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Re: Unlimited texting
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| Todd Allcock 2007-03-23, 10:33 pm |
| At 23 Mar 2007 15:19:16 +0000 John Navas wrote:
> Depends on the area and/or your rate plan. What I wrote was correct,
> notwithstanding other offers. See
> <http://tinypic.com/fullsize.php?pic=33erdk4>, captured this morning.
Again, the screencap you posted clearly states "Unlimited Texting
starting at $9.99 TO OVER 60 MILLION CINGULAR CUSTOMERS"
It's unlimited to other Cingular phones only. It's not
"unlimited texting" anymore than unlimited M2M is "unlimited calling."
AFAIK, Cingular does not currently offer a true unlimited texting plan,
at least according to their website.
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| Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 23 Mar 2007 15:19:16 +0000 John Navas wrote:
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> Again, the screencap you posted clearly states "Unlimited Texting
> starting at $9.99 TO OVER 60 MILLION CINGULAR CUSTOMERS"
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> It's unlimited to other Cingular phones only. It's not
> "unlimited texting" anymore than unlimited M2M is "unlimited calling."
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> AFAIK, Cingular does not currently offer a true unlimited texting plan,
> at least according to their website.
Nor does Verizon. Sprint and T-Mobile do offer such plans. Practically
speaking, Verizon's 5000 out-of-network/unlimited in-network for $20,
and AT&T's 3000/unlimited for $25 is as good as unlimited for most people.
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| Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 23 Mar 2007 20:49:19 -0700 SMS wrote:
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> Frankly, for me, the 50 texts/month I used to get for free with T-Mo up
> until three years ago were as good as unlimited for me! ;-)
I agree. When text messages were really cheap for pay-as-you-go I'd use
maybe 20-30 month, mainly for flight updates from airlines. I simply
switched to receiving a call from the airline instead. It works better
because when I'm roaming off of Verizon the text message delivery is
spotty. I used to get my text messages about the flight after I landed
at SFO.
I was getting so many junk text messages that I had Verizon disable text
messaging completely. They went from getting $1-3 per month in extra
revenue from me, to getting $0, but I guess that they figured that into
their calculations when they decided to push people to sign up for text
messaging plans by raising the prices of pay-as-you-go.
I'd love to know who needs 5000 text messages per month, other than
teenagers sending sweet nothings to their boyfriends/girlfriends.
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| Kevin Weaver 2007-03-24, 7:33 am |
| I hear ya on the junk. I thought cingular turned it off on day one. I
got 3 the 2nd day. Called and found out they had not. Cost me 30 cents.
Next time I'll call and make sure. And record it.
When verizon Increased there price I was able to get out of paying the
ETF... I was in the pay per you go plan. When I called to get out of
contract, the CS rep said your such a great customer that verizon wants
to give you a 100 per month for free. I said no thanks. I'm gone.
The following week when I called to find out when the end of the billing
cycle was, the CS rep asked me why I was going to leave. After a few
mins the guy tells me that I have a 100 text plan and I was not on the
pay as you use plan. Thus not being able to leave without the ETF being
paid. I countered his remark with, If I'm in a plan, then why was I
charged for 4 or 5 text messages last week that verizon charged me on my
bill. I caught the company pulling shady crap. :)
Next time they should check there billing statements before saying I had
a free plan for months before telling me If I leave early I'm going to
have to pay there ETF... :)
And I'm waiting for the 41 cents they owe me.
SMS wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
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> I agree. When text messages were really cheap for pay-as-you-go I'd
> use maybe 20-30 month, mainly for flight updates from airlines. I
> simply switched to receiving a call from the airline instead. It works
> better because when I'm roaming off of Verizon the text message
> delivery is spotty. I used to get my text messages about the flight
> after I landed at SFO.
>
> I was getting so many junk text messages that I had Verizon disable
> text messaging completely. They went from getting $1-3 per month in
> extra revenue from me, to getting $0, but I guess that they figured
> that into their calculations when they decided to push people to sign
> up for text messaging plans by raising the prices of pay-as-you-go.
>
> I'd love to know who needs 5000 text messages per month, other than
> teenagers sending sweet nothings to their boyfriends/girlfriends.
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| Kevin Weaver wrote:
> I hear ya on the junk. I thought cingular turned it off on day one. I
> got 3 the 2nd day. Called and found out they had not. Cost me 30 cents.
> Next time I'll call and make sure. And record it.
I'd love to know how many customers, if any, actually sign up for
anything more than the $10 messaging plan on Sprint, T-Mobile, and
Verizon, or more than the $15 plan on AT&T Wireless.
[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
Wireless Service.]
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| John Navas 2007-03-24, 3:33 pm |
| On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:29:23 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote in <eu2d08$6ba$4@aioe.org>:
>At 23 Mar 2007 20:49:19 -0700 SMS wrote:
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True unlimited text messaging for $10/month in at least some cases:
* Sprint
<http://www1.sprintpcs.com/dir.jsp? ...ingPage
4>
* Verizon Wireless
<http://getitnow.vzwshop.com/index.a..._pixflix
> now offer
True unlimited text messaging in this area (San Francisco Bay Area) for
only $3/month:
* Metro PCS <http://metropcs.com/plans.php>
Also, Sprint just introduced "All-You-Can-Talk" (unlimited voice, text
messaging, and data) here in San Francisco for $120/month. (Mobile
Broadband is an additional $30/month.)
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>Frankly, for me, the 50 texts/month I used to get for free with T-Mo up
>until three years ago were as good as unlimited for me! ;-)
Likewise -- my old MEdia Works package includes 1500 text messages, way
more than I've ever needed.
--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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