night & weekend minutes

Can anyone fill me in on when Verizon Wireless night and weekend minutes begin
and end. I've heard of conflicting times.

Does Verizon have a feature similar to Sprint, where you pay $5 and get the
Night & Weekend minutes begins at 7pm?

V

Vince01 <vince01@aol.com> wrote:
> Can anyone fill me in on when Verizon Wireless night and weekend minutes begin
> and end. I've heard of conflicting times.
>
> Does Verizon have a feature similar to Sprint, where you pay $5 and get the
> Night & Weekend minutes begins at 7pm?

No. Nights are 9pm through 5:59am Monday through Thursday, and 9pm through
11:59pm Friday. Weekends are 12 Midnight Saturday morning through 11:59 PM
Sunday night, and then Midnight-6am Monday morning is Night hours again.

I separated night hours and weekend hours because some plans don't have both.

If you have both, here's a simpler explanation: night and weekend hours run
9 PM through 5:59 AM Monday-Thursday and 9PM Friday through 5:59 AM the
following Monday.

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Not to nitpick, but be careful. Night minutes start at 9:01pm and weekend
minutes start at 12:01am Saturday.

Big difference for those of us who have made the mistake of making a 20
minute call at exactly 9:00pm. Fortunately, I didn't go over quota that
month.

-Stan


"Steven J Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
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> Vince01 <vince01@aol.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone fill me in on when Verizon Wireless night and weekend minutes
begin
> > and end. I've heard of conflicting times.
> >
> > Does Verizon have a feature similar to Sprint, where you pay $5 and get
the
> > Night & Weekend minutes begins at 7pm?
>
> No. Nights are 9pm through 5:59am Monday through Thursday, and 9pm through
> 11:59pm Friday. Weekends are 12 Midnight Saturday morning through 11:59 PM
> Sunday night, and then Midnight-6am Monday morning is Night hours again.
>
> I separated night hours and weekend hours because some plans don't have
both.
>
> If you have both, here's a simpler explanation: night and weekend hours
run
> 9 PM through 5:59 AM Monday-Thursday and 9PM Friday through 5:59 AM the
> following Monday.
>
> --
> JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) /
sjsobol@JustThe.net
> PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
> Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.

And here's another Nit to pick, it goes by local time on the phone. Just to
confuse the heck out of things, If you have an older SRW contract/number
based on the WEST coast (Pacific time) starting at 8:01PM, and travel to the
boundary between MST and PST, and pick up a MST tower, with the time on the
phone being an hour earlier than local time, you can actually get evening
starting at 7:01PM
(actually it will work at any time zone boundary, I just have personal
experience with it between PST and MST)

"Stan" <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:UNayc.24922$wH4.1239180@twister.southeast.rr. com
> Not to nitpick, but be careful. Night minutes start at 9:01pm and
> weekend minutes start at 12:01am Saturday.
>
> Big difference for those of us who have made the mistake of making a
> 20 minute call at exactly 9:00pm. Fortunately, I didn't go over quota
> that month.
>
> -Stan
>
>
> "Steven J Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
> news:_NadnaCUWbnOtFTdRVn-jA@lmi.net...
>> Vince01 <vince01@aol.com> wrote:
>>> Can anyone fill me in on when Verizon Wireless night and weekend
>>> minutes begin and end. I've heard of conflicting times.
>>>
>>> Does Verizon have a feature similar to Sprint, where you pay $5 and
>>> get the Night & Weekend minutes begins at 7pm?
>>
>> No. Nights are 9pm through 5:59am Monday through Thursday, and 9pm
>> through 11:59pm Friday. Weekends are 12 Midnight Saturday morning
>> through 11:59 PM Sunday night, and then Midnight-6am Monday morning
>> is Night hours again.
>>
>> I separated night hours and weekend hours because some plans don't
>> have both.
>>
>> If you have both, here's a simpler explanation: night and weekend
>> hours run 9 PM through 5:59 AM Monday-Thursday and 9PM Friday
>> through 5:59 AM the following Monday.
>>
>> --
>> JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
>> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) /
>> sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key
>> server (0xE3AE35ED)
>> Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three
>> kids.

In article <UNayc.24922$wH4.1239180@twister.southeast.rr.com> ,
Stan <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>Not to nitpick, but be careful. Night minutes start at 9:01pm and weekend
>minutes start at 12:01am Saturday.
>
>Big difference for those of us who have made the mistake of making a 20
>minute call at exactly 9:00pm. Fortunately, I didn't go over quota that
>month.

In many regions (such as San Fransisco, CA area), such a call would cost
you one minute of peak and 19 offpeak, as a "spanned" call. And yes,
I have the billing statements showing it.

In article <2isuslFra3s1U1@uni-berlin.de>, Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com
says...
> And here's another Nit to pick, it goes by local time on the phone. Just to
> confuse the heck out of things, If you have an older SRW contract/number
> based on the WEST coast (Pacific time) starting at 8:01PM, and travel to the
> boundary between MST and PST, and pick up a MST tower, with the time on the
> phone being an hour earlier than local time, you can actually get evening
> starting at 7:01PM
> (actually it will work at any time zone boundary, I just have personal
> experience with it between PST and MST)
>

Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple times
and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area time
counts not local. Unfortunatelly I dont remember when I placed my calls
when I was on the east coast to verify that


