NYC Virgin Mobile phone

I am looking for a frugal good deal.

I have been using cell phones since c. 1994.

I have decided now based on a price that I believe
is very good for me to switch to Virgin mobile.

In NYC they use the Sprint [SPCS] network.

Wife and I each have our own phone.

I am unconcerned about number portability as no one has
our cell numbers except for maybe three people.

Our home answering macines call our cell phone with messages.

Does anyone have any bad experiences to relate re
Virgin Mobile in NYC?

MSN address is no good

Please reply here or to
Beeper@ArnoldMartinNYC.us
which naturally, I will kill when it gets too much spam.

Thanks

(Ray Normandeau) wrote
> I am looking for a frugal good deal (on a) cell phone....

Take a look at Oxygen Wireless

http://www.o2wirelessservice.com/

Lena

"Lena" <lenagainster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:746eae10.0408080210.5c558755@posting.google.c om...
> Take a look at Oxygen Wireless
>
> http://www.o2wirelessservice.com/

Looks like another repackaging of Locus Mobile's prepaid based on AT&T
Wireless service.

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"Ray Normandeau" <rayta@msn.com> wrote in message
news:a8aaa2f2.0408072212.5a5c3abe@posting.google.c om...
> I am looking for a frugal good deal.
>
> I have been using cell phones since c. 1994.
>
> I have decided now based on a price that I believe
> is very good for me to switch to Virgin mobile.
>
> In NYC they use the Sprint [SPCS] network.
>
> Wife and I each have our own phone.
>
> I am unconcerned about number portability as no one has
> our cell numbers except for maybe three people.
>
> Our home answering macines call our cell phone with messages.
>
> Does anyone have any bad experiences to relate re
> Virgin Mobile in NYC?
>
> MSN address is no good
>
> Please reply here or to
> Beeper@ArnoldMartinNYC.us
> which naturally, I will kill when it gets too much spam.
>
> Thanks

Are you going to get the pay-as-you-go or the monthly Virgin plan? We just
got a pay-as-you-go plan for a 2nd cellphone last week. You can port a
phone number into their plan but you cannot port-out, at least not according
to the contract (which comes inside the sealed package). If you stop adding
money to your account or leave it inactive for too long, the number defaults
back to the company and they can assign it to someone else. This seems to
happen fairly quickly because my husband reports that he's gotten at least 5
wrong numbers in 6 days. And apparently the guy who had the phone nubmer
before was a drug dealer and the callers are not real understanding when
they're told they have the wrong number.

Leigh

lenagainster@hotmail.com (Lena) wrote in message news:<746eae10.0408080210.5c558755@posting.google. com>...
> (Ray Normandeau) wrote
> > I am looking for a frugal good deal (on a) cell phone....
>
> Take a look at Oxygen Wireless
>
> http://www.o2wirelessservice.com/
>
> Lena

One page says rate is 25CPM

other page says 15CPM

they only offered me three phones and none are flips which is what I want.

Thanks for the link.

>
> One page says rate is 25CPM
>
> other page says 15CPM
>
> they only offered me three phones and none are flips which is what I
> want.
>
> Thanks for the link.

You can bring your own phone as they use the AT&T TDMA network. So if you
can find a flip TDMA phone that was previously used on AT&T your good to go.

Leigh Menconi wrote:

> happen fairly quickly because my husband reports that he's gotten at least 5
> wrong numbers in 6 days. And apparently the guy who had the phone nubmer
> before was a drug dealer and the callers are not real understanding when
> they're told they have the wrong number.

Chuckle -- I'd be really tempted to start answering the phone with
something like "Sergeant XXXX, Drug Enforcement Agency. How can I help
you today?" GD&RFC

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"Donald Newcomb" wrote
> > Take a look at Oxygen Wireless
> >
> > http://www.o2wirelessservice.com/
>
> Looks like another repackaging of Locus Mobile's prepaid based on AT&T
> Wireless service.

