| Todd Allcock 2007-09-26, 4:33 am |
| At 25 Sep 2007 22:34:37 -0400 vey wrote:
> $1.25 a month
> 20 cents a minute
> 5 cent text messaging
> Minutes good for 365 days, anything less is a rip-off.
Mnutes are $0.25 each. Minimum airtime buy is $25, which over one
year is only really $9 due to the $16 in fees ($1.25x12) which leaves
you 36 actual available minutes for an effective minimum rate of
$0.69/minute.
Other prepaid providers are $0.10 or less. Anything more is a
ripoff... ;-)
T-Mobile prepaid is $140 the first year ($40 phone plus $100 for 1-
year airtime card with 1000 minutes.) After that, all refills extend
a year, with a minimum buy of $10. That's as low as $0.83/month
after the first year with NO monthly maintenance fees.
While contract AT&T coverage is supe ior to T-Mo's, T-Mo's prepaid
coverage is superior to AT&T's prepaid, as T-Mo allows some roaming.
> $40 gets you in. Nokia 1600 (which is a sweet little simple phone).
$40 on T-Mo gets you a slightly better Nokia 6030.
> No need to "activate" the phone. Open the box and start making
calls.
>
> Uses the "new" ATT network. No roaming and no roaming charges.
>
> It's a simple as that.
> Eat your heart out SMS. For me, it's the best. If you are talky,
get a plan.
Actually SMS' favorite, PagePlus, trumps them both handily in coverage,
and PagePlus is as cheap or cheaper than T-Mo for the first two years
or so.
But, hey, whatever works for you...
--
"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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