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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / October 2004Least expensive cellphone service
What's the least expensive cell phone service?... <dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message news:fcd17af9.0410242300.47b7a5c6@posting.google.com... > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... Can you be less specific... There are probably a dozen answers based on how it will be used. dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu wrote: > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... Having none at all. What is the reason you want service? Roger Does not compute. Least expensive to have and use? Impossible to answer without more info. Least expensive to have and seldom use? Prepaid. If you are new to cellular and really want the absolute cheapest postpaid plan, you have hours of "due diligence" in front of you, including predicting your volume of usage, determining whether coverage area and quality of service is a priority, pricing out your preference of phone instrument, checking the websites of all the providers in your area, and picking through thousands of Usenet posts to get the "real deal". As much as the posters on this board love to show off how much some of us (not me!!!! LOL) know, and how much we love to be helpful and informative, no one but you can or will do this research to YOUR advantage. Best of luck. Stop back and tell us how you made out. Dean ____________________________________________________<dsaklad@zurich.csail.mi t.edu> wrote in message news:fcd17af9.0410242300.47b7a5c6@posting.google.com... > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... Based on the smallest yearly outlay: $18/yr, justalk @phoneshark.com (uses AT&T TDMA) $25/yr, Speak Out (7-11) (Cingular) $25/yr, Occasional T-Mobile Promo $40/yr, AT&T Free2Go, Callplus, Locus (AT&T TDMA) All prepaid. This does not include the price of the phone. You can get good deals on phones at eBay, or from the above suppliers. BillRadio Western U.S. Wireless info: http://www.mountainwireless.com > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... Based on the smallest yearly outlay: $18/yr, justalk @phoneshark.com (uses AT&T TDMA) $25/yr, Speak Out (7-11) (Cingular) $25/yr, Occasional T-Mobile Promo $40/yr, AT&T Free2Go, Callplus, Locus (AT&T TDMA) All prepaid. This does not include the price of the phone. You can get good deals on phones at eBay, or from the above suppliers. BillRadio Western U.S. Wireless info: http://www.mountainwireless.com > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... . . . Thank you ! What is the reputation of http://www.just-talk.net The toll free 1 800 number there did not work ! > Based on the smallest yearly outlay: > $18/yr, justalk @phoneshark.com (uses AT&T TDMA) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... DOn, I haven't called them in some time. Their info is at: http://www.phoneshark.com/showwirelesscard.cfm?f=11&t=11&p=9045 1-888-441-2355 I don't see their $8.99 promo, so their yearly charge is probably back up to $20/year. -Bill <dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message news:fcd17af9.0410260320.66844834@posting.google.com... > . . . Thank you ! > What is the reputation of http://www.just-talk.net [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu (don warner saklad dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu) wrote in message news:<fcd17af9.0410242300.47b7a5c6@posting.google.com>... > > > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... >What's the least expensive cell phone service?... Two cans and a string............ Hunter -- http://members.aol.com/ILuvBrady/summer2004.htm "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" I have a similar question, but with more info to go on. My wife is on a Local 125 plan for $25/month that includes 125 home area minutes, but no long distance and no roaming (the phone will roam, of course, but at extravagant rates). Our market is Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio. Does Verizon offer a cheaper plan other than going to prepay? If you threaten to leave them (her contract obligation is up) will they find a lower rate to keep a customer, or just let you go? Thanks. - ESJ <dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message news:fcd17af9.0410242300.47b7a5c6@posting.google.com... > What's the least expensive cell phone service?... > My wife is on a Local 125 plan for $25/month that includes 125 home > area minutes, but no long distance and no roaming (the phone will > roam, of course, but at extravagant rates). Our market is > Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio. > > Does Verizon offer a cheaper plan other than going to prepay? Do you actually accumulate roaming and LD charges, or go over your allotted 125 minutes/month? If not, then I doubt you'll find anything cheaper. I have 2 phones sharing 100 minutes a month for $30, also with a limited coverage area and no long distance, but since we've never run up much in the way of roaming or LD charges, I've given up on finding something cheaper, even with the 20% discount I could get at Sprint.  SignatureBert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@visi.com >I have a similar question, but with more info to go on. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > - ESJ I'd go the pre-pay route if I were you. $15/month. LD included, and your local coverage area is the VZW national network. That's 43 one-minute calls, or one 147 minute call. You are somewhere in between. You get to carry over unused minutes so that you can have heavy usage every so often (like a trip). I am on the 300 minute AC plan right now. We have been using it for all our long distance needs, but landline long distance is now cheaper than keeping a cell phone primarily for that reason. I am using the 1x data minutes-of-use during off-peak right now, but if they pull the plug on that, I will be switching my main account to prepay. -- Dave Visit my New England Cell Phone Page at http://markson.net/cell_phones.htm (to reply take out the "remove" in my e-mail) >I'd go the pre-pay route if I were you. $15/month. LD included, and your local >coverage area is the VZW national network. That's 43 one-minute calls, or one >147 minute call. I wouldn't count on 43 one minute calls since VZW uses one minute incremental billing and also uses send-to-end billing. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > I wouldn't count on 43 one minute calls since VZW uses one minute > incremental billing and also uses send-to-end billing. In addtion, Verizon Prepay now adds a "25 cent first minute surcharge" to the first minute. >> I wouldn't count on 43 one minute calls since VZW uses one minute >> incremental billing and also uses send-to-end billing. I have made many one-minute calls, usually to check on things on the way home. Granted, they probably average around 30 seconds. >In addtion, Verizon Prepay now adds a "25 cent first minute surcharge" >to the first minute. Yes, I took that into account on my calculations. At first I thought it was a bad deal, but unless you average less than two minutes per call, you end up ahead on the new prepay plan. |
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