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  1. #1
    SMS
    Guest
    [email protected] wrote:
    > I'm looking for a docking station and prepaid cell phone to dock.
    > Tracfone doesn't sell phones compatible with Dockntalk or Merge. I
    > understand that used phones on the internet may have an unpaid balance
    > on them or may be uncompatible with a local cell service.
    > What do I do?
    > This is for an alarm system that ordinarily makes a single 1-minute
    > call per day. Land line service for this alarm has climbed to $25 per
    > month and it's probably going to continue climbing


    You can use any Verizon compatible phone with PagePlus, and a lot of
    those phones are compatible with Dock-N-Talk.

    "http://cellantenna.com/Dockingstations/modelcable.htm"

    PagePlus is a lot cheaper than Tracfone.

    You have to add $10 every 120 days, so it works out to about
    $2.50/month, though thirty 14¢ calls per month will up the cost to
    $4.20/month, plus they charge 50¢ per month service fee, so it's about
    $5/month.

    If you have T-Mobile coverage, their prepaid is even cheaper once you
    achieve "Gold" status by buying an $100 card. Then you only have to add
    time once per year, and the price per minute is 10¢ on the $100 card.
    Since it's a stationary phone, you don't have to worry about T-Mobile's
    admittedly less than stellar coverage, as long as the alarm location has
    coverage you're okay.



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  2. #2
    Dick C
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    Re: Prepaid cell and docking station

    wrote in alt.cellular

    > I'm looking for a docking station and prepaid cell phone to dock.
    > Tracfone doesn't sell phones compatible with Dockntalk or Merge. I
    > understand that used phones on the internet may have an unpaid balance
    > on them or may be uncompatible with a local cell service.


    A cellphone for a CDMA carrier will quite possibly have an unpaid balance.
    These phones are generally locked to one carrier, and tied in through the
    internal electronics on the phone.
    GSM phones, on the other hand, may be locked to one carrier, but they use
    sim cards for the carrier information. The sim cards can be moved from
    phone to phone. So, a GSM phone purchased from EBAy can be used whether or
    not the previous owner owes money or not.
    CDMA carriers are Sprint and Verizon. GSM are Cingular and T-mobile, in the
    U.S.

    > What do I do?


    Simply decide who you want to have as a carrier, T-mobile or Cingular.
    And to do that you will need to check their phones for coverage where you
    are going to use the phone, and then if both provide good coverage,
    compare prices.
    Then go on Ebay and find the lowest cost phone from that carrier that will
    work with your docking station. I would recommend a Nokia. And I would
    also consider how you are going to keep the phone charged, Bluetooth uses
    lots of power but may be the best bet because you can charge the phone
    while using bluetooth. But it can loose the connection. A USB cable may or
    may not charge the phone, and often times the usb and power connection are
    in the same plug, so you can only do one at a time.

    > This is for an alarm system that ordinarily makes a single 1-minute
    > call per day. Land line service for this alarm has climbed to $25 per
    > month and it's probably going to continue climbing
    >
    >




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  3. #3
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Prepaid cell and docking station

    Dick C wrote:
    > wrote in alt.cellular
    >
    >> I'm looking for a docking station and prepaid cell phone to dock.
    >> Tracfone doesn't sell phones compatible with Dockntalk or Merge. I
    >> understand that used phones on the internet may have an unpaid balance
    >> on them or may be uncompatible with a local cell service.

    >
    > A cellphone for a CDMA carrier will quite possibly have an unpaid balance.
    > These phones are generally locked to one carrier, and tied in through the
    > internal electronics on the phone.


    Possibly, but you can buy a refurbished or new CDMA phone from Wal-Mart,
    Target, or from PagePlus. Any Verizon phone will work on PagePlus.

    If he's looking for a low cost solution, PagePlus, or T-Mobile (with a
    $100 card) is the best choice, Cingular will be very expensive for what
    he wants to do. The issue with T-Mobile is that many areas don't have
    T-Mobile coverage...including my house which is in a very urban part of
    Silicon Valley (they've been trying to put in a tower for six years, but
    some NIMBY people have successfully quashed it).



