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Iwanna Nospam - 15 May 2005 17:31 GMT

I'm a bit curious...

I'm on Family Talk with two phones. We have unlimited M2M which is cool but
I am puzzled how Cingular calculates how much M2M are used. When I check,
the minutes displayed are more than what's being used. Like I said, it's
unlimited so it's no big concern but it does get me curious.

Anyone know how it's calculated? i.e. one phone calls the other under M2M,
the conversation lasts 5 minutes. Is the actual time doubled for because of
the two phones involved?

I tried to call Cingular this morning...I was met by an automated message
stating that there was an emergency and the building had to be evacuated.
Pretty unusual message, huh?

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Harry - 15 May 2005 18:13 GMT

>I'm a bit curious...
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>the conversation lasts 5 minutes. Is the actual time doubled for because of
>the two phones involved?

That is exactly it. Both ends of the call are on your bill so its
double minutes.

One thing I've noticed is if I make a M2M call on the weekend, it gets
charged to nights and weekends instead of M2M. My plan has more
minutes than I would ever normally use so like you say, its no big
deal. It is curious though.

>I tried to call Cingular this morning...I was met by an automated message
>stating that there was an emergency and the building had to be evacuated.
>Pretty unusual message, huh?

Who stuck around to make the message?

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Iwanna Nospam - 15 May 2005 20:21 GMT

>>I'm a bit curious...
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> Who stuck around to make the message?

Thanks for posting the info about M2M. As for Cingular and their office
emergency, wonder if they made it back in? I'm not calling to find out.

<laugh>

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Jeremy - 24 May 2005 17:58 GMT

>>>I'm a bit curious...
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> <laugh>

Probably one of their disgruntled formar customers sent a little "gift" to
Cingular . . . ?

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Michael MacMahon - 15 May 2005 20:57 GMT

Probably Stan, the CEO, don't you think?

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> Who stuck around to make the message?

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Dave - 16 May 2005 02:53 GMT

> Probably Stan, the CEO, don't you think?

I'm guessing it was a pre recorded message they canned in the event of
an emergency. EPPP or something like that.

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