Yes, with different rates. Locus and CallPlus charge more for lower
value airtime cards; CallPlus, for example, $20 = 27 cpm, $30 = 19
cpm, $50 = 15 cpm.
O2 Wireless provides airtime at 15 cpm for all denominations; $20 to
$100. However, the minimum with O2 wireless seems to be $20 for 90
days or $6.67 per month. Buying airtime from Pharos International
(www.pharosint.com) for CallPlus, one can still get a $10 airtime card
(34 minutes = 29 cpm), so the minimum would be $3.34 per month.
All the Locus prepaids (Locus, CallPlus, O2 Wireless) now charge 4
minutes for each minute of a call while roaming.
Lena

> Yes, with different rates. Locus and CallPlus charge more for lower
> value airtime cards; CallPlus, for example, $20 = 27 cpm, $30 = 19
> cpm, $50 = 15 cpm.
> O2 Wireless provides airtime at 15 cpm for all denominations; $20 to
> $100. However, the minimum with O2 wireless seems to be $20 for 90
> days or $6.67 per month. Buying airtime from Pharos International
> (www.pharosint.com) for CallPlus, one can still get a $10 airtime card
> (34 minutes = 29 cpm), so the minimum would be $3.34 per month.
> All the Locus prepaids (Locus, CallPlus, O2 Wireless) now charge 4
> minutes for each minute of a call while roaming.
> Lena

There's a couple of new ones on the Locus website. Viva Wireless which looks
to be using the Verizon Wireless network has .18 anytime and .09 nights and
weekends. Theres a mention of a daily access fee but nothing on how much it
is. The card denominatons range from $10 to $100. The other is Locus
Platinum which the link goes nowhere so I can't find out any details on that
one.

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:46:54 -0500, "Rod" <cellular-dude@sprintpcs.com>
wrote:

>>
>> One page says rate is 25CPM
>>
>> other page says 15CPM
>>
>> they only offered me three phones and none are flips which is what I
>> want.
>>
>> Thanks for the link.
>
>You can bring your own phone as they use the AT&T TDMA network. So if you
>can find a flip TDMA phone that was previously used on AT&T your good to go.

Sorry, Virgin Mobile does *not* use the AT&T TDMA network. They use
the Sprint PCS CDMA network and you must buy a phone from Virgin
Mobile or use one that was formerly activated on their system.
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> I was put off at first by The Virgin advertising because their targeted user group is teenagers. I think they are missing the boat on that one. There are a lot of seniors out there who would like a cheap phone just to have around. It's a great servic
e as long as you don't make a lot of calls and don't talk a lot.

That might be the deal that Virgin made with SPCS, to NOT syphon away
the SPCS class of customers.

Thanks for you input


Ray
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:23:56 GMT, Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to
reply <mmeahan@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:

>Chuckle -- I'd be really tempted to start answering the phone with
>something like "Sergeant XXXX, Drug Enforcement Agency. How can I help
>you today?" GD&RFC

Hahaha!

Though, if it were me, I wouldn't answer "Drug Enforcement Agency"...
if the guy's an undercover cop or something, you could probably get in
trouble

But it'd be fun to hear the reaction and just how quickly the guy cut
off the phone!

Mike

In article <a8aaa2f2.0408072212.5a5c3abe@posting.google.com >, rayta@msn.com
says...
>I am looking for a frugal good deal.
>I have been using cell phones since c. 1994.
>I have decided now based on a price that I believe
>is very good for me to switch to Virgin mobile.
>In NYC they use the Sprint [SPCS] network.
>Wife and I each have our own phone.
>I am unconcerned about number portability as no one has
>our cell numbers except for maybe three people.
>Our home answering macines call our cell phone with messages.
>Does anyone have any bad experiences to relate re
>Virgin Mobile in NYC?

Sprint in NYC leaves a lot to be desired. I use to have Sprint and there
service was getting progressively worse. It didn't work near my house or
near my job. Outside of NYC, it worked really well. I'm now with verizon
and they have better coverage in NYC.
---------------
Alex

In alt.cellular Alex Rodriguez <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote:

> Sprint in NYC leaves a lot to be desired. I use to have Sprint and there
> service was getting progressively worse. It didn't work near my house or
> near my job. Outside of NYC, it worked really well. I'm now with verizon
> and they have better coverage in NYC.

How recently did you have problems?

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Alex Rodriguez <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote in message news:<cf9ejp$qat$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>...

> Sprint in NYC leaves a lot to be desired. I use to have Sprint and there
> service was getting progressively worse. It didn't work near my house or
> near my job. Outside of NYC, it worked really well. I'm now with verizon
> and they have better coverage in NYC.
> ---------------
> Alex

I switched from Verizon* to SPCS in 1998.
For 1 month I carried both carriers' phones.
In some places Verizon was better, in others SPCS
was better. I tested including in basements.

It averaged the same to me in 1998, amd so I have
been using SPCS with two phones and batteries.

I found CS at SPCS better to deal with the Verizon.
In some cases Verizon made up answers [lied].

* there have been several name changes over the
passing years.

MSN addy no good.