what would you pay?

Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile to
mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.
These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would you
pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that type
of service.

What do you think?

Mark L.

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Mark L. wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
> unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile
> to
> mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
> that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.
> These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
> companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would
> you
> pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that
> type of service.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Mark L.


Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes everything
(Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line, but do the
$35-40 per month plans you're thinking of for landline include long
distance?

> Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes everything
> (Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line, but do the
> $35-40 per month plans you're thinking of for landline include long
> distance?

I think he's referring to small regional carriers. Unicel, a division
of RCC, offers unlimited minutes for 32.95/month in North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Minnesota. Long Distance is 15 cents per minute, and GSM
roaming is 25 cents per minute.

They fail to mention on their website that they also provide post-pay
accounts without requiring a contract. If you bring in a phone of your
own, they waive the activation fee, give you a free SIM card, and waive
all other start up fees. However, you must provide at least 30 days'
written notice prior to cancelling.

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Mark L. wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan
> with unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends,
> no mobile to mobile, etc) what would you pay?

If it really included *everything*, like Vision, analog roaming, voice
command, sending pics by email, etc., I would pay $100 a month.


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Scott Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mark L. wrote:

>> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
>> unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile
>> to
>> mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
>> that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.
>> These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
>> companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would
>> you
>> pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that
>> type of service.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Mark L.


> Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes everything

200 is steap especially for nextel... At one time I was lucky. In my
market long ago one could get vzw unlimited local (cellular local)
calling for 49.99. It was the bomb. Think I honestly used 140 hours one
month. I would pay 100/month for unlimited voice and data..... Don't
know if I will ever get both. attws was close with the 99.99 roam+ld
but that lacked data... data is ny friend. spcs gives me a decent
deal...i have the $65 f&c+vision+7pm.

That depends on the limitations.

example my brother had a 3000 anytime minutes plan. but with that plan he
did NOT get unlimited text no nights and weekends and no mobile to mobile
and he was NOT allowed to ADD any of these.

on most plans you could for example pay $10 extra for unlimited texting.
this was not an option on the 3000 minute plan

so it would depend on the options and limitations and what it came with.

what I would like to see is a pay one fee DO ANYTHING YOU WANT with your
phone (txt call internet laptop link etc..) for a half way reasonable price.

right now I am fine. I have 400 day minutes but I never go over. unlimited
night and weekend is meaningless to me. when I have 2600 or whatever it was
I TRIED to use them. even when I had wireless web on my 6200 I TRIED to use
them all and I failed.

just depends on your usage. My dad pays for 3 phones right now (not mine I
pay for that) and he pays some $300 to $400 a month. sometimes much more
till they got the plans that fit them best sorted out

Example found out my brother did NOT need many anytime minutes at all. 200
would do although I think he is getting a thousand. he just needed nights
weekends. mobile to mobile and txting. since his girlfriend is same provider
it is perfect for him. (95% of his calls and txt's where to and or from her)

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

"Mark L." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
> unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile
to
> mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
> that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.
> These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
> companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would
you
> pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that
type
> of service.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Mark L.
>
>
>

"Aboutdakota" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes
everything
> > (Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line, but do
the
> > $35-40 per month plans you're thinking of for landline include long
> > distance?
>
> I think he's referring to small regional carriers. Unicel, a division
> of RCC, offers unlimited minutes for 32.95/month in North Dakota, South
> Dakota, and Minnesota. Long Distance is 15 cents per minute, and GSM
> roaming is 25 cents per minute.
>
> They fail to mention on their website that they also provide post-pay
> accounts without requiring a contract. If you bring in a phone of your
> own, they waive the activation fee, give you a free SIM card, and waive
> all other start up fees. However, you must provide at least 30 days'
> written notice prior to cancelling.
>
> AD

The two that I was actually referring to both seem to be national "carriers"
but it's not traditional companies. I didn't want to seem like I was
advertising/spamming for them.

