Cell Phones & Provider - with poll!

[Blieb]

Please take poll

Cliffs:

1) Verizon wireless
2) new phones = bill up 60% --- can't help but feel ripped
3) go back to regular phones?
4) go balls out and get Blackberry?
5) change service provider and get G1 or IPhone?

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We have VerizonWireless. Our calls have been dropping within 30 ft of our house for 2 years. They haven't fixed it.

We got new phones this weekend and the signal is much improved. They told me we just missed another $100 savings. I called customer service and they claim I got that price, but used funny math ... I really don't like being in another 2 yr contract.

I'm an over analyzer ... I had Gz'One and like it for what it is (a phone). The camera sucks, so I don't take pics.

There's a new Casio EXILM that is rugged, but expensive and gets piss-poor reviews. So I passed.

My wife and I both got LG ENV Touches. We are pleased with the phones, but overall I can't help but feel ripped off for some reason.
- They're just phones with advanced text/web ... no apps
- Our bill is going to go up about 60% (they made us switch to another plan so text and web were included).

So for that kind of money, I'm thinking Google G1 (but a buddy told me tmobile coverage here sucks) or friggin' iphone ... or screw it and get a Blackberry Tour (another $50/mo for 2) ...

Of course, at the same time, I'm thinking ... take these phones and shove it, get rugged Boulders and go back to our old plan.

 

[GeekDrew]

AT&T, Palm Treo Pro, $200-250 for 5 lines

 

[eplebnista]

1) AT&T Go Phone Service
2) Moto RAZR V3
3) ~$9/month ($100/year)

 

[Kirby]

1) at&t
2) samsung eternity
3) i'm on some sorta family plan with my parents. they pay for the basic stuff, and i pay for the phone, data and txt msg.

 

[TwiceOver]

Alltel 900 Nation Wide 17 My Circle "Free" Numbers
2 Lines
Basic Phones Razr v3a Buy 1 Get 1
500 Texts on Wife's Phone
$78.30/mo

I am dreading the switch to Verizon. I priced out the same package with them and it was over $120 /mo.

 

[Soundmanred]

One Line
Provider: Cricket
Phone: Kyocera Lingo
Unlimited calls (local & LD) any time of day
Unlimited texts, pictures messages, web
$42 per month after taxes, etc.

 

[sjwaste]

One Line
Sprint
Palm Centro
Sprint SERO 500 - 500 peak min, unlim n/w, unlim m/m, unlim data, unlim text
$33/mo after taxes

 

[Aikouka]

AT&T
iPhone
~$60 a month

 

[dougp]

Two iPhones, unlimited txting & data plans with free nights starting at 7pm instead of 9pm. I believe our bill is around $180, maybe a little less.

 

[daniel1113]

AT&T
One line
500 minutes
Texting
$45/month

 

[Nik]

Cricket
One line
truely unlimited everything, 24/7/365
$40/mo

 

[xanis]

AT&T
3 lines
unlimited texting
~2,000 minutes (incl. rollover)
~ $150/month

 

[Pliablemoose]

Tmobile
3 lines
Unlimited voice
Unlimited text
Unlimited data on 1 line
$180

 

[lokiju]

AT&T
iPhone
No clue, company provided and they do all the billing.

I've never been told I've gone over my mins and I do know it has an unlimited texting plan.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Verizon
4 lines, all basic (dumb) phones
1400 anytime minutes (was 700 until last month when we went over by a fair amount so I had it retroactively changed)
250 text/month plan on one of the lines (mine)
$115

I'm thinking about switching my line from a basic phone to a BlackBerry Curve or similar device, for which there is a $30/mo data plan. Might be fun.

 

[jimbob200521]

US Cellular
LG Glimmer
2 Lines w/Unlimited texting, pic, and video messing for about $140/month.

 

[nageov3t]

sprint sero, $30/month.

I've been tempted to get a fancy hitech phone, but I really can't bring myself to pay the increased monthly fees for a data plan.

 

[Eos]

Verizon (since 2000)
3 lines
700 anytime minutes.
250 texts on 2 of the phones for $5 extra each.
She has a Palm Treo; I have an LG VX5300.
$90 + or - a couple bucks.

 

[tokie]

Rogers
Crappy old Moto phone
~$20/month

 

[zylander]

AT&T
2 lines, one a regular phone, the other an iphone
unlimited text
unlimited data for iphone
unlimited data for other phone
1100 min/mo

~$180 a month.

 

[xSauronx]

US Cellular
Delve (entry level meh-ish touch screen)
I think ~60 a month w/ unlimited data. probably really is unlimited since US cellulars network is too slow for any significant data usage.

 

[Miklebud]

AT&T
iPhone
$75/mo

 

[eits]

sprint
palm treo 800w
1250 anytime minutes, unlimited everything else
$65/mo

i'm never switching to anyone else. best plan ever.

i'm probably gonna upgrade to a palm pre in the not too distant future.

 

[ViviTheMage]

T-Mobile - 2 lines
65$ per month
unlimited MMS/SMS for both lines
unlimited data for one line (my jailbroken/unlocked iphone)
1000 minutes

 

[Kelemvor]

Virgin Mobile
No
<$10/mo