Post your cell phone plan and phone and how much they both cost (with Poll!!!!!!)

[dakata24]

phone: sprintpcs sanyo 5300 - $125
plan: 500 anytime minutes / unlimited nights and weekends (9pm) / picture pack vision plan - $60

 

[PraetorianGuards]

Samsung SCH-T300
Verizon
300 anytime
Unlim. N & W

 

[turbodiesel]

Previous: T-Mobile "Get More" 600 minutes + unlimited nights and weekends 39.99. I was using a Samsung S105.

Current: AT&T 400 minutes + unlimited nights and weekends 39.99. I was using a Motorola T720, the biggest POS phone out there, nothing but trouble. 90% of the time, my phone would display "emergency only" when there is no signal. I have nothing but complaints about AT&T GSM service and the T720. I am working on getting out of this contract to switch over to Verizon Wireless.

 

[aceO07]

Motorola StarTac 7868w (~$300 when it was given as a bday present to me)
Verizon, for 3 years and almost 5 months
200 anytime minutes
Unlimited nights and weeks
$29.99

I don't want to pay more for service, even if it's for more minutes or features. I don't go over 200 peak minutes a month and I don't need long distance minutes.

 

[MustyTang]

T-Mobile Employee Plan
2000 Whenever Minutes
Unlimited Mobile 2 Mobile
$10/month


It pays to work for them

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: aves2k
60 Anytime, 60 Weekend with T-Mobile for $19.99/Month. It's not that many but I don't even use all of those anyway.

Oh and my phone is a crappy old Motorola Timeport but it works.

so how much r the taxes and surcharges?

and any plans that cost less than $20 INCLUDING taxes and surcharges?

I think the bill is about $21 and some change every month.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
SprintPCS in the Los Angeles area:

750 anytime
3000 n&w (8pm)
unlimited vision
$49 a month

Phone: Sanyo 5300. Paid $300 after $100 equipment credit (last November)

Ditto, except I pay $39.99/month (no vision) and have a sucky phone.

 

[NogginBoink]

I use Virgin prepaid.

The phone is $60 at Target.

It's $0.25 for the first ten minutes each day, $0.10 each minut after that.

No contracts. Pay as you go.

I've spent less than $80 on cellphone this year.

 

[edmicman]

verizon, 400 anytime, unlimited nights and weekends and 1000 mobile to mobile. $40 a month roughly before taxes and crap. my phone is a POS TM510 that i'm getting really tired of, but i can't upgrade to a new phone till next fall unless i pay full retail. stupid contracts...ah well, serves me right as a cell phone n00b. maybe its better...i just want a normal color phone, and verizon seems to be heading into the PTT-cameraphone-kitchen sink thing unless you look at the a530 or maybe the lg vx4600 if that ever comes out.

 

[thawolfman]

T-Mobile, 600 Anytime, Unlimited N/W, and 550 Texts - $39.99 + $2.99 (For the extra 500 texts)

Samsung S105 - $300-$250Amazon.com rebate = $50

 

[edro]

LG vx4400
Verizon 700 Regional
Free Long Distance
Free Nights-Weekends
1000 Mobile/Mobile

$59.99

 

[rh71]

Wow SprintPCS leading the way... shocking.

I have 3 phones on Sprint... corporate discounted at 25% off monthly.

- 300 daytime
- unlimited nighttime
- free wireless web
- all the extras (callerID, voicemail, text messaging, blah blah blah)

3 phones come out to just under $30 each per month.

Going to switch 2 to Verizon soon with a 21% corp discount... since they have better signals.

 

[gizbug]

Nextel i90c Special Edition (Red)


1000 Anytime
4500 Direct Connect
Unlimited Night/ Wknd Minutes
Premium Web/Text Messaging
60 Bonus Minutes added onto the Anytime.

$60/month

 

[PCapprentice]

ATT mLife

500 Anytime Minutes
Unlimited Weekends & Nights
No Roaming Fees
No Long Distance
$34.99 per/mo

 

[dquan97]

My wife and I have a family plan
600peak
unlimited offpeak(8pm)
600 txt messages

Cingular for $55/month

 

[DT4K]

My wife and I each have a phone and have identical plans. We don't have home phones and we got more minutes by getting separate plans instead of a shared plan or family plan.

Kyocera 1135 $10 with 2 year contract
1100 anytime minutes (local plan - roaming is .30 a minute outside about a 50 mile radius)
Unlimited N & W (after 9pm)
Free long distance
$39.99 / month

My wife has the same plan but with a Nokia 5185 that was free with the 2 year contract.