AP

"AP" <cat@eveningstar.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b338dccd578304798978d@news.dallas.sbcglo bal.net
> In article <2isuslFra3s1U1@uni-berlin.de>, Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com
> says...
>> And here's another Nit to pick, it goes by local time on the phone.
>> Just to confuse the heck out of things, If you have an older SRW
>> contract/number based on the WEST coast (Pacific time) starting at
>> 8:01PM, and travel to the boundary between MST and PST, and pick up
>> a MST tower, with the time on the phone being an hour earlier than
>> local time, you can actually get evening starting at 7:01PM
>> (actually it will work at any time zone boundary, I just have
>> personal experience with it between PST and MST)
>>
>
> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple times
> and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area time
> counts not local. Unfortunatelly I dont remember when I placed my
> calls when I was on the east coast to verify that
>
>
> AP

Be aware that there was a comma in the above sentence. I'll try and make it
clearer. Since MST is 1 hour later than PST, you can be in a PST area (local
time is 7:01) but picking up a MST tower (that will show 8:01 on the phone).
It absolutely does go *BY THE TIME ON THE PHONE*, the point was it does NOT
go by local time (if you are near a time zone boundary, it goes by the time
shown on the phone, not the clock where you are at).

For instance, when I was on the East Coast, I could call my friends in CA at
9:01 PM EST (time shown on the phone) for free, but if they answered or
called me back, it was prime time for them (6:01PM PST), (and even if they
answered, they had to pay for airtime). When my sister came to visit from
the East coast (where she lived), she had to wait for 9:01 PM on her phone
(local LA time) for free time to kick in, which unfortunately was after
midnight for her friends back home on EST.

Made talking hard. Nowadays, we suggest to our family and friends, calling
on weekends when the time warp doesn't effect people's lives as much.

Stan <stanncno1spam@noispam.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Not to nitpick, but be careful. Night minutes start at 9:01pm and weekend
> minutes start at 12:01am Saturday.

OK - Thank you

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> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple times
> and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area time
> counts not local.

When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL TIME
WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
-Frank

"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
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>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>> time counts not local.
>
> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
> -Frank

It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
on the phone).

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0700, "Peter Pan"
<Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> chose to add this to the great equation of
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>"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
>news:lfCdndsrAq3N2VbdRVn-gQ@giganews.com
>>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>>> time counts not local.
>>
>> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
>> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
>> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
>> -Frank
>
>It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
>displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
>across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
>hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
>on the phone).

I think prudence would dictate checking the display again *after*
connecting to make sure the phone didn't end up switching back to a tower
in the other zone.

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0700, "Peter Pan"
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>"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
>news:lfCdndsrAq3N2VbdRVn-gQ@giganews.com
>>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>>> time counts not local.
>>
>> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
>> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
>> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
>> -Frank
>
>It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
>displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
>across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
>hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
>on the phone).

I think prudence would dictate checking the display again *after*
connecting to make sure the phone didn't end up switching back to a tower
in the other zone.

--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"We personally have seen 50-pound children eat a LOT of things that would
probably kill an adult, such as 'Fruit Roll-Ups,' which we do not believe
are fruit at all. We believe they are the offspring of a biological mating
experiment involving Kool-Aid and flypaper." - Dave Barry

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0700, "Peter Pan"
<Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> chose to add this to the great equation of
life, the universe, and everything:

>"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
>news:lfCdndsrAq3N2VbdRVn-gQ@giganews.com
>>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>>> time counts not local.
>>
>> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
>> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
>> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
>> -Frank
>
>It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
>displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
>across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
>hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
>on the phone).

I think prudence would dictate checking the display again *after*
connecting to make sure the phone didn't end up switching back to a tower
in the other zone.

--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"We personally have seen 50-pound children eat a LOT of things that would
probably kill an adult, such as 'Fruit Roll-Ups,' which we do not believe
are fruit at all. We believe they are the offspring of a biological mating
experiment involving Kool-Aid and flypaper." - Dave Barry

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0700, "Peter Pan"
<Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> chose to add this to the great equation of
life, the universe, and everything:

>"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
>news:lfCdndsrAq3N2VbdRVn-gQ@giganews.com
>>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>>> time counts not local.
>>
>> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
>> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
>> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
>> -Frank
>
>It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
>displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
>across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
>hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
>on the phone).

I think prudence would dictate checking the display again *after*
connecting to make sure the phone didn't end up switching back to a tower
in the other zone.

--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"We personally have seen 50-pound children eat a LOT of things that would
probably kill an adult, such as 'Fruit Roll-Ups,' which we do not believe
are fruit at all. We believe they are the offspring of a biological mating
experiment involving Kool-Aid and flypaper." - Dave Barry

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:07:33 -0700, "Peter Pan"
<Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> chose to add this to the great equation of
life, the universe, and everything:

>"Frank" <Frank@REMOVEALLCAPSitcreek.com> wrote in message
>news:lfCdndsrAq3N2VbdRVn-gQ@giganews.com
>>> Well..... I was wonderring that and even called Verizon multiple
>>> times and ask about it. Evrytime they claim that original plan area
>>> time counts not local.
>>
>> When I called, they stated that the night time is based on the LOCAL
>> TIME WHERE YOU ARE (typically this will be displayed on your phone!)
>> Incoming/outgoing, no difference.
>> -Frank
>
>It is certainly not original plan area, and actually it is ALWAYS the time
>displayed on your phone, not LOCAL time where you are. If you are just
>across a time zone line, and local time is one thing, but the tower is an
>hour different, it goes by the TOWER time that you are on (what's displayed
>on the phone).

I think prudence would dictate checking the display again *after*
connecting to make sure the phone didn't end up switching back to a tower
in the other zone.

--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"We personally have seen 50-pound children eat a LOT of things that would
probably kill an adult, such as 'Fruit Roll-Ups,' which we do not believe
are fruit at all. We believe they are the offspring of a biological mating
experiment involving Kool-Aid and flypaper." - Dave Barry