Sprint reps: What's the deal on 7 pm N&W

Where and how are 7 pm nights & weekends being offered?

details??

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Cingular Wireless will allow your night minutes to start at 7pm for
seven dollars extra per phone per month. This is the only instance of
N/W starting at 7 in US that I have heard of. Companies in Canada have
nights running from 6pm to 8am, and all day on holidays.

p lane wrote:
> Where and how are 7 pm nights & weekends being offered?
>
> details??
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

perhaps someone in the ****pcs newsgroup will be able to help you with
this one, I do kind of wish v**** would offer something like this.

Cletis.

plane@usa.com (p lane) wrote in article
<vm2f9ocn9909e1@corp.supernews.com>:
> Where and how are 7 pm nights & weekends being offered?
>
> details??
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

[posted via phonescoop.com]

About Dakota <glaeske@yifan.net> wrote in article
<3F6154EE.6040804@yifan.net>:
> Cingular Wireless will allow your night minutes to start at 7pm for
> seven dollars extra per phone per month. This is the only instance of
> N/W starting at 7 in US that I have heard of. >

I have 7PM-7AM nights with Verizon:-)
Verizon continued 7PM nights after merging with GTE on the west coast
for some time, around Y2K.

-
David

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"About Dakota" <glaeske@yifan.net> wrote in message
news:3F6154EE.6040804@yifan.net...
> Cingular Wireless will allow your night minutes to start at 7pm for
> seven dollars extra per phone per month. This is the only instance of
> N/W starting at 7 in US that I have heard of. Companies in Canada have
> nights running from 6pm to 8am, and all day on holidays.

Because I have wasted more time than I care to admit reading about cell
phone offerings the world over, at least the English-speaking world, here's
some from Canada's offerings:

First. The thing that I always note with US versus Everyone Else is the wide
and cheap availability of nationwide long distance.

Second. Unlimited, or effectively unlimited, night and weekend calling.
Another feature prominent in the US but not nearly so elsewhere.

Both T-Mobile and Orange, in the UK, have a pricing structure that is wholly
alien to what the US has. Plans are broken into three main categories:
All Off-Peak.
All mobile-mobile.
All mobile networks, anytime.

Contrast this to how US cellular plans are sold:
Gobs of off-peak.
Inclusion of cheap intra-carrier minutes.
Ability to call any provider's network, or a landline, without
differentiation.
It doesn't matter who you call, when, or at what time as the plans are
generalized and non-specific.

But off-peak begins at 7pm for Orange and 6pm for T-Mobile UK.

In Canada, the plans are much more expensive -- if you primarily call long
distance. Fido, the cheapest Canadian carrier (GSM-based, limited coverage
compared to Rogers or Telus). For CDN$45, they have 1000 minutes total. 200
peak, 800 off-peak. Long distance is extra, at 7.5 cents CDN per minute.

But nights on Fido run from 7pm to 8am -- the most generous night and
weekend range I've ever seen.

Point of this all is that while the 9pm night and weekend allotments really
screw customers on the west-coast, the cheap service and included
long-distance go a long way compared to the service offerings in other
countries.

Many smaller carriers in this region are *much* more generous in their night
and weekend times. But they do so at the expense of long distance.
Long-distance is almost always exclusive of ample night and weekend minutes.

Midwest Wireless has 7-7 night and weekends. But long distance is extra.
Western Wireless d/b/a Cellular One is something of an exception. At plans
of $40 and higher, nationwide long distance is included, but so is an 8pm
starting time for nights.

So that's my spiel.

Hopper

> Midwest Wireless has 7-7 night and weekends. But long distance is extra.
> Western Wireless d/b/a Cellular One is something of an exception. At plans
> of $40 and higher, nationwide long distance is included, but so is an 8pm
> starting time for nights.


Starting July 13th Western Wireless included nationwide long distance on all
plans $30 or higher and any $20 plan partnering with a $30 or higher plan.
Nights start at 8 pm, basic voicemail is now free. Unlmited nights and
weekend on all plans $35 or higher or partnering with a $35 or higher plan.
They also include 1000 mobile to mobile minutes with any plan $30 or higher
for $0 with a 1 yr contract extension.

But with Western Wireless, the default contract terms state that the
secondary line will deplete only anytime minutes from "the bucket". I
know quite a few peopel who have had that happen. And if your local
store won't deal with it and refer you to call the 800 # or 611, you may
as well ask Verizon to straighten out your CellularOne or Western
Wireless issues, because they can probably do better.

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Clay wrote:
>>Midwest Wireless has 7-7 night and weekends. But long distance is extra.
>>Western Wireless d/b/a Cellular One is something of an exception. At plans
>>of $40 and higher, nationwide long distance is included, but so is an 8pm
>>starting time for nights.
>
>
>
> Starting July 13th Western Wireless included nationwide long distance on all
> plans $30 or higher and any $20 plan partnering with a $30 or higher plan.
> Nights start at 8 pm, basic voicemail is now free. Unlmited nights and
> weekend on all plans $35 or higher or partnering with a $35 or higher plan.
> They also include 1000 mobile to mobile minutes with any plan $30 or higher
> for $0 with a 1 yr contract extension.
>
>

Wrong, every partner plan includes its own night and weekend minutes. It
only shares the anytime minutes of the main plan. If you have a problem with
your bill you can call the 800 number or come into a retail store and the
rep will help you personally.



"About Dakota" <glaeske@REMOVEMEyifan.net> wrote in message
news:3F65086F.7040508@REMOVEMEyifan.net...
> But with Western Wireless, the default contract terms state that the
> secondary line will deplete only anytime minutes from "the bucket". I
> know quite a few peopel who have had that happen. And if your local
> store won't deal with it and refer you to call the 800 # or 611, you may
> as well ask Verizon to straighten out your CellularOne or Western
> Wireless issues, because they can probably do better.
>
> AD
>
> Clay wrote:
> >>Midwest Wireless has 7-7 night and weekends. But long distance is extra.
> >>Western Wireless d/b/a Cellular One is something of an exception. At
plans
> >>of $40 and higher, nationwide long distance is included, but so is an
8pm
> >>starting time for nights.
> >
> >
> >
> > Starting July 13th Western Wireless included nationwide long distance on
all
> > plans $30 or higher and any $20 plan partnering with a $30 or higher
plan.
> > Nights start at 8 pm, basic voicemail is now free. Unlmited nights and
> > weekend on all plans $35 or higher or partnering with a $35 or higher
plan.
> > They also include 1000 mobile to mobile minutes with any plan $30 or
higher
> > for $0 with a 1 yr contract extension.
> >
> >
>

p lane wrote:

> Where and how are 7 pm nights & weekends being offered?
>
> details??

For Sprint, 7 PM N&W for $7/month tends to be offered in the Central and
Pcific Time zone markets. In other cases, you can get your nights and
weekends to start at 8 pm for free, if you renew your contract.

BTW, this is a Verizon forum.