Phoneshark in denial?

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John Klug - 29 Oct 2004 04:39 GMT

JusTalk has the same roaming deal the other AT&T pre-paids have. Also
Phoneshark's website does not show the new higher roaming rate for
CallPlus.

My last minutes I bought from them for Justalk had the following
message:
The benefits of JusTalk are just what you have been looking for!
We
offer denominations as low as $10 that are good for 6 months! In
addition, we offer FREE roaming and FREE long distance. You pay
the
same low rate when calling from within the USA coverage area!

Both times when I have been on Dobson and the phone had extended area
I was told I had 1/4 of my minutes.

By the way, does anybody know of a TDMA service that will work with
Dobson and AT&T at a low rate, and not be $60/month? GSM will not
work for me.

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Bill Radio - 29 Oct 2004 06:12 GMT

John,
Something is wrong at Phoneshark. I recently got a cancellation of our
affiliate agreement with them and can no longer link to them. I have been
watching the Justalk page to see if it is being updated, and it is. But as
you see, they don't show the new rates. I hesitate to try it to see. The
best deal now is AT&T's own Free2go. They're cheaper than the others but
roaming should be .69/min on Dobson. Callplus is now $1.16/min.

I heard about the increase in roaming rates before PharosInt posted it.
They finally posted the correct rates, but my minutes are pre-5/7/04, so I'm
still getting regular roam rates. It could be these small AT&T re-sellers
just haven't got around to posting the new rates.

Bill Radio
Click for Western U.S. Wireless Reviews at:
http://www.mountainwireless.com

> JusTalk has the same roaming deal the other AT&T pre-paids have. Also
> Phoneshark's website does not show the new higher roaming rate for
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> Dobson and AT&T at a low rate, and not be $60/month? GSM will not
> work for me.

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John Klug - 29 Oct 2004 13:48 GMT

Phoneshark must have just fixed this. I assume free2go requires you
to buy their phone? I assume most Nokia's that they sell nowadays
have no antenna port, which would be useless when I roam anyway.

It looks like with free2go they have grandfathered in their existing
customers? So if you are an old national plan customer you can buy
more minutes and not pay roaming?

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David L - 30 Oct 2004 08:37 GMT

> Phoneshark must have just fixed this. I assume free2go requires you
> to buy their phone? I assume most Nokia's that they sell nowadays
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> customers? So if you are an old national plan customer you can buy
> more minutes and not pay roaming?

The huge roaming rate increase on prepaid is likely do to the Cingular
takeover. Certainly makes the ATT Prepaid resell division more
profitable. I doubt a cheap prepaid plan is going to grandfather
anyone, since it is a month to month or refill card to refill card
relationship. Would be nice though.

I have callplus. The rates changed with the new card PINS IIRC. Wasn't
roaming at the changeover time. Would have prefered the exra minutes
on the new cards. On vacation the 4X rates were not welcome.

The ATT free2Go now seems to be the cheapest roaming .69 rates. Darn,
looks like the parties over...

Here's a good list of external antenna adapters to check which models
have a port. I don't recommend their antennas however.

Wilson Electronics, Inc. - Antenna Adapter List - Choose Your Phone's
Manufacturer

http://www.cellularantenna.com/adapterlist/wcadapterlist.htm

Check of Dave Markson's page at markson.net for prepaid as well as
Bill's Mountainaudio.com

-
David

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John Klug - 30 Oct 2004 17:04 GMT

I was looking at tracfone. Their coverage map application is a bit
crazy. If I just enter 56450 (Garrison, MN) it finds no map. I then
entered my own zip got a twin cities Verizon map, then 55602 (Brimson
MN), and got Verizon for Duluth (Verizon has no usable coverage for
55602 by the way), then Garrison MN (56450), and then a Dobson
Cellular One map popped up (overlapping 55602), and TDMA phones go
along with it if you go to "buy phones".

Will Tracfone ever allow TDMA in the twin cities, since Cingular and
ATTWS are merging? Their roaming rate is 2:1 instead of 4:1. It
looks like you can get one year/800 minutes for $180 with a one year
$100 double your minutes card, and an $80 400 minute card.

In the mean time, I ordered one for my father-in-law as a gift. He
has UNICEL TDMA/analog, and has no reception at our cabin. We'll see.

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