 

[rh71]

For those who don't have landlines... how do you go about your home utilities? Most utilities like water company and electric company refer to you by home phone number... how do you deal with this ?

Aren't there other situations where you must have a home phone line plugged in ? Can anyone else name some ?

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: rh71
For those who don't have landlines... how do you go about your home utilities? Most utilities like water company and electric company refer to you by home phone number... how do you deal with this ?

Aren't there other situations where you must have a home phone line plugged in ? Can anyone else name some ?

I just give the utilities my cell number. No problem there.
And I've got cable internet access, so no issues there.
The only thing that has been difficult is trying to find out if DSL is available in my area. I wanted to see if it was a better deal than cable.
I haven't found anything that REQUIRES a home phone line.
We decided against home service because in most of Oregon, Qwest is the provider. But we live in Eagle Point (10 miles outside Medford) and for some reason, Qwest doesn't serve our area. The local provider is Sprint and virtually all of our calls, even to Medford and other surrounding towns, would have been long distance calls.
For $80 a month, we get 2200 anytime minutes between the two of us, and free long distance and free N & W. The 2200 has been more than enough so we are paying less than we would have for a land line + long distance charges.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: rh71
For those who don't have landlines... how do you go about your home utilities? Most utilities like water company and electric company refer to you by home phone number... how do you deal with this ?

Aren't there other situations where you must have a home phone line plugged in ? Can anyone else name some ?

Yes, calling 911, is a big example. Yes, you can call from a cell phone, but a cell phone call usually takes several seconds to connect, you need to tell them where you are, and in some cases, you even need to be transfered from one department to another, for example, from the State Patrol to your municipality's 911 departmant. That takes time, and when someone calls 911, someone usually wants help ASAP.

For me, it's best to have a both a home phone and a cell phone. I like having two phone numbers. I give the home phone number out to anybody (salespeople, people who I don't know well, classmates at school, businesses that I deal with) that I wouldn't necessarily want or need to have able to contact me if I'm out, or working, or otherwise busy. People who are close to me, or who might need to talk to me immediately (like work) get the priviledge of having my cell phone number.

By having a home phone, I can also get by with the least expensive cell phone plan that has national coverage and free long distance, because I'm not using my cell phone for EVERY call that I might need to make in the course of the weekday.

I'm with Verizon, on the $40, 400 weekday minute America's choice plan with unlimited weekends and nights (starting at 9 PM ), and 1000 mobile to mobile (my sister, my dad, my mom's work cell phone, and a lot of other people I know use Verizon, so that saves anywhere from 50 to 150 of my 400 minutes every month).

EDIT: I almost forgot, the sound quality, even on the best cell phones, just isn't there when compared to a regular phone. Good sound quality is nice to have when you're on the phone with a lady.

 

[DT4K]

Hadn't thought of 911.
Sound quality.
Good point.
The actual quality is pretty good on both of our cell's.
But they do break up occasionally, and I sometimes get a weird echo on my Kyocera. Very irritating when I hear everything I say repeated a half second later.

 

[pbrain]

Motorola T193
$50 + $35 activation - $200 MIR

T-mobile basic (national coverage)
$19.99 a month
60 anytime
500 weekends


I got a free Nokia 3390 (lateral movement) when my brother got a free Sony Ericsson T68i (lucky punk) when his co-worker got a new high-end phone (rich bastard). After it's all said and done, the phone and the first year of use (1-year contract) will cost me ~$156.

 

[BranzLS]

Verizon Wireless plan for $39.99 Nationwide (no roaming fees and such) + 4.99 Text & Picture Messaging
400 Anytime Minutes
1000 Mobile 2 Mobile Minutes
Unlimited Nights & Weekends
Unlimited Text & Picture Messaging

I have the LG VX 6000 Color Camera Phone that I got for $149

 

[LakerGod]

Originally posted by: BranzLS
Verizon Wireless plan for $39.99 Nationwide (no roaming fees and such) + 4.99 Text & Picture Messaging
400 Anytime Minutes
1000 Mobile 2 Mobile Minutes
Unlimited Nights & Weekends
Unlimited Text & Picture Messaging

I have the LG VX 6000 Color Camera Phone that I got for $149

Did you have to sign up for a 2 year plan to get the phone for that price? Also, do you have to pay the 4.99 to send any pictures or can you just upload them to your computer for free? Any info on that phone would be appreicated, since i'm thinking about getitng one. Thanks. :beer:

 

[Brutuskend]

My cell phone plan is to never have one.

Sorry, I HATE those things.

I don't even talk on regular phones if I can help it.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
Sprint PCS - LG5350 - 750 Anytime, 750 N&W - $15 a month

employee plan?

if not, how did u get that rate?!