Unlimited PCS to PCS Plan Question ??

Hi,
I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
only my phone if I initiate the call??

Thanks, Ace

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Ace Frehley wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
> calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
> charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
> only my phone if I initiate the call??

To and from.

As long as your phone is communicating with another Sprint phone,
you won't be charged any minutes.

Larry

Lawrence Glasser <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Ace Frehley wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
> > calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
> > charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
> > only my phone if I initiate the call??
>
> To and from.
>
> As long as your phone is communicating with another Sprint phone,
> you won't be charged any minutes.
>
> Larry

Oh, and not roaming. If you roam, PCS to PCS doesn't count, either.
Seems obvious, but worth mentioning.

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It also does not include getting your voicemail.

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Slightly off-topic, but this raises a question: Since carriers offer
these plans that promote PCS-PCS calls, I have to conclude that
network bandwidth is not a problem and that landline connections are
(relatively) cost-drivers. Is that borne out by the facts?

Lawrence Glasser <[email protected]> wrote:
>Ace Frehley wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
>> calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
>> charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
>> only my phone if I initiate the call??
>
>To and from.
>
>As long as your phone is communicating with another Sprint phone,
>you won't be charged any minutes.
>
>Larry

Free wrote:
>
> Slightly off-topic, but this raises a question: Since carriers offer
> these plans that promote PCS-PCS calls, I have to conclude that
> network bandwidth is not a problem and that landline connections are
> (relatively) cost-drivers. Is that borne out by the facts?

I'm not sure that network bandwidth *isn't* a problem...

I ten to think it boils down to the almighty dollar... Free PCS-PCS
means you'll encorage friends/family to also use Sprint. More
subscribers, more money, etc.

Larry

Lawrence Glasser wrote:
>
> Free wrote:
> >
> > Slightly off-topic, but this raises a question: Since carriers offer
> > these plans that promote PCS-PCS calls, I have to conclude that
> > network bandwidth is not a problem and that landline connections are
> > (relatively) cost-drivers. Is that borne out by the facts?
>
> I'm not sure that network bandwidth *isn't* a problem...
>
> I ten to think it boils down to the almighty dollar... Free PCS-PCS
> means you'll encorage friends/family to also use Sprint. More
> subscribers, more money, etc.

For those of you *****ing fanatics (and I'm one!), sorry for
the errors... Fingers typing faster than the brain... Or is
it the other way around?

Larry

"Ace Frehley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
> I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
> calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
> charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
> only my phone if I initiate the call??
>
> Thanks, Ace

Yes, any calls connecting to other Sprint PCS phones will go towards the
PCS-PCS bucket of minutes.

Tom Veldhouse

"Joe Schmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> It also does not include getting your voicemail.
>

That is because voicemail is not hosted on a Sprint PCS phone

Tom Veldhouse

thats exactly what it boils down to. No matter what the phone has to
communicate with the ground, so it costs sprint the same no matter who
you call.

-Brandt



Lawrence Glasser <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Free wrote:
> >
> > Slightly off-topic, but this raises a question: Since carriers offer
> > these plans that promote PCS-PCS calls, I have to conclude that
> > network bandwidth is not a problem and that landline connections are
> > (relatively) cost-drivers. Is that borne out by the facts?
>
> I'm not sure that network bandwidth *isn't* a problem...
>
> I ten to think it boils down to the almighty dollar... Free PCS-PCS
> means you'll encorage friends/family to also use Sprint. More
> subscribers, more money, etc.
>
> Larry

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Ace Frehley wrote:

> Hi,
> I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
> calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
> charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
> only my phone if I initiate the call??

The plan covers calls to OR from your phone. So if another SPCS users
call you from their Sprint PCS phone, it comes out of your unlimited
PCS2PCS bucket.

Free wrote:

> Slightly off-topic, but this raises a question: Since carriers offer
> these plans that promote PCS-PCS calls, I have to conclude that
> network bandwidth is not a problem and that landline connections are
> (relatively) cost-drivers. Is that borne out by the facts?


Not really.

Remember, you're paying (in most cases) for this unlimited PCS2PCS
bucket. At ths point, Sprint probably figures that $5 a month per each
person that signs up for this is enough revenue to recover the cost of
in-network calls. Furthermore, the fact that you may entice other
people to sign up for Sprint so that you can take advantage of unlimited
PCS2PCS will provide them with additional revenue, further offsetting
their costs.

So yes, calls within the PCS infrastructure still cost something. You
just now have the luxury of paying a flat rate for it instead of having
it eat your minutes.

And yes, calls to a landline phone are of a greater expense to Sprint.

Call to a Sprint PCS phone, and Call from a Sprint PCS phone are covered
under the pcs2pcs option. but the calls MUST be placed or recive *ON*
the Sprint PCS Network.. If you are roaming pcs2pcs is not used, this is
also on the new Free & Clear America plans as well.. they only work
while on the Sprint PCS network.

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be completely accurate.


Ace Frehley <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Hi,
> I just added the option of unlimited Sprint PCS to Sprint PCS
> calling. My question is if I got a call FROM a Sprint PCS phone am I
> charged minutes? Does this plan cover calls TO and FROM my phone, or
> only my phone if I initiate the call??
>
> Thanks, Ace

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