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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / September 2005Actually many do help; it just didn't work out for this one NOLA person relocated to Peoria. Oh well :-(
What some call cross posting; is just posting to the one "US Major cell phone users." My intended audience. It is not like, I'm getting $ from this, gee. I'm a big boy, I can handle the tough replies. I'm done with my thought on this particular good deed, but will be happy to put my name on the line, should an opportunity to help present itself again. PS: The lady at the shelter called twice, asking if we could help more, or what the response is. If I had unlimited finances, I'd help more, but I don't. We (meaning anyone who cares) hears the call for help, and sometimes we can help, and sometimes not. It is just the way it goes. dr > PS: The lady at the shelter called twice, asking if we could help more, or > what the response is. If I had unlimited finances, I'd help more, but I > don't. We (meaning anyone who cares) hears the call for help, and > sometimes we can help, and sometimes not. It is just the way it goes. > dr I would be leery to donate to someone that requires a $400 deposit. In this time of emergency I would think there are more practical methods of communication available. I notice in the DFW area, when the TV cameras pan the audience of evacuees, several hide their faces from the camera. Not to cast dispersions, but you know the predators have come from miles around to participate in the 'great Katrina give away'. As a young boy, I sat with my mother waiting for relief after the flood of '49 in Ft Worth. You didn't have to be very old to sense some people that never had anything were claiming loses of all new appliances, furniture and cars. I prefer to donate to experienced organizations that have a process to weed out the dis-honest. It would seem to be more practical to solicit a donated phone and initial pre-paid card. All is in process, but it looks like everything has worked out. Closing the thread, the Red Cross gave her an emergency credit card, and authorized her to use it to pay the downpayment for a cellular line of service. Before you get excited, hear this out: - Red Cross disaster fund paid for her deposit (which refunds to her, Carrier has this money now) - Plan came with a free phone (Carrier provides the free phone with a 2 yr commitment) - Someone paid for or donated her a belt clip, because the phone didn't come with it - And with the completed application, and the Red Cross's support, we have requested a 100% discount on the monthly service. (Carrier requested, but not yet approved) - She has elected to put insurance on her phone... and I don't know how to get that money back to her. That is the current status... didn't say who paid for what; I guess things just work out. The carrier you ask? In this instance: Nextel Partners, but that was her choice., partly because of the deposit amount. PS: there is no commission on "$0" monthly plan <duh>. dr dr.news Better Price? (not better than you deserve, just MORE than you are used to) If I can help: ? dr.news@better-price.biz.delete-the-obvious or thru this notes forum. Home of the better priced phone and service http://free.better-price.biz >> PS: The lady at the shelter called twice, asking if we could help more, >> or what the response is. If I had unlimited finances, I'd help more, but [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > It would seem to be more practical to solicit a donated phone and initial > pre-paid card. > All is in process, but it looks like everything has worked out. > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > It would seem to be more practical to solicit a donated phone and initial > > pre-paid card. PLONK! Bob Well I, for one, am finally going to be able to sleep tonite. We can't have people running around without a cellphone, can we? Food, clothing, and shelter are all well and good, but no phone?!?! How barbaric. > All is in process, but it looks like everything has worked out. > > Closing the thread, the Red Cross gave her an emergency credit card, and > authorized her to use it to pay the downpayment for a cellular line of > service. Before you get excited, hear this out: > Well I, for one, am finally going to be able to sleep tonite. We can't have > people running around without a cellphone, can we? Food, clothing, and > shelter are all well and good, but no phone?!?! How barbaric. Imagine being moved to a different city/state where you knew no one, didn't know if the home, you left, with all your worldly possessions, was still standing, didn't know if the friends/family, you left, were still alive... I think a phone might be pretty important. Notan >Imagine being moved to a different city/state where you knew no one, >didn't know if the home, you left, with all your worldly possessions, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Notan That's what calling cards are for. > >Imagine being moved to a different city/state where you knew no one, > >didn't know if the home, you left, with all your worldly possessions, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That's what calling cards are for. But first, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PHONE! Notan That's what pre-paid phones are for. I think it's absurd people 'need' a fully paid 'regular' cellphone contract just to squeek by in a disaster. 2 or 3 calls to announce 'we are fine' is reasonable. A pre-paid or pay-per-call phone to use only in the case of emergency is reasonable. I get the feeling we are talking about people that just want a phone so they can yak it up because their is nothing else to do. > > >Imagine being moved to a different city/state where you knew no one, > > >didn't know if the home, you left, with all your worldly possessions, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Notan > That's what pre-paid phones are for. