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Cell phones are a scam!
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RadiclDreamer
Diamond Member
About $110 for 2 phones unlimited minutes
moshquerade
No Lifer
AT&T
$8.33/month
$8.33/month
I go Prepaid all the way.
My phone was $110 after taxes.
Top-ups are $20, $50, or $100, with the former 2 good for 180 days, the latter good for 360. So far I've put on $50 and haven't topped up since.
I also have a phone for when I'm visiting the states.
$10 for the phone, top-up was $20 and is good for 90 days.
I don't live on my phones, I don't text, and I cannot understand those who are obsessed with doing both.
My phone was $110 after taxes.
Top-ups are $20, $50, or $100, with the former 2 good for 180 days, the latter good for 360. So far I've put on $50 and haven't topped up since.
I also have a phone for when I'm visiting the states.
$10 for the phone, top-up was $20 and is good for 90 days.
I don't live on my phones, I don't text, and I cannot understand those who are obsessed with doing both.
Soundmanred
Lifer
It's called having a family and friends. Not such a bad thing really.
Zenmervolt
Elite member
Used to be on T-Mobile,
1 line
1000 minutes
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
Unlimited mobile-to-mobile
$9.99/month
4 dropped calls per day on average. (Less than 2 miles from their US Corporate HQ and in their friggin' US HQ building too.)
If I hadn't been on the employee plan I'd have kicked their crappy service to the curb long ago. I did not recommend T-Mobile when I worked for them and I don't now. The only two providers I've had good luck with are Verizon and Alltel. T-Mobile's network is shit.
ZV
1 line
1000 minutes
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
Unlimited mobile-to-mobile
$9.99/month
4 dropped calls per day on average. (Less than 2 miles from their US Corporate HQ and in their friggin' US HQ building too.)
If I hadn't been on the employee plan I'd have kicked their crappy service to the curb long ago. I did not recommend T-Mobile when I worked for them and I don't now. The only two providers I've had good luck with are Verizon and Alltel. T-Mobile's network is shit.
ZV
secretanchitman
Diamond Member
Sprint
SERO Plan
500 minutes
Free roaming incoming and outgoing
Unlimited data
Unlimited texting
6PM (not 7PM like everyone elses!) nights & weekends - good thing to be with sprint since like the 90s!!
$30 per month
SERO Plan
500 minutes
Free roaming incoming and outgoing
Unlimited data
Unlimited texting
6PM (not 7PM like everyone elses!) nights & weekends - good thing to be with sprint since like the 90s!!
$30 per month
0roo0roo
No Lifer
ext messaging is a more expensive way to transfer data than receiving information from the Hubble Space Telescope, according to research from vendor Vyke Communications.
The typical cost for a standard 160 character text message is approximately 12 pence and every character sent in a text message equates to 1 byte of data.
When translating this into a per megabyte cost, this works out as approximately £750 per megabyte.
Comparatively, the US space agency NASA pays about £61.50 per megabyte to receive data from the Hubble Space Telescope, located 600km from Earth.
This amount includes all personnel, operational, data transmission and data processing costs for the Hubble program and equates to UK mobile users paying 12.3 times more byte for byte than NASA pays to capture and process images of outer space.http://www.computing.co.uk/com...xting-costs-sky-vendor
The typical cost for a standard 160 character text message is approximately 12 pence and every character sent in a text message equates to 1 byte of data.
When translating this into a per megabyte cost, this works out as approximately £750 per megabyte.
Comparatively, the US space agency NASA pays about £61.50 per megabyte to receive data from the Hubble Space Telescope, located 600km from Earth.
This amount includes all personnel, operational, data transmission and data processing costs for the Hubble program and equates to UK mobile users paying 12.3 times more byte for byte than NASA pays to capture and process images of outer space.http://www.computing.co.uk/com...xting-costs-sky-vendor
George P Burdell
Lifer
Sprint SERO
500 Minutes
Unlimited N/W from 7pm
Unlimited Data
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Mobile-to-mobile
Unlimited to any three non-Sprint numbers
$30.00
500 Minutes
Unlimited N/W from 7pm
Unlimited Data
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Mobile-to-mobile
Unlimited to any three non-Sprint numbers
$30.00
StageLeft
No Lifer
They certainly can suck up money. Our two phone family plan runs about $85/month but I recently changed to a workphone, so the missus is on a low-minute plan for about $50 with taxes and all that. We text very little and avoid surfing the net and all that crap. It's more just a convenience than anything we rely on for communication. I don't get how many people can blissfully pay $100-200/month+ for their phone, it's silly.
StageLeft
No Lifer
T-mobile was ok for me in birmingham, AL, but in Rochester, NY it's complete garbage. There are countless bad areas where there is just no signal at all. Really pitiful. Verizon has been flawless since I changed. T-mobile is generally the cheapest of the big dogs, but now we know why.
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