Free and Clear

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:15:38 -0500, Isaiah Beard
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >"Free & Clear America" refers to the add-on you can attach to a Free &
> >Clear plan that extends your coverage to points OFF the Sprint PCS
> >network, when roaming on other carriers. For a while, the add-on was
> >$10 and gave you only 50 minutes per month of roaming. Now, if you're
> >in a Sprint corporate market, the add-on is $5 and allows you to use up
> >to half of your minutes every month while roaming. Affiliate markets
> >are a bit stricter... the add-on is usually either $5 or $10 and gives
> >you 100 minutes of your plan for roaming, in these cases.
>
> Actually, Free & Clear America was initially a separate plan available
> in corporate markets. It was an additional $10 over the equivalent
> Free & Clear plan, but it was not a plan option, it was a completely
> different plan (thus a new contract). They offered this for a few
> months and then opted to offer it as a plan option for $5 in corporate
> markets and $10 in affiliate markets that are willing (I believe some
> do not have the option at all).
>
>
> Tom Veldhouse

Gotta disagree with you here Tom. I added the $10 option to my plan, when it
first became available. The specific F&CA plans came a few months later.

Bob

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:48:34 GMT, "Bob Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:


>
>Gotta disagree with you here Tom. I added the $10 option to my plan, when it
>first became available. The specific F&CA plans came a few months later.
>
>Bob
>

Perhaps it was offered on a limitted basis in your particular market,
but it was not offered to all [corporate] customers until it was
offered as a plan.


Tom Veldhouse

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:48:34 GMT, "Bob Smith"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Gotta disagree with you here Tom. I added the $10 option to my plan, when
it
> >first became available. The specific F&CA plans came a few months later.
> >
> >Bob
> >
>
> Perhaps it was offered on a limitted basis in your particular market,
> but it was not offered to all [corporate] customers until it was
> offered as a plan.
>
>
> Tom Veldhouse

That's exactly what happened. I seem to remember it was available in around
20 midsized markets or so.

Bob

In article <AHzLb.9871$uF6.2909342
@news1.news.adelphia.net>, "cr" <cr_resources=20
@yahoo.com>"cr" <cr_resources @yahoo.com> says...
> What are the chances of them adding it for a new account?
> Slim or none.
> Albany NY market
>=20

I'll check when I can. But, if it's available. It's no=20
more difficult to add than Roadside Rescue. OK, it *is* a=20
little more difficult, since it has to be specially coded=20
on shared minute accounts. But not really *that* much more=20
difficult.

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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

Adding the "America" to your plan does not let your phone see
additional Sprint PCS antenna sites, there are not two sets of Sprint
PCS antenna sites, coverage does not change. What changes is the charge
for roaming in most areas of the country.


Isaiah Beard wrote:

> cr wrote:
>
>> Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't that included in the plans a while
>> ago
>> and now it is an option
>>
>
> Not that I know of. Free & Clear (no "America" after it) is the name
> given to plans that allow you go anywhere Sprint has PCS service and
> make calls. All of the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) are "local"
> calls on your Sprint phone while on the PCS network.
>
> This type of plan has been offered since 1998 and to this day, the plans
> you see on the website (except the ones marked "areawide" which are
> regional-only plans), are considered Free & Clear.
>
> "Free & Clear America" refers to the add-on you can attach to a Free &
> Clear plan that extends your coverage to points OFF the Sprint PCS
> network, when roaming on other carriers. For a while, the add-on was
> $10 and gave you only 50 minutes per month of roaming. Now, if you're
> in a Sprint corporate market, the add-on is $5 and allows you to use up
> to half of your minutes every month while roaming. Affiliate markets
> are a bit stricter... the add-on is usually either $5 or $10 and gives
> you 100 minutes of your plan for roaming, in these cases.
>

I currently have 2 phones on a nationwide plan where I can call anywhere
in the US on the Sprint network. There are local plans being offered
by Sprint where I live in the Buffalo, NY area that offer a lot more
minutes for the same monthly fee. If I go with one of the plans, what
then happens if I go out of town on a trip and want to use my cell
phone. What kind of fee is there then to access the Sprint system since
it now appears I would be roaming since I am no longer calling from
inside my local area.
Thanks
bernie

Jerome Zelinske wrote:
> Adding the "America" to your plan does not let your phone see
> additional Sprint PCS antenna sites, there are not two sets of Sprint
> PCS antenna sites, coverage does not change. What changes is the charge
> for roaming in most areas of the country.
>
>

