| Godzilla Pimp 2007-09-24, 3:33 pm |
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"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> Today I was doing the den meeting for my son's Cub Scout den, and part of
> the program was about family budgeting and reducing recurring monthly
> expenditures.
>
> Besides the parent's suggestions of saving electricity by eliminating all
> video games, and the scouts suggestion of cutting showers back to once a
> month to save water and natural gas, one of the topics was saving money on
> items like internet access, long distance, and cellular.
>
> I mentioned that I paid only about $2.50/month each for cell phone service
> for my kid's phones, and after the meeting I was surrounded by parents
> wanting to know how to sign up.
>
> PagePlus must be about the worst in terms of getting the word out about
> their service. They'll be getting about six new accounts in the next week
> thanks to me. Since Verizon is the predominant carrier in my area, almost
> everyone at the meeting had at least one spare Verizon phone to use
> (though the kids of course want a fancy camera phone--tough luck!).
>
> I had to go into explaining how to sign up (having to buy activation on
> eBay is kind of strange), and which phones to use (any phone that was ever
> on Verizon CDMA), and explain the rollover, the re-upping every four
> months, etc. All these parents were thinking of prepaid in terms of the
> horrible deals with high minimums from Verizon, AT&T, Virgin, Tracfone,
> Net10, etc. (T-Mobile doesn't work in my area, so they are not a
> consideration).
>
> PagePlus costs:
> --------------
> $76/1400 minutes = 5.4¢/min
> $47.50/700 minutes = 6.8¢/min
> $10/83 minutes = 12¢/min
>
> Add a minimum of $10 every 4 months to keep account active and roll-over
> existing minutes. 50¢/month service charge.
Yes indeed. PP is the best prepaid service out there for anyone in native
Verizon territory. An old and reliable company. You can use any Verizon,
Alltel and some Amp'd phones or buy a shiny new INpulse phone at Walmart or
Target. The other good alternative for folks in the central US where native
Verizon coverage is often lacking is Tmo2go. Check out the people who know
instead of posting speculative crap.
http://www.howardforums.com/
GP
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