Confused by PCS plan options

I am a long time SprintPCS customer (on the 300min/$30 plan) and I am
planning on converting to a Fair and Flexible for Families plan and
adding a phone for my wife. I am confused about what is included and
what options are available. I have tried searching the SprintPCS site
but I have not been able to find definitive answers.

If I add the Sprint PCS Vision Pack ($15 a month) is this $15 for both
phones in the plan? Or would it be $15 per phone in the family plan?

Does the unlimited usage in the Vision Pack include Text Messaging? or
would text messages still cost $0.15 each on this plan?

It appears that these plans are free of any roaming charges. Does this
mean that if I roam (analog or digital) that I will not be charged extra
for these calls?

Thanks!

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"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am a long time SprintPCS customer (on the 300min/$30 plan) and I am
> planning on converting to a Fair and Flexible for Families plan and
> adding a phone for my wife. I am confused about what is included and
> what options are available. I have tried searching the SprintPCS site
> but I have not been able to find definitive answers.
>
> If I add the Sprint PCS Vision Pack ($15 a month) is this $15 for both
> phones in the plan? Or would it be $15 per phone in the family plan?
>
> Does the unlimited usage in the Vision Pack include Text Messaging? or
> would text messages still cost $0.15 each on this plan?
>
> It appears that these plans are free of any roaming charges. Does this
> mean that if I roam (analog or digital) that I will not be charged extra
> for these calls?
>
> Thanks!

All I can tell you about is the roaming charges. Before we got the cellular
repeater, we could jump from home signals to roaming in our own house.

We have yet to pay any roaming fees.

If you do change plans, make double damn sure you have the right account
number when you pay your bill.

We just went through a real fiasco with billing when they changed account
numbers on us due to a discount plan that went into effect a month after we
started service ( nothing else changed and this discount was applied for
when we signed up as new subscribers). The paper bill they sent had the
original account number and that is what I had set up for electronic bill
paying through my bank. My wife got a call one day that if they didn't
receive payment soon, we would lose service.

What a mess. They had cashed the check but didn't know where to apply it.
My wife called them and spent considerable time with 2 different people
trying to sort things out. Finally they found out what happened and
credited the account. The next day I got a new paper bill with the new
account number.

It would have been really nice if they had mentioned at any point that
applying my wife's discount would change the account number for billing
purposes.

The vision feature is $15 per line if you wish to add it. This is as
of October 1st. Before that date if both of you wanted the vision, one
line would have paid $15 the other would have paid $7.50.
Unfortunately this is not an option now so if you both want it , there
will be 2 $15 charges. Vision service does not include text messaging.
You would still pay .15 each for those. They do however have 3
different text messaging features. $5 for 300, $10 for 1000 or $15 for
unlimited. Like the vision this is a per line option, so if both
wanted 300 text, youd pay an extra $10 total for the 2 lines. As for
roaming, the new plans for the most part include roaming anywhere in
the USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and Guam, digital or analog.
However there are some areas where the free roaming is not available,
so you will need to ask about this when you call to change the plan as
it is dependent on what they call your CSA, which stands for Customer
Service Area. I hope that explains it thoroughly for you.

A friend on the inside :-)




Mike wrote:
> I am a long time SprintPCS customer (on the 300min/$30 plan) and I am
> planning on converting to a Fair and Flexible for Families plan and
> adding a phone for my wife. I am confused about what is included and
> what options are available. I have tried searching the SprintPCS site
> but I have not been able to find definitive answers.
>
> If I add the Sprint PCS Vision Pack ($15 a month) is this $15 for both
> phones in the plan? Or would it be $15 per phone in the family plan?
>
> Does the unlimited usage in the Vision Pack include Text Messaging? or
> would text messages still cost $0.15 each on this plan?
>
> It appears that these plans are free of any roaming charges. Does this
> mean that if I roam (analog or digital) that I will not be charged extra
> for these calls?
>
> Thanks!

"EOO" <whereeverforever.com> wrote in
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>
> "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> It appears that these plans are free of any roaming charges. Does
>> this mean that if I roam (analog or digital) that I will not be
>> charged extra for these calls?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> All I can tell you about is the roaming charges. Before we got the
> cellular repeater, we could jump from home signals to roaming in our
> own house.
>
> We have yet to pay any roaming fees.
>

Hey tell us more about the repeater.
Both my home and office are in fringe areas of coverage.
Some days my office let's me have Digital Roam, and sometimes I don't
even get that - analog roam and about 3 hours of standby time

I have checked out lots of repeaters, and tried to get in on the Sprint
labeled one but no dice (and no $500 to spend on it).

"Steph" <[email protected]_CUT> wrote in message
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> Hey tell us more about the repeater.
> Both my home and office are in fringe areas of coverage.
> Some days my office let's me have Digital Roam, and sometimes I don't
> even get that - analog roam and about 3 hours of standby time
>
> I have checked out lots of repeaters, and tried to get in on the Sprint
> labeled one but no dice (and no $500 to spend on it).
>

I found 4 bars in the half way up the top of my garage with my phone
(supposedly I only needed 2 bars) and mounted the reception antenna there.
I get 6 bars within 15-20 feet of the rebroadcast antenna through walls and
floors. Pretty simple to install. Make sure you pick the one that is
compatible with your service.

This is the cheapest you will find, I believe and it works as advertised.
Just be sure to mount the reception antenna vertically.

Go here for more info:
http://www.cellboosterstore.com/cell...eater-1900.htm

"EOO" <whereeverforever.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Steph" <[email protected]_CUT> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> Hey tell us more about the repeater.
>> Both my home and office are in fringe areas of coverage.
>> Some days my office let's me have Digital Roam, and sometimes I don't
>> even get that - analog roam and about 3 hours of standby time
>>
> This is the cheapest you will find, I believe and it works as advertised.
> Just be sure to mount the reception antenna vertically.
>
> Go here for more info:
> http://www.cellboosterstore.com/cell...eater-1900.htm

Is it portable? It appears to be, but dosent specifically say it is.

Logically it seems it would work for data also (stronger signal == more
reliable/faster data connection). Is this true?

TIA for any insight,

Todd W.

Steph <[email protected]_cut> wrote:
>
> Hey tell us more about the repeater.
> Both my home and office are in fringe areas of coverage.
> Some days my office let's me have Digital Roam, and sometimes I don't
> even get that - analog roam and about 3 hours of standby time
>

After years of good coverage with Sprint PCS, I hit a string of clients that
were in marginal Sprint PCS areas (in urban areas still) and Sprint PCS
doesn't fix it ... but Verizon [and mostly Cingular] cover these same areas
pretty well. I eventually switched ... for reasons beyond those over
coverage.

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