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jst0ney

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I'm switching from Tmobile to Cingular (so I can talk to my GF for free). Since I have an unlocked motorola v300 I have heard that you can talk to people from Cingular/ATT about getting a no contract plan because I will not be getting a phone from the. Anyone heard of this? Experience?

thanks,
jst0ney
 
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otispunkmeyer

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what u mean no contract?

i live in the uk and we have contract phones where u pay say £25 a month n u get so many free minutes to call, and soo many free texts a month etc, they started doing it now with MMS messages and free wap/internet

if your not rich enough for that, or if u dont use a phone too often we have PAYG phones, Pay As You Go phones, these can be bought from a shop with a sim card in the box. you just buy top up cards when u run out of credit.

and 02 have some killer deals, 300 free texts as long as you top up £10 a month? pretty good. of course you dont have to top up every month, hell if u use it that infrequently like my mum u neednt top up once a year even

you can do everything on a PAYG phone as u can do on a contract phone, except the contract phone will just continue to rack up the bills, whereas the PAYG will stop you from calling/txting untill you top up, u can still recieve txts and calls though
 
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FlyLice

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Free phone is usually from signing the contract so is it logical to think no contract if you BYOP?
 
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Shlong

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Prepaid, Pay as you go? Or get a contract with the cheapest monthly payment.
 
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jst0ney

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Originally posted by: FlyLice
Free phone is usually from signing the contract so is it logical to think no contract if you BYOP?
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Thats what I thought but I called around to some cingular stores and they are telling me that for a no-phone deal it is a 1 year contract. Throw in a phone and that makes it a 2 year contract.

So I guess I'll have to sign up for a year. It isn't so bad I just hate contracts.
 
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datdamkid

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Why don't you just get cingular's pay as yuo go phone? I think yuo get free mobile to mobile on that...
 
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isekii

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Originally posted by: jst0ney
Originally posted by: FlyLice
Free phone is usually from signing the contract so is it logical to think no contract if you BYOP?
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Thats what I thought but I called around to some cingular stores and they are telling me that for a no-phone deal it is a 1 year contract. Throw in a phone and that makes it a 2 year contract.

So I guess I'll have to sign up for a year. It isn't so bad I just hate contracts.
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Just take over someone elses contract and change the phone number.
 
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Shlong

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The cell phone stores can offset the loss of $ of giving away free phones because they make money off the contracts. In the atlanta area, there's Metro PCS which is no contracts monthly fee of $35 & unlimited phone time as long as you are in the atlanta metro area, $40 for that & unlimited long distance. This is selling very well in many areas.
 
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otispunkmeyer

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Originally posted by: jst0ney
pay-as-you-go = teh suk
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yeah guess it does, you have to pay for your phone and the calls, here the latest sony is like near £300-400 region for the phone if u wanted to have it on PAYG, that is if u could have it

all latest handsets get reserved for contracts

so PAYG have to top up every now and then , and all the affordable phones are basically the pick of older or cheaper (ie less quality) phones
 
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DaWhim

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what's wrong with 1 year contract? get a phone with the best value and ebay it to pay for your bill.
 
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imported_Mike

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Like this one:

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Amazon is giving you $125 plus whatever you make on the phone...then you just pop the sim in your phone and you're set.

The v220 seems to be going for ~$150 on ebay so you can make ~$300 - fees with only a 1 year contract. Not bad IMO
 
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Kelemvor

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If you talk on your phone often, then just get a standard XX minutes per month deal. However, if you don't use the phone often (emergencies, questions while out, etc) than a PAYG phone is great.

I have Virgin Mobile and pay less than $8/mo because I don't use my phone often. If I'm at home, I use the home phone. If I'm at work I use my work phone. If I'm somewhere with my wife, we use her cell phone because her work pays for it. Mine is just for other randon instances.
 
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glugglug

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Don't do it. AT&T is the absolute worst cell phone company in existence. She should switch to Tmobile. The calls might be free with you both on AT&T but it won't actually work much.
 
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Winchester

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With Cingular you can sign up for a month to month plan, no contracts, you just wont get any advertised deal (as much anytime minutes etc). But you can get a month to month to start. No contract.
 
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