Re: Prepaid cell phones

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave S****tfi****ng
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> 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?
>
>My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around.
>Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them.
>I guess it's a pretty good deal.
>
>As others have remarked, it's all about coverage.  Some pre-paid
>phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with
>T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc.  The ones that are associated with the
>major carriers are the best from what I've read.
>
>I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty -
>it's served me well over the years.  We have Verizon - been with them
>since - well, forever.  Great customer service, they give us any phone
>we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few
>freebies in terms of minutes.  Excellent coverage too.
>
>Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of
>us use it, but we got it.  :>)
>
>I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six
>months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone -
>just took a blind shot in the dark.  :>)

And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone. 

That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes
go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell,
they
won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T!