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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / September 2005prepaid questions
I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions for him. 1) He's bringing a triband phone. Other posters have mentioned availability of a sim-only prepaid kit a while back. Is it still available? Is it still $50 with included $30 of calls? 2) What is the price of international SMS for prepaid? Is it even permitted? -MVL Most all questions can be answered and more, found at http://kickme.to/prepaidwireless and go to the TMOBILE Forum >I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions > for him. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -MVL Buy him a prepaid SIM from ebay with minutes. just do search on tmobile SIM on ebay. I have not tried to send international SMS. > I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions > for him. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -MVL > I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions > for him. > > 1) He's bringing a triband phone. Other posters have mentioned > availability of a sim-only prepaid kit a while back. Is it still > available? Is it still $50 with included $30 of calls? Cheap off ebay. Mind was $20-something dollars. > 2) What is the price of international SMS for prepaid? Is it even > permitted? I think it's 10c each, effectively less if he uses the $100 refills.  Signaturehttp://cbsrmt.mousetrap.net/RMTdb/ CBS Radio Mystery Theater database http://greyhound.mousetrap.net/altus/ Altus, retired racer John McCain 2008 + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting >Cheap off ebay. Mind was $20-something dollars. Boy you got off cheaply if your mind only cost you $20! - - You get what you pay for. Storm >>Cheap off ebay. Mind was $20-something dollars. > > Boy you got off cheaply if your mind only cost you $20! > > - - >I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions >for him. > >1) He's bringing a triband phone. Other posters have mentioned >availability of a sim-only prepaid kit a while back. Is it still >available? Is it still $50 with included $30 of calls? It is *but* you'll get a lot better deal if you get a prepaid deal from sellers on eBay and for a good deal less than the regular street price of $50. If you have the time that's the better bet for you if you are looking to do it economically. >2) What is the price of international SMS for prepaid? Is it even >permitted? It's permitted, but as I recall it's quite pricey. You'd do better to purchase a prepaid calling card to use with the service rather than to direct dial with the prepaid mobile. International pricing is on the T-Mobile web page for prepaid. It says Canada and Mexico 40 cents/minute plus air time. Puerto Rico 30 cents/minute plus air time. Guam/Jamaica/Island Countries 80 cents/minute plus air time. All other countries $1.50/minute plus air time. As you can see it's *very* expensive to direct dial internationally with prepaid. Actually, it's rather pricey to do it with monthly service. With competing services such as onesuite and Gorilla mobile calling Europe can be as little as a few cents a minute. - - >>I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions >>for him. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > competing services such as onesuite and Gorilla mobile calling Europe > can be as little as a few cents a minute. Joseph, He's asking about Intl SMS, not voice calls. >Joseph, > >He's asking about Intl SMS, not voice calls. Yes, you're right. - - I know that SMS to Slovakia works on T-mobile and Cingular prepaid. Where will your friend like to use his phone ? T-mobile uses 1900Mhz and Cingular uses 850/1900Mhz. A cell phone that doesn't have coverage is no bargain at any price. Europe has much better cell coverage than the US this is more so if you limit the phone to GSM. In regards to SMS with TMO2GO, there is no distinction price wise between Nationwide or International SMS. BUT, TMO2GO does not offer them as part of the package. If it works, great, if not that is just the way it is. In other words, no support if it doesn't work for the Country/ Carrier you are sending too, and same as inbound from that country, if it works great, if not that too bad. Good luck.. >I have a friend coming in from abroad and wanted to ask a few questions > for him. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -MVL |
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