Will I get charged for receiving calls?

hi,

I am planning to get a cingular gophone or net10 prepaid phone, or some
other types. For prepaid phone, is there a charge on receiving calls?

Thanks.

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On 8 Aug 2006 15:49:54 -0700, "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>I am planning to get a cingular gophone or net10 prepaid phone, or some
>other types. For prepaid phone, is there a charge on receiving calls?

Yes -- it's "air time" just like on outgoing calls.

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John Navas wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2006 15:49:54 -0700, "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote in
> <[email protected]>:
>
> >I am planning to get a cingular gophone or net10 prepaid phone, or some
> >other types. For prepaid phone, is there a charge on receiving calls?
>
> Yes -- it's "air time" just like on outgoing calls.
>
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> Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>


oh, ic.
How about the post paid plan? like 300 mins, are they the same way?

On 8 Aug 2006 20:39:43 -0700, "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>
>John Navas wrote:
>> On 8 Aug 2006 15:49:54 -0700, "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> <[email protected]>:
>>
>> >I am planning to get a cingular gophone or net10 prepaid phone, or some
>> >other types. For prepaid phone, is there a charge on receiving calls?
>>
>> Yes -- it's "air time" just like on outgoing calls.

>oh, ic.
>How about the post paid plan? like 300 mins, are they the same way?

Same way.

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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

>>> >I am planning to get a cingular gophone or net10 prepaid phone, or some
>>> >other types. For prepaid phone, is there a charge on receiving calls?
>>>
>>> Yes -- it's "air time" just like on outgoing calls.

To my great amazement, verizon has (or did last week...)
a prepaid offerng available through Wal Mart stores, which
has/had... free nights and weekends.

a friend saw it in the paper and asked me to gve
him a lift to one. i don't remember what time
they considered to be nighttime...

(yes, i know this is alt.cellular.cingular, but,,,)


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For verizon prepaid plan, they have unlimited In Calling(Verizon mobile
to Verizon mobile). And their unlimited night minutes is from 9pm to
6am.
But if you don't use it too much, it is still not good. You need to pay
$150 * 3 = $450/year to keep it active.

Nick wrote:
> For verizon prepaid plan, they have unlimited In Calling(Verizon mobile
> to Verizon mobile). And their unlimited night minutes is from 9pm to
> 6am.
> But if you don't use it too much, it is still not good. You need to pay
> $150 * 3 = $450/year to keep it active.

Yes, if you make one call a day, you're paying 99¢per day plus airtime,
hardly a good deal.

The best prepaid deal is on PagePlus. You can buy a Verizon prepaid
phone, but activate it on PagePlus. As low as 10¢ per minute, and a very
low minimum. Plus you get excellent coverage, better than on T-Mobile,
Cingular, or Virgin's prepaid.

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:40:44 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Nick wrote:
>> For verizon prepaid plan, they have unlimited In Calling(Verizon mobile
>> to Verizon mobile). And their unlimited night minutes is from 9pm to
>> 6am.
>> But if you don't use it too much, it is still not good. You need to pay
>> $150 * 3 = $450/year to keep it active.
>
>Yes, if you make one call a day, you're paying 99¢per day plus airtime,
>hardly a good deal.
>
>The best prepaid deal is on PagePlus. You can buy a Verizon prepaid
>phone, but activate it on PagePlus. As low as 10¢ per minute, and a very
>low minimum. Plus you get excellent coverage, better than on T-Mobile,
>Cingular, or Virgin's prepaid.

Such a sweeping generalization isn't meaningful (even if true, which
it's not), and is thus a disservice. What matters to any given person
is coverage in areas that person cares about. Since different carriers
are better/worse in different areas, the proper advice is to check/test
the carriers in areas you care about _before_ settling on a service.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

It's also worth pointing out that Cingluar has a similar plan.

Just recently, I switched from Verizon prepay, which I had for over a
year, to Cingular. The primary reason for this was the $1 a day verizon
charges.