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > emergency is reasonable. I get the feeling we are talking about people that > just want a phone so they can yak it up because their is nothing else to do. Actually, we are on the same page, now. I got lost! <g> In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the cell carriers to do just that. Give away, or provide at a deep discount, pre-paid phones, loaded with a certain amount of time. Not only would it help those without phones, after those people get back on their feet, what carrier do you think they're gonna support? Also, great PR for the carrier, and a HUGE tax write-off. It seems as though I mixed the threads, and here we are. Sorry. Notan >> That's what pre-paid phones are for. >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > do you think they're gonna support? Also, great PR for > the carrier, and a HUGE tax write-off. The material costs of the phones would be very innefficient. Better to supply calling cards or wireless "phone booths". I don't completely agree with the OP in that I can imagine there are a *huge* amount of arrangements that displaced people have to make. Simply arranging the next temporary place to stay could take a dozen calls over a few days. I also agree that a full regular plan is unnecessary (unless you make commission or volume incentives on selling such things). A phone is the equivalent of a lot of air time. A common phone (as in wireless phone booth) can be in use 24x7. -Quick >In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the cell carriers to do just >that. Give away, or provide at a deep discount, pre-paid phones, loaded with >a certain amount of time. T-Mobile provided all its New Orleans and gulf coast subscribers with $50 minimum of prepaid credit so their phones would work even if they had not bought enough credit. - - >> In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the >> cell carriers to do just that. Give away, or provide at [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > phones would work even if they had not bought enough > credit. That's great if you already had service. -Quick >>> In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the >>> cell carriers to do just that. Give away, or provide at [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >That's great if you already had service. Do you know of any other companies that *even* did that? - - >>>> In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the >>>> cell carriers to do just that. Give away, or provide at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Do you know of any other companies that *even* did that? O... I thought you were making suggestions for what companies might do... That's great that T-mobile brought their customers up to $50. VZW fixed it so that the billing system didn't cut off unpaid accounts so I guess they sort of made it unlimited didn't they? I was kind of thinking along the lines of providing relief/service to disaster victims and not differentiating whether they are your customer or not or if you had service before or not. How did T-mobile do along those lines? Was the objective to tout T-mobile or non-VZW in general? -Quick >I was kind of thinking along the lines of providing relief/service >to disaster victims and not differentiating whether they are your >customer or not or if you had service before or not. T-Mobile opened their network to all whether they were customers or not. >How did T-mobile do along those lines? Was the objective to >tout T-mobile or non-VZW in general? Ha! You're talking about tooting their own horn! Name any company that doesn't take advantage of a situation to make themselves look better! - - > >I was kind of thinking along the lines of providing relief/service > >to disaster victims and not differentiating whether they are your [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > that doesn't take advantage of a situation to make themselves look > better! If it helps those in need, who cares! Notan >> I was kind of thinking along the lines of providing >> relief/service to disaster victims and not [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > T-Mobile opened their network to all whether they were > customers or not. That's commendable. How did non-customers get service? >> How did T-mobile do along those lines? Was the >> objective to tout T-mobile or non-VZW in general? > > Ha! You're talking about tooting their own horn! Name > any company that doesn't take advantage of a situation to > make themselves look better! No. I'm all for that. I was not clear as to the motivation behind your post. That's all. -Quick > >>> In another thread, one of my suggestions was for the > >>> cell carriers to do just that. Give away, or provide at [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > - - > Yeah. Well... no. As usual, each did something in their own way. US Cellular, for example, is waiving all roaming fees in Louisiana, and around Mobile, AL (they have no coverage down there, so this allows volunteers to go their, use their cell phones, and not incur charges for being good samaritans). Sprint has set up a whole web site just for helping out victims: http://katrina.sprint.com/ And this, released on the 7th: http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8060 "Sprint Nextel will automatically issue credits for monthly service for its wireless customers in the areas hardest hit by the hurricane. In addition, wireless customers in the affected areas will receive free long distance calling, roaming and text messaging and overage charges will not be applied. "Sprint Nextel will be contacting customers via text message throughout the week to communicate the billing relief plans specific to them. Customers should contact Sprint Nextel Customer Care directly for eligibility information, questions or concerns." That could work out to a lot more than $50, IMO.  SignatureRØß O/Siris -+- A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice. +Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+ While I might agree with you; it wouldn't be my first choice on what to do with my money. But it was her choice, and we wanted to help her in her plight. Easy enough. dr > Well I, for one, am finally going to be able to sleep tonite. We can't > have > people running around without a cellphone, can we? Food, clothing, and > shelter are all well and good, but no phone?!?! How barbaric. |
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