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  1. #1
    iPhone News
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    This is getting more bizarre by the minute....
    but ,as of 6:57 PM EDT, free iPhone WiFi is back.



    See More: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)




  2. #2
    Larry
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    iPhone News <[email protected]> wrote in news:invalid-
    [email protected]:

    > This is getting more bizarre by the minute....
    > but ,as of 6:57 PM EDT, free iPhone WiFi is back.
    >


    Does ATT really charge $60/mo for 450 minutes?!

    How awful!




  3. #3
    Kevin Weaver
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > iPhone News <[email protected]> wrote in news:invalid-
    > [email protected]:
    >
    >> This is getting more bizarre by the minute....
    >> but ,as of 6:57 PM EDT, free iPhone WiFi is back.
    >>

    >
    > Does ATT really charge $60/mo for 450 minutes?!
    >
    > How awful!
    >


    39.95 Plus roll over.
    Free nights an weekends.
    24x7 to others on same network.




  4. #4
    Larry
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    "Kevin Weaver" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Lu7Vj.3290
    [email protected]:

    >> Does ATT really charge $60/mo for 450 minutes?!
    >>
    >> How awful!
    >>

    >
    > 39.95 Plus roll over.
    > Free nights an weekends.
    > 24x7 to others on same network.
    >
    >


    Is that an old plan?
    Alltel 800 mins $39.95 NC/SC and some areas in states around
    Free N/W, Free M2M any Alltel, Free LD/Voicemail
    1 My Circle unlimited number any phone/cell
    add $25 for unlimited tethered data (14GB last month, no threats)
    No rollover, of course.

    I was just shocked at the price on the two ads.....




  5. #5
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    At 10 May 2008 02:22:51 +0000 Larry wrote:

    > Is that an old plan?



    No, the $39.99/450 minutes is current. (The "$60" version includes iPhone
    unlimited data.)

    > Alltel 800 mins $39.95 NC/SC and some areas in states around



    Sure- that's a regional plan with extra cost LD, and probably extra cost
    roaming. AT&T's $40 includes N&W, M2M, is nationwide and includes rollover.

    What does a $40 national Alltel plan buy?






  6. #6
    4phun
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    IS NOT BACK! Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    On May 9, 6:58 pm, iPhone News <[email protected]> wrote:
    > This is getting more bizarre by the minute....
    > but ,as of 6:57 PM EDT, free iPhone WiFi is back.


    Free iPhone WIFI is NOT back.

    Here is the image of AT&T and as of Saturday 05/10/08 10 AM EDT it has
    been removed AGAIN.

    http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...phonePlans.gif

    Refresh your browser - no cached images!

    Gizmodo has already commented on this in their blog !




  7. #7
    Larry
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > Sure- that's a regional plan with extra cost LD, and probably extra
    > cost roaming. AT&T's $40 includes N&W, M2M, is nationwide and
    > includes rollover.
    >
    > What does a $40 national Alltel plan buy?
    >
    >
    >


    No extra cost LD. I can call any phone in the country, same price, from
    INSIDE my regional area. I travel outside the region very infrequently,
    even more infrequently at $4-5/gallon, now! When I do travel outside the
    region, I simply call 611 or go to the webpage and buy 100 mins of
    nationwide service for $10. My account is setup so that it will refill
    the 100 minutes for $10 when it runs under 10 (I think) minutes so
    there's no chance of roaming charges.

    I only pay for nationwide service when I want to USE nationwide
    service....more infrequently as fuel and traveling prices rise and rise.
    It's a real consideration more people should be making these days. I
    don't need service in Utah 99.9999% of my life. I'll buy it for $10 when
    I do. That's only 10c/min for nationwide service-on-demand, which is
    cheap.

    $39.95 buys you 500 minutes on the nationwide plan with Free LD,
    unlimited N/W, Unlimited M2M on Alltel and one My Circle unlimited number
    on any system, phone or cellular in the country.

    $10 more buys you 750 mins and 5 unlimited My Circle numbers on any
    system.

    Alltel's unlimited plans with My Circle are new and the new best deal.
    $50 buys you 750 mins plus 5 My Circle numbers with unlimited N/W, M2M,
    all the toys.
    $60 is 900 mins plus 10 My Circle numbers
    $80 is 1400 mins plus 10 My Circles but if you're going to go this far
    you might as well spend $99 and just get nationwide unlimited with no
    need of My Circle as you can call any number any time forever....all
    unlimited, unless you have more than one phone sharing the plan. Of
    course the $99 plan doesn't allow you to spend $10/extra phone/number to
    share unlimited minutes. It's just for single phones and, curiously, not
    available for smartphones and Blackberry for some strange reason that
    escapes me.

    Most Americans are not nationwide travelers and forcing them to buy only
    nationwide plans they'll rarely, if ever, get use of is just stupid.
    With the constantly rising price of fuel, transport tickets, hotels and
    guest taxes, even more Americans are just wasting their money buying
    nationwide SELLphone service. The carriers who don't offer local or
    regional service are just fleecing them...especially Verizon and ATT.




  8. #8
    Larry
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    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in news:elmop-
    [email protected]:

    > You pay for long distance
    > calls (AT&T customers don't), plus you pay for roaming (AT&T customers
    > don't).
    >


    You've got that all wrong, Elmo. From INSIDE my region, I can call any
    phone in the country, including AK and HI without LD charges. As I rarely,
    if ever, go outside my region, I never have roaming charges.

    If I do decide to sneak down to Florida for some fun and games, I buy 100
    mins of nationwide service for $10 either off the alltel webpages or just
    call 611 and have it added on....10c/min nationwide service ONLY WHEN I
    WANT IT.

