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Author $75 Unlimited Voice on Verizon Network
SMS

2008-02-21, 12:33 pm

While the news reports about $99 unlimited voice are all over the print
and electronic media, in reality $75 unlimited voice is already
available on the Verizon network.

See "http://www.pagepluscellular.com/Plans/Unlimited%20Voice.aspx"

Elmo P. Shagnasty

2008-02-21, 3:33 pm

In article < 47bda8bd$0$36386$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> While the news reports about $99 unlimited voice are all over the print
> and electronic media, in reality $75 unlimited voice is already
> available on the Verizon network.
>
> See "http://www.pagepluscellular.com/Plans/Unlimited%20Voice.aspx"


And in many states, it's actually $60 ($1.99 per day).

Just to be precise: this is on the native Verizon network only. Should
you roam off the native Verizon network, calls are 59 cents/minute.
Which is fine with me; when I'm roaming, I just want to be able to make
a call if I absolutely have to. Otherwise, I'm always within the native
Verizon network.

SMS

2008-02-21, 10:33 pm

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article < 47bda8bd$0$36386$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> And in many states, it's actually $60 ($1.99 per day).
>
> Just to be precise: this is on the native Verizon network only. Should
> you roam off the native Verizon network, calls are 59 cents/minute.
> Which is fine with me; when I'm roaming, I just want to be able to make
> a call if I absolutely have to. Otherwise, I'm always within the native
> Verizon network.


I'm not sure that this is totally the case. I've been in non-Verizon
areas where PagePlus did not require the two-stage dialing for roaming,
and in others where it did. The two-stage dialing is the indicator that
you'll be paying $0.59/minute. It may be that they include some of the
Extended Verizon Network, but not all of it, and/or they may include
CDMA on the Extended Network but not AMPS. IIRC, the place where they
wanted two-stage dialing was up at Crater Lake in Oregon, in an area
where there is only AMPS, and no CDMA (or GSM). However in Ashland,
two-stage dialing wasn't required, and I'm pretty sure the phone was on
U.S. Cellular, and that Verizon didn't have native coverage.

I guess the real danger is receiving calls while roaming at $0.59/minute
since there is no accurate indication that you're roaming. On one forum
someone said that PagePlus told them that receiving calls are the
regular rate whether roaming or not, but I don't know if this is true.
Elmo P. Shagnasty

2008-02-21, 10:33 pm

In article < 47bdf851$0$36338$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> I guess the real danger is receiving calls while roaming at $0.59/minute
> since there is no accurate indication that you're roaming. On one forum
> someone said that PagePlus told them that receiving calls are the
> regular rate whether roaming or not, but I don't know if this is true.


I would doubt it.

Just check for the roaming indicator on the phone. You may not be
roaming when the indicator is there, but lack of indicator guarantees
you're not roaming.

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