s-wilk wrote:
We picked up a Verizon 700 minute calling card for $20 at Costco.
It's less than 3 cents a minute with no monthly or connection fee
from land lines, no expiration. You have to read the fine print when
you buy a card though.
10-4 that! You may
We've used all the methods you describe, and sometimes still use the
10-10 #s. My wife used to use the cards from Costco, but she says big
chunks of minutes would disappear, so she became suspicious of them.
We actually make so few calls that it's not a big deal. But I'll look
into services
10-4 that! You may find that in-state calls cost you twice as many
units (minutes) as inter-state calls. That's what we have learned
on our ATT cards purchased from Sam's Club.
That's right. You really have to keep track of which service gives you
the best price for which calls. For in-state
We picked up a Verizon 700 minute calling card for $20 at Costco.
It's less than 3 cents a minute with no monthly or connection fee
from land lines, no expiration. You have to read the fine print
when you buy a card though.
10-4 that! You may find that in-state calls cost you twice as many
We use the Verizon prepay. Same deal as far as paying $100 and and the
minutes don't expire for a year. Good service and good coverage,
important since I'm out in the boonies most of the time. It's our only
long distance service so it took 6 or 7 months to go through those minutes.
The most
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM, mar...@netaxs.com wrote:
On Apr 25, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Allen Firstenberg wrote:
They've solved all the problems I've had, although it often took some
work to find the right person who could solve it.
So what kind of problems were they?
My best friend has
Their customer service is... well... it could be worse.
They've solved all the problems I've had, although it often took some
work to find the right person who could solve it.
Their customer service is a heck of a lot better than Adobe's. First line
reps are actually able to carry on an
Why does she not just switch carriers?
I purchased an unlocked phone and ordered a T-Mobile pre-paid SIMM
online. Cost was well under $10 and included shipping and $10 of air
time. I had the SIMM in hand the next day. T-Mobile's web and phone
service is great, but their stores are terrible.
NOTE TO SELF: Must get DuoSIM or SIM Doubler to use both cards in one phone.
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The most painful part is that the 1st call each day we use it has a $2
access charge.
That's why I went with T-Mobile. The access charge thing is crazy.
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If I were willing to pay a higher per minute rate I could reduce by half
or eliminate the access cost. But the plan I have works out well for us
Exactly. It depends on the usage pattern. I tend to make 1 or 2 calls a
day, everyday. If I only used the phone 1 or 2 days a week, but made lots
of
We use the Verizon prepay. Same deal as far as paying $100 and and
the minutes don't expire for a year. Good service and good coverage,
important since I'm out in the boonies most of the time. It's our
only long distance service so it took 6 or 7 months to go through
those minutes. The most
Do you use your cell phone primarily at home for long distance? If you
do, then using a calling card or dial-around number will save you a lot
more than prepaid cellular. Use the cell away from home, use the card at
home.
We picked up a Verizon 700 minute calling card for $20 at Costco. It's
The topic of pre-paid cell phone plans has been much discussed on the
list, but I thought such plans were just an odd corner of the market for
really cheap folks like me. I just read that 60% of T-Mobile's
subscribers are on pre-paid plans.
Average revenue per subscriber is in the mid $50s
At 04:10 PM 4/25/2009 -0400, you wrote:
The topic of pre-paid cell phone plans has been much discussed on the
list, but I thought such plans were just an odd corner of the market for
really cheap folks like me. I just read that 60% of T-Mobile's
subscribers are on pre-paid plans.
Average
I REALLY don't want to be found/availble 24/7.
The best thing about prepaid is if you ignore it it will go away.
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e minutes before I have to renew yearly
@ around $100/1000 minutes. What plan do you have that's mid
$50's?
T-Mobile.
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The best thing about prepaid is if you ignore it it will go away.
With no further bills.
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With no further bills.
Right. But I can appreciate that the market for this is pretty large.
TracFone is basically a Telefonos de Mexico operation, comparable
in scale to a pre-merger US RBOC.
Obviously big players think there's money here.
The catch is that its not a plan. Its pre-paid pay-as-you-go.
My wife and I went with them as well (partly based on our research,
partly on Tom's oft-repeated advice), and pretty much like it. Our
switch has already paid for itself several times over our previous
plan. Their customer service
On Apr 25, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Allen Firstenberg wrote:
They've solved all the problems I've had, although it often took some
work to find the right person who could solve it.
So what kind of problems were they?
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T-Mobile prepaid has two levels. Regular level has the balance expire
after 3 months from the last time you added to the balance. You get
gold level after you put $100 (total) onto the balance, and the
balance won't expire for a year. We put $100 on, and the balance
expired after 3 months on
I REALLY don't want to be found/availble 24/7. I have TracFone
prepaid, and never use all the minutes before I have to renew yearly
@ around $100/1000 minutes. What plan do you have that's mid $50's?
I'd be interested! I keep the cell for outgoing when _I_ want it.
Mine doesn't take pictures,
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