    The regional plan makes more and more sense every week as every travel
    price, especially fuel, skyrockets, keeping more and more Americans HOME.

    How many days last month did you spend out of your state and the states
    around your home?....out of a regional plan. Wouldn't twice as many
    minutes or a plan that gave you the same minutes at half the price have
    been a better, more economical deal....especially now that you know you can
    call anywhere in the country from inside that region without extra LD
    charges?




  9. #9
    Larry
    Guest

    Re: IS NOT BACK! Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    4phun <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:21717a8a-4e3e-4ade-ac1e-4640ccba3401@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

    > http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...one/plans/ipc_
    > AttNationIphonePlans.gif


    I notice the "unlimited data" has the disclaimer to protect them from the
    NY State Attorney General, Mr Cuomo, "(email/web)"....which, of course,
    ISN'T unlimited data AT ALL!

    Cuomo needs to sue more SELLphone carriers lying to their subscribers....

    "data" isn't about email and webpage browsing....




  10. #10
    Dennis Ferguson
    Guest

    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    On 2008-05-10, Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
    > At 10 May 2008 02:22:51 +0000 Larry wrote:
    >
    >> Is that an old plan?

    >
    > No, the $39.99/450 minutes is current. (The "$60" version includes iPhone
    > unlimited data.)
    >
    >> Alltel 800 mins $39.95 NC/SC and some areas in states around

    >
    >
    > Sure- that's a regional plan with extra cost LD, and probably extra cost
    > roaming. AT&T's $40 includes N&W, M2M, is nationwide and includes rollover.
    >
    > What does a $40 national Alltel plan buy?


    I think it is 500 minutes, with everthing AT&T offers except rollover.

    I don't find Alltel particularly cheap at all, but this may be
    because the only prices I pay close attention to there are those for
    the "North America Freedom" plan, which includes Mexico roaming. I think
    they want $170/month for about the same service that I pay Verizon
    $110/month for now (I'd pay that if Verizon dumped me, however, since
    it is still a bargain compared to the alternatives...).

    Dennis Ferguson



  11. #11
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    At 10 May 2008 17:42:59 +0000 Larry wrote:

    > You've got that all wrong, Elmo. From INSIDE my region, I can call any
    > phone in the country, including AK and HI without LD charges. As I rarely,


    > if ever, go outside my region, I never have roaming charges.


    That's not bad, then.

    > If I do decide to sneak down to Florida for some fun and games, I buy 100
    > mins of nationwide service for $10 either off the alltel webpages or just
    > call 611 and have it added on....10c/min nationwide service ONLY WHEN I
    > WANT IT.



    An ok deal I suppose, if you really need the 800 minutes a month at home.


    > The regional plan makes more and more sense every week as every travel
    > price, especially fuel, skyrockets, keeping more and more Americans HOME.
    >
    > How many days last month did you spend out of your state and the states
    > around your home?....out of a regional plan. Wouldn't twice as many
    > minutes or a plan that gave you the same minutes at half the price have
    > been a better, more economical deal....especially now that you know you

    can
    > call anywhere in the country from inside that region without extra LD
    > charges?



    Yes, IF you need the extra minutes. The bigger problem, IMO, is that
    $40/month has essentially become entry level for cell carriers. I barely
    use a third of the minutes T-Mo gives me now, so paying an extra $10/month
    the four months of the year I need nationwide minutes makes no sense, since
    I'm on the smallest national plan T-Mo offers now.





  12. #12
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    At 10 May 2008 14:25:47 -0400 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:


    > Of course, contract/postpaid plans that contain buckets of
    > minutes--minutes that go to waste--and which lock you into paying no
    > matter what happens in your life, are for suckers.



    In your opinion, perhaps, but I find them a necessary evil. In my case, I
    want unlimited data for web browsing, e-mail, etc, for both my phone and my
    wife's, which no carrier offers on a prepaid plan. Therefore, my low-end T-
    Mo family plan and two $6 web add-ons are the cheapest way to accomplish
    the task, despite the 700-800 minutes of our 1000 minute bucket left on the
    table each month! (We use more than 200 minutes- more like 800-1000
    between us, but the majority are to/from our five "favorite" numbers, and
    not counted as billed minutes, but would be on a prepaid plan. Of course,
    if that were the case, we'd make far fewer calls!)






  13. #13
    Larry
    Guest

    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > Yes, IF you need the extra minutes. The bigger problem, IMO, is that
    > $40/month has essentially become entry level for cell carriers. I
    > barely use a third of the minutes T-Mo gives me now, so paying an
    > extra $10/month the four months of the year I need nationwide minutes
    > makes no sense, since I'm on the smallest national plan T-Mo offers
    > now.
    >
    >
    >


    I used 182 mins last month off the 800, about 400 mins on M2M and 300 on
    N&W plus about 16.2GB of data at $25 to the tablet. I don't track Skype
    usage or media streaming riding around in the cars...(c;

    At SMS data rates, my Sellphone bill should have been around $612.8M...(c;




  14. #14
    Dennis Ferguson
    Guest

    Re: Free iPhone WiFi is back (again)

    On 2008-05-10, Elmo P. Shagnasty <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Of course, contract/postpaid plans that contain buckets of
    > minutes--minutes that go to waste--and which lock you into paying no
    > matter what happens in your life, are for suckers.


    That depends. Contract plans can include services (other than just
    "minutes") which are unavailable any other way.

    My own plan with Verizon includes roaming in Canada and Mexico, and
    phone service in Mexico in particular is dear enough that the cost of
    the alternatives will pay for an entire year of the Verizon plan with
    3500 minutes of use in Mexico. Since we used that much just in January
    we're well into the black for 2008 and I don't particularly care if
    the phones go entirely unused some months.

    Dennis Ferguson



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