Re: Prepaid cell phones

BAR wrote:
> HK wrote:
>> BAR wrote:
>>> HK wrote:
>>>> Vic Smith wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
>>>>> <salmonbait@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and 
>>>>>> getting a
>>>>>> prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100
and
>>>>>> they're good for a year.
>>>>>> Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and 
>>>>>> how do
>>>>>> you like it?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
>>>>> If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to
>>>>> renew for another year.  Gold member or something like that.
>>>>> Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about
800
>>>>> minutes left.
>>>>> I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
>>>>> But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
>>>>> From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
>>>>> So check coverage first.
>>>>> I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
>>>>> so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area
>>>>> and get the straight skinny.
>>>>> We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked
out
>>>>> for out trips too.  Dumb luck.
>>>>> --Vic
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?
>>>>
>>>> Crikey.
>>>>
>>>> We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four 
>>>> of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and 
>>>> another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even 
>>>> more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At 
>>>> all. Hate it.
>>>
>>> IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these 
>>> days.
>>
>>
>> Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month. 
>> That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves 
>> with hundreds of messages each a month.
> 
> Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have 
> unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.