They are:

Earthlink http://www.unlimitedvoice.com/
and
Vonage http://www.vonage.com/

Both of these companies utilize your broadband connection and a router to
access telephone lines, and both include unlimited local and long distance
charges.


Mark L.

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
>
> Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes
everything
> (Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line, but do the
> $35-40 per month plans you're thinking of for landline include long
> distance?

Yes, supposedly the both include unlimited local and long distance usage.

www.unlimitedvoice.com (earthlink)
www.vonage.com

Mark L.

"Donkey Agony" <root@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mark L. wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan
> > with unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends,
> > no mobile to mobile, etc) what would you pay?
>
> If it really included *everything*, like Vision, analog roaming, voice
> command, sending pics by email, etc., I would pay $100 a month.

I was referring to voice only I guess. I'm not really a big data user, so I
didn't really think about that side of it.

I would pay $70 for voice and no more than $100 for everything else
included.

Mark L.

Sprint actaully has an unlimited plan. I do not know a lot of the details
but it is part of the Sprint Complete Sense (I don't think, but don't really
know, that you can get the plan seperate)... It is something like $189 and
that includes unlimited PCS and unlimited long distance from your home phone
(I also think you still have to pay your own local phone carrier, at least
in my market. And, I don't know if that includes data or not. Just seen it
in a paper at the local sprint store the other day.)


"Mark L." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
> unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile
to
> mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
> that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.
> These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
> companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would
you
> pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that
type
> of service.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Mark L.
>
>
>

Mark L. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, if Sprint PCS or any other carrier had a plan with
> unlimited whenever, where ever minutes (no nights and weekends, no mobile to
> mobile, etc) what would you pay? I thought a while back that I had heard
> that ATTWS had that type of plan for $99.99, but I think it's gone now.

Promotion; only on their next-generation GSM network, not on their much larger
TDMA network.

> These days you can get unlimited calling at home from a couple different
> companies for around $35-$40 per month. IF carriers did this what would you
> pay? I'm thinking that I probably wouldn't pay more than $70 for that type
> of service.

Alltel charges $69.95 for postpaid unlimited home-area calling. You still
pay per minute for long distance, and if you roam, you pay roaming, long
distance and airtime; unlimited doesn't apply. This is in Cleveland - don't
know if it's in any of their other markets.

Whether it's worth it and what price would make sense depends on
how much you spend on your cell bill each month.

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Scott Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes everything
> (Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line

Not when you consider that for $150-200 per month you usually only get 1500-
3000 minutes. I know people who talk more than that...

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Mark L. <[email protected]> wrote:

> The two that I was actually referring to both seem to be national "carriers"
> but it's not traditional companies. I didn't want to seem like I was
> advertising/spamming for them.
>
> They are:
>
> Earthlink http://www.unlimitedvoice.com/
> and
> Vonage http://www.vonage.com/
>
> Both of these companies utilize your broadband connection and a router to
> access telephone lines, and both include unlimited local and long distance
> charges.

They aren't cellular carriers, either. Different cost structure. I think
the VoIP'ers major costs are generally their Internet connectivity and
the long distance wholesale charges...



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Steven J Sobol wrote:

> Scott Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nextel has an 'all-you-can-eat' plan for $199.99, but it includes
>> everything
>> (Direct Connect and Data). It seems wayyyyyyyyyyy out of line
>
> Not when you consider that for $150-200 per month you usually only get
> 1500- 3000 minutes. I know people who talk more than that...
>

Good point- I guess I just don't use everything enough to justify a $200
bill every month. Now if it included a wireless, truly high speed data
connection.......

Scott Stephenson wrote:

> Good point- I guess I just don't use everything enough to justify a
> $200 bill every month. Now if it included a wireless, truly high
> speed data connection.......

I wouldn't pay anywhere close to $200, even if it included
all-you-can-eat 2mbps EV-DV. I doubt if many others will either.


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