Who Has The Best Plan Right Now?

I have been using the Verizon Pre-paid service called Free-up for over 3 years
now. When I signed up I din't have a credit card, but now I do, and these
pre-paid minutes are just TOO Expensive.

I want a REGULAR cel phone service where I pay $xx.xx a month and get xxxx
minutes, or unlimited calling a month.

I already called Verizon and for me to switch to one of their "regular" plans, I
would have to get a new number. I am unemployed and I've sent out numerous
resumes and applications with my current number. Changing numbers IS NOT AN
OPTION.

If I can switch from Verizons pre-paid service to another providers 'regular'
service AND KEEP My Same Number, then I will do that.

I'm interested in the plan that gives me the most "Daytime" minutes (M-F
9:00-5:00), (or 'anytime' minutes) for the least amount of money.

Any help you can provide would be grateful.
I live in New York state, the Hudson Valley area, near Kingston and the
Catskills.

Thank you,
Mountain Man

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In message <[email protected]> Mountain Man
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have been using the Verizon Pre-paid service called Free-up for over 3 years
>now. When I signed up I din't have a credit card, but now I do, and these
>pre-paid minutes are just TOO Expensive.
>
>I want a REGULAR cel phone service where I pay $xx.xx a month and get xxxx
>minutes, or unlimited calling a month.
>
>I already called Verizon and for me to switch to one of their "regular" plans, I
>would have to get a new number. I am unemployed and I've sent out numerous
>resumes and applications with my current number. Changing numbers IS NOT AN
>OPTION.
>
>If I can switch from Verizons pre-paid service to another providers 'regular'
>service AND KEEP My Same Number, then I will do that.
>
>I'm interested in the plan that gives me the most "Daytime" minutes (M-F
>9:00-5:00), (or 'anytime' minutes) for the least amount of money.
>
>Any help you can provide would be grateful.
>I live in New York state, the Hudson Valley area, near Kingston and the
>Catskills.

I can't speak to the network, but how many minutes do you plan on using?
T-Mobile gives you $100/1000minutes, good for a year, so for an
occasional user, you can't beat the price for prepaid.

For a monthly plan, how many minutes do you want to use, and/or how much
do you want to spend?

T-Mobile's slogan is "The Most Whenever Minutes" and $39.99 gets you
1500/month. I don't really know if you can beat that or not, but for my
usage patterns (A ton of use for a week or two, then none for months at
a time), T-Mobile is the cheapest by far.

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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:42:41 -0700, DevilsPGD
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In message <[email protected]> Mountain Man
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I have been using the Verizon Pre-paid service called Free-up for over 3 years
>>now. When I signed up I din't have a credit card, but now I do, and these
>>pre-paid minutes are just TOO Expensive.
>>
>>I want a REGULAR cel phone service where I pay $xx.xx a month and get xxxx
>>minutes, or unlimited calling a month.
>>
>>I already called Verizon and for me to switch to one of their "regular" plans, I
>>would have to get a new number. I am unemployed and I've sent out numerous
>>resumes and applications with my current number. Changing numbers IS NOT AN
>>OPTION.
>>
>>If I can switch from Verizons pre-paid service to another providers 'regular'
>>service AND KEEP My Same Number, then I will do that.
>>
>>I'm interested in the plan that gives me the most "Daytime" minutes (M-F
>>9:00-5:00), (or 'anytime' minutes) for the least amount of money.
>>
>>Any help you can provide would be grateful.
>>I live in New York state, the Hudson Valley area, near Kingston and the
>>Catskills.
>
>I can't speak to the network, but how many minutes do you plan on using?
>T-Mobile gives you $100/1000minutes, good for a year, so for an
>occasional user, you can't beat the price for prepaid.
>
>For a monthly plan, how many minutes do you want to use, and/or how much
>do you want to spend?
>
>T-Mobile's slogan is "The Most Whenever Minutes" and $39.99 gets you
>1500/month. I don't really know if you can beat that or not, but for my
>usage patterns (A ton of use for a week or two, then none for months at
>a time), T-Mobile is the cheapest by far.

$480 bucks a year?

In message <[email protected]> WM
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:42:41 -0700, DevilsPGD
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>In message <[email protected]> Mountain Man
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I have been using the Verizon Pre-paid service called Free-up for over 3 years
>>>now. When I signed up I din't have a credit card, but now I do, and these
>>>pre-paid minutes are just TOO Expensive.
>>>
>>>I want a REGULAR cel phone service where I pay $xx.xx a month and get xxxx
>>>minutes, or unlimited calling a month.
>>>
>>>I already called Verizon and for me to switch to one of their "regular" plans, I
>>>would have to get a new number. I am unemployed and I've sent out numerous
>>>resumes and applications with my current number. Changing numbers IS NOT AN
>>>OPTION.
>>>
>>>If I can switch from Verizons pre-paid service to another providers 'regular'
>>>service AND KEEP My Same Number, then I will do that.
>>>
>>>I'm interested in the plan that gives me the most "Daytime" minutes (M-F
>>>9:00-5:00), (or 'anytime' minutes) for the least amount of money.
>>>
>>>Any help you can provide would be grateful.
>>>I live in New York state, the Hudson Valley area, near Kingston and the
>>>Catskills.
>>
>>I can't speak to the network, but how many minutes do you plan on using?
>>T-Mobile gives you $100/1000minutes, good for a year, so for an
>>occasional user, you can't beat the price for prepaid.
>>
>>For a monthly plan, how many minutes do you want to use, and/or how much
>>do you want to spend?
>>
>>T-Mobile's slogan is "The Most Whenever Minutes" and $39.99 gets you
>>1500/month. I don't really know if you can beat that or not, but for my
>>usage patterns (A ton of use for a week or two, then none for months at
>>a time), T-Mobile is the cheapest by far.
>
> $480 bucks a year?
>

For 18000 daytime minutes... That's $0.02/minute. It all depends on
your usage pattern, but $100 gets you 1000 minutes with a 1 year expiry,
and after that you can put in smaller cards and maintain your 1 year
expiry date (1 year from whenever you add minutes).

$0.10/minute isn't bad for prepaid...

How many minutes are you using on a monthly basis? -- Without knowing
that, it's impossible to even guess at what type of plan would be best.

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> For 18000 daytime minutes... That's $0.02/minute. It all depends on
> your usage pattern, but $100 gets you 1000 minutes with a 1 year expiry,
> and after that you can put in smaller cards and maintain your 1 year
> expiry date (1 year from whenever you add minutes).
>
> $0.10/minute isn't bad for prepaid...
>
> How many minutes are you using on a monthly basis? -- Without knowing
> that, it's impossible to even guess at what type of plan would be best.
>
>
>
yeah. plus you can get a discount on the 100 buck card and get the
cost down to 9.2 cents or so. another thing, that 39.99 plan is
before all the fees and taxes so I would imagine you are actually
looking at 47 bucks a month (maybe more)which puts it closer to 3
cents, and with that you get a contract also.