  4. #4
    Joe Esposito
    Guest

    Re: Prepaid cell and docking station

    Your idea sounds workable. I happen to have my old verizon cell phone.
    But how does pageplus (or I) tell it that it's now pageplus and no
    longer verizon?

    SMS wrote:

    > [email protected] wrote:
    >
    >> I'm looking for a docking station and prepaid cell phone to dock.
    >> Tracfone doesn't sell phones compatible with Dockntalk or Merge. I
    >> understand that used phones on the internet may have an unpaid balance
    >> on them or may be uncompatible with a local cell service.
    >> What do I do?
    >> This is for an alarm system that ordinarily makes a single 1-minute
    >> call per day. Land line service for this alarm has climbed to $25 per
    >> month and it's probably going to continue climbing

    >
    >
    > You can use any Verizon compatible phone with PagePlus, and a lot of
    > those phones are compatible with Dock-N-Talk.
    >
    > "http://cellantenna.com/Dockingstations/modelcable.htm"
    >
    > PagePlus is a lot cheaper than Tracfone.
    >
    > You have to add $10 every 120 days, so it works out to about
    > $2.50/month, though thirty 14¢ calls per month will up the cost to
    > $4.20/month, plus they charge 50¢ per month service fee, so it's about
    > $5/month.
    >
    > If you have T-Mobile coverage, their prepaid is even cheaper once you
    > achieve "Gold" status by buying an $100 card. Then you only have to add
    > time once per year, and the price per minute is 10¢ on the $100 card.
    > Since it's a stationary phone, you don't have to worry about T-Mobile's
    > admittedly less than stellar coverage, as long as the alarm location has
    > coverage you're okay.




  5. #5
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Prepaid cell and docking station

    Joe Esposito wrote:
    > Your idea sounds workable. I happen to have my old verizon cell phone.
    > But how does pageplus (or I) tell it that it's now pageplus and no
    > longer verizon?


    I have no idea. But I've activated three old Verizon phones on PagePlus
    without a problem.



  6. #6
    imascot
    Guest

    Re: Prepaid cell and docking station

    Joe Esposito <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:[email protected]:

    > Your idea sounds workable. I happen to have my old verizon cell phone.
    > But how does pageplus (or I) tell it that it's now pageplus and no
    > longer verizon?
    >
    > SMS wrote:
    >
    >> [email protected] wrote:
    >>
    >>> I'm looking for a docking station and prepaid cell phone to dock.
    >>> Tracfone doesn't sell phones compatible with Dockntalk or Merge. I
    >>> understand that used phones on the internet may have an unpaid
    >>> balance on them or may be uncompatible with a local cell service.
    >>> What do I do?
    >>> This is for an alarm system that ordinarily makes a single 1-minute
    >>> call per day. Land line service for this alarm has climbed to $25
    >>> per month and it's probably going to continue climbing

    >>
    >>
    >> You can use any Verizon compatible phone with PagePlus, and a lot of
    >> those phones are compatible with Dock-N-Talk.
    >>
    >> "http://cellantenna.com/Dockingstations/modelcable.htm"
    >>
    >> PagePlus is a lot cheaper than Tracfone.
    >>
    >> You have to add $10 every 120 days, so it works out to about
    >> $2.50/month, though thirty 14¢ calls per month will up the cost to
    >> $4.20/month, plus they charge 50¢ per month service fee, so it's
    >> about $5/month.
    >>
    >> If you have T-Mobile coverage, their prepaid is even cheaper once you
    >> achieve "Gold" status by buying an $100 card. Then you only have to
    >> add time once per year, and the price per minute is 10¢ on the $100
    >> card. Since it's a stationary phone, you don't have to worry about
    >> T-Mobile's admittedly less than stellar coverage, as long as the
    >> alarm location has coverage you're okay.


    Page Plus is a reseller of Verizon service. That's why you have to use a Verizon phone. Oddly
    enough, Page Plus themselves do not appear to do activations; you can get them from other Page Plus
    resellers, many have listings on Ebay.

    J.



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