On my Cingular plan, I get the same rate ($.10/min) and only have to
pay $1 on the days I actually use my phone. I save at least $10 a
month. Not a lot of money, but the $30 phone paid for itself in 3
months and every little bit helps.

Besides, it means that Verizon Wireless doesn't get any more of my
cash. My beef is with Verizon, which is actually a completely seperate
company, but when Verizon Wirless does well it helps Verizon just as
much.



John Navas wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:40:44 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
> wrote in <[email protected]>:
>
> >Nick wrote:
> >> For verizon prepaid plan, they have unlimited In Calling(Verizon mobile
> >> to Verizon mobile). And their unlimited night minutes is from 9pm to
> >> 6am.
> >> But if you don't use it too much, it is still not good. You need to pay
> >> $150 * 3 = $450/year to keep it active.
> >
> >Yes, if you make one call a day, you're paying 99¢per day plus airtime,
> >hardly a good deal.
> >
> >The best prepaid deal is on PagePlus. You can buy a Verizon prepaid
> >phone, but activate it on PagePlus. As low as 10¢ per minute, and a very
> >low minimum. Plus you get excellent coverage, better than on T-Mobile,
> >Cingular, or Virgin's prepaid.
>
> Such a sweeping generalization isn't meaningful (even if true, which
> it's not), and is thus a disservice. What matters to any given person
> is coverage in areas that person cares about. Since different carriers
> are better/worse in different areas, the proper advice is to check/test
> the carriers in areas you care about _before_ settling on a service.
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

On 10 Aug 2006 13:03:35 -0700, [email protected] wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>Besides, it means that Verizon Wireless doesn't get any more of my
>cash. My beef is with Verizon, which is actually a completely seperate
>company, but when Verizon Wirless does well it helps Verizon just as
>much.

Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and
Vodafone Group, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

[email protected] wrote:
> It's also worth pointing out that Cingluar has a similar plan.
>
> Just recently, I switched from Verizon prepay, which I had for over a
> year, to Cingular. The primary reason for this was the $1 a day verizon
> charges.
>
> On my Cingular plan, I get the same rate ($.10/min) and only have to
> pay $1 on the days I actually use my phone. I save at least $10 a
> month. Not a lot of money, but the $30 phone paid for itself in 3
> months and every little bit helps.

The PagePlus plan has several advantages over the Cingular plan.

-Minimum cost of $10 every four months. 10 cents per minute is with $80
card, but you only have to buy that once, then you can buy the $10 cards
to keep the account active.

-No $1 per day charge.

-Far better coverage than Cingular. You get the entire CDMA network,
which is much larger than the GSM network, plus the entire AMPS network.

Downside is that if you're off the Verizon extended network then there
are roaming charges.

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:44:07 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>-Far better coverage than Cingular. You get the entire CDMA network,
>which is much larger than the GSM network, plus the entire AMPS network.

Cingular GSM coverage is comparable to CDMA[2000] coverage.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Just had a look at the page plus website. It is too simple, does not
look like a reliable carrier.

SMS wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > It's also worth pointing out that Cingluar has a similar plan.
> >
> > Just recently, I switched from Verizon prepay, which I had for over a
> > year, to Cingular. The primary reason for this was the $1 a day verizon
> > charges.
> >
> > On my Cingular plan, I get the same rate ($.10/min) and only have to
> > pay $1 on the days I actually use my phone. I save at least $10 a
> > month. Not a lot of money, but the $30 phone paid for itself in 3
> > months and every little bit helps.
>
> The PagePlus plan has several advantages over the Cingular plan.
>
> -Minimum cost of $10 every four months. 10 cents per minute is with $80
> card, but you only have to buy that once, then you can buy the $10 cards
> to keep the account active.
>
> -No $1 per day charge.
>
> -Far better coverage than Cingular. You get the entire CDMA network,
> which is much larger than the GSM network, plus the entire AMPS network.
>
> Downside is that if you're off the Verizon extended network then there
> are roaming charges.