Anyone Have Prepay Service with A Blackberry?

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Pete Nalda - 08 Feb 2007 18:51 GMT

Hi,
I've lately fallen in love with the blackberry, as I'd love access to
mobile email and love txt messaging. Problem is, I'm not willing to
sign a contract to use one. I'm also impressed with it's browser. I
asked Verizon, and while they sell Blackberries they don't offer prepay
service with it.

So if anyone knows of a prepay service that can be used with a
blackberry, I'd sure like to know. The blackberries are the biz, at
least until the iphone comes out.

TIA

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Cyrus Afzali - 08 Feb 2007 21:53 GMT

>Hi,
>I've lately fallen in love with the blackberry, as I'd love access to
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>blackberry, I'd sure like to know. The blackberries are the biz, at
>least until the iphone comes out.

I've never seen a provider that offers Blackberry service on a
pay-as-you-go basis. Until relatively recently, it was considered a
business service, thus not something that would be promoted to
customers who didn't want a contract. In fact, it's rare or virtually
nonexistant to even see any kind of data device or plan available
pre-paid.

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Dick C - 11 Feb 2007 00:18 GMT

Cyrus Afzali wrote in alt.cellular

>>Hi,
>>I've lately fallen in love with the blackberry, as I'd love access to
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> nonexistant to even see any kind of data device or plan available
> pre-paid.

And to use a blackberry for anything other than just a phone you have
to have a blackberry data plan. This allows you to access the blackberry
servers. Without the plan you can not do anything that makes the blackberry
useful.

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SMS - 11 Feb 2007 13:41 GMT

> Hi,
> I've lately fallen in love with the blackberry, as I'd love access to
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> blackberry, I'd sure like to know. The blackberries are the biz, at
> least until the iphone comes out.

Boost Mobile (Nextel's prepaid service on iDEN) works with the iDEN
Blackberry, at least partially.

"http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/4427-data_on_prepaid_boost.html"

Note that Nextel coverage is non-existent in many areas, and may be
eliminated in the next couple of years. You should be able to find a
used Blackberry for Nextel for a very low price.

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Pete Nalda - 27 Feb 2007 15:23 GMT

>> Hi,
>> I've lately fallen in love with the blackberry, as I'd love access to
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> eliminated in the next couple of years. You should be able to find a
> used Blackberry for Nextel for a very low price.

Thanks for the info, but what's IDEN? And do you know which features *
wouldn't* work? Isn't nextel now part of sprint and hasn't that helped
their coverage any? Heh, I currently use verizon's prepay and it
doesn't cover me when I go to Abilene, TX lol, but anywhere on the I35
corridor here in tx I'm covered. Sprint covers abilene well as does
virgin mobile, so maybe I'd have better luck with Boost.

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SMS - 27 Feb 2007 16:11 GMT

> Thanks for the info, but what's IDEN?

Nextel's Push To Annoy service uses the iDEN network.

> And do you know which features *
> wouldn't* work? Isn't nextel now part of sprint and hasn't that helped
> their coverage any?

No.

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