Unlimited calling

Since Cingular is taking over AT&T I guess there is no chance of
getting some sort of "Unlimited" calling plan. Cricket (no where near
Cingular) has unlimited local calling, and Nextel has unlimited
incoming calling. Some other carrier has unlimited Nights and
Weekends.

is there ANY chance that Cingular will do something like this?

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Frederick) wrote:

> Since Cingular is taking over AT&T I guess there is no chance of
> getting some sort of "Unlimited" calling plan. Cricket (no where near
> Cingular) has unlimited local calling, and Nextel has unlimited
> incoming calling. Some other carrier has unlimited Nights and
> Weekends.
>
> is there ANY chance that Cingular will do something like this?

They might even do it now in an un-advertsied plan. ASK. Likely be
$200/month or more.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:08:43 GMT, "Robert M." <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Frederick) wrote:
>
>> Since Cingular is taking over AT&T I guess there is no chance of
>> getting some sort of "Unlimited" calling plan. Cricket (no where near
>> Cingular) has unlimited local calling, and Nextel has unlimited
>> incoming calling. Some other carrier has unlimited Nights and
>> Weekends.
>>
>> is there ANY chance that Cingular will do something like this?
>
>They might even do it now in an un-advertsied plan. ASK. Likely be
>$200/month or more.


I think as competition increases, (maybe) more mergers happen, and
prices increase, that Cingular will do all incoming calls free. Most
of the (GSM) world gets free incoming calls in their market. They just
pay more for their plans and their outbound calls.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:44:42 -0600, bones boy <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I think as competition increases, (maybe) more mergers happen, and
>prices increase, that Cingular will do all incoming calls free. Most
>of the (GSM) world gets free incoming calls in their market. They just
>pay more for their plans and their outbound calls.

The only problem with your scenario is in the rest of the world where
they get free incoming calls *someone* pays for the airtime and that
someone is the person who calls the mobile number. Calling a mobile
number instead of a wireline phone can cost as much as *four* times
the cost of making a call to a regular wireline phone. TANSTAAFL.

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They get incoming calls 'free' because the calling party pays ALL the
charges. Look a little farther and find out why the incoming calls are
'free'. That won't fly here in the US.

Chris

"bones boy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:08:43 GMT, "Robert M." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] (Frederick) wrote:
> >
> >> Since Cingular is taking over AT&T I guess there is no chance of
> >> getting some sort of "Unlimited" calling plan. Cricket (no where near
> >> Cingular) has unlimited local calling, and Nextel has unlimited
> >> incoming calling. Some other carrier has unlimited Nights and
> >> Weekends.
> >>
> >> is there ANY chance that Cingular will do something like this?
> >
> >They might even do it now in an un-advertsied plan. ASK. Likely be
> >$200/month or more.
>
>
> I think as competition increases, (maybe) more mergers happen, and
> prices increase, that Cingular will do all incoming calls free. Most
> of the (GSM) world gets free incoming calls in their market. They just
> pay more for their plans and their outbound calls.
>

In article <[email protected]>,
"Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote:

> They get incoming calls 'free' because the calling party pays ALL the
> charges. Look a little farther and find out why the incoming calls are
> 'free'. That won't fly here in the US.

Nextel does it. $50 or $60, 400 minutes outbound, all inbound calls
free.

So if all my outbound calls are "call me back" calls, I can make 400 of
them a month (assuming 60 second billing).

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:08:00 -0800, Joseph
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:44:42 -0600, bones boy <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I think as competition increases, (maybe) more mergers happen, and
>>prices increase, that Cingular will do all incoming calls free. Most
>>of the (GSM) world gets free incoming calls in their market. They just
>>pay more for their plans and their outbound calls.
>
>The only problem with your scenario is in the rest of the world where
>they get free incoming calls *someone* pays for the airtime and that
>someone is the person who calls the mobile number. Calling a mobile
>number instead of a wireline phone can cost as much as *four* times
>the cost of making a call to a regular wireline phone. TANSTAAFL.
>

You guys are right. I forgot to factor in the tariffs from landline
phones overseas. Oops.