"Berniez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I currently have 2 phones on a nationwide plan where I can call anywhere
> in the US on the Sprint network. There are local plans being offered
> by Sprint where I live in the Buffalo, NY area that offer a lot more
> minutes for the same monthly fee. If I go with one of the plans, what
> then happens if I go out of town on a trip and want to use my cell
> phone. What kind of fee is there then to access the Sprint system since
> it now appears I would be roaming since I am no longer calling from
> inside my local area.
> Thanks
> bernie

You would be roaming. If you took the time, like I did to research your
question, you would have found out it's $0.50/min incoming or outgoing, and
if your outgoing call is LD, add another $0.25/min. This cost would be
whether you are on or off SPCS's system once you are out of your home area -
http://tinyurl.com/2p3td

Bob

Bob,
Thanks for the reply. I did research this originally on the Sprint
web site before I posted here. It was unclear to me, because my question
involved what happens if I was on the Sprint network in another state.
The $.50 per minute roaming question was obvious to me when I would be
out of state and out of network. I guess I thought there would be a
different set of rules if I remained on the Sprint network even though I
was in a different state. You would have thought Sprint would charge a
lesser rate to use the Sprint system. Thanks for the clarification even
if I don't like the answer.
Bernie


Bob Smith wrote:

> "Berniez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I currently have 2 phones on a nationwide plan where I can call anywhere
>> in the US on the Sprint network. There are local plans being offered
>>by Sprint where I live in the Buffalo, NY area that offer a lot more
>>minutes for the same monthly fee. If I go with one of the plans, what
>>then happens if I go out of town on a trip and want to use my cell
>>phone. What kind of fee is there then to access the Sprint system since
>>it now appears I would be roaming since I am no longer calling from
>>inside my local area.
>>Thanks
>>bernie
>
>
> You would be roaming. If you took the time, like I did to research your
> question, you would have found out it's $0.50/min incoming or outgoing, and
> if your outgoing call is LD, add another $0.25/min. This cost would be
> whether you are on or off SPCS's system once you are out of your home area -
> http://tinyurl.com/2p3td
>
> Bob
>
>

I'm talking a free-bee here just so you know



"O/Siris" <0sīrīs@sprīntpcs.cōm> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
In article <AHzLb.9871$uF6.2909342
@news1.news.adelphia.net>, "cr" <cr_resources
@yahoo.com>"cr" <cr_resources @yahoo.com> says...
> What are the chances of them adding it for a new account?
> Slim or none.
> Albany NY market
>

I'll check when I can. But, if it's available. It's no
more difficult to add than Roadside Rescue. OK, it *is* a
little more difficult, since it has to be specially coded
on shared minute accounts. But not really *that* much more
difficult.

--
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RŲß
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

In article <xhWLb.2329$i4.826
@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>, Bob=20
[email protected] says...
> You would be roaming. If you took the time, like I did to research your
> question,
>=20

Actually, we call it "travelling."

But you're right. It's $.50/min.

--=20
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R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

You are also charged $.5 per minute if you are instate and off the
network. Plus $.25 if the carrier you are roaming on deems it a long
distance call.


Berniez wrote:
> Bob,
> Thanks for the reply. I did research this originally on the Sprint web
> site before I posted here. It was unclear to me, because my question
> involved what happens if I was on the Sprint network in another state.
> The $.50 per minute roaming question was obvious to me when I would be
> out of state and out of network. I guess I thought there would be a
> different set of rules if I remained on the Sprint network even though I
> was in a different state. You would have thought Sprint would charge a
> lesser rate to use the Sprint system. Thanks for the clarification even
> if I don't like the answer.
> Bernie
>
>
> Bob Smith wrote:
>
>> "Berniez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> I currently have 2 phones on a nationwide plan where I can call anywhere
>>> in the US on the Sprint network. There are local plans being offered
>>> by Sprint where I live in the Buffalo, NY area that offer a lot more
>>> minutes for the same monthly fee. If I go with one of the plans, what
>>> then happens if I go out of town on a trip and want to use my cell
>>> phone. What kind of fee is there then to access the Sprint system since
>>> it now appears I would be roaming since I am no longer calling from
>>> inside my local area.
>>> Thanks
>>> bernie
>>
>>
>>
>> You would be roaming. If you took the time, like I did to research your
>> question, you would have found out it's $0.50/min incoming or
>> outgoing, and
>> if your outgoing call is LD, add another $0.25/min. This cost would be
>> whether you are on or off SPCS's system once you are out of your home
>> area -
>> http://tinyurl.com/2p3td
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>