When do minutes start being used..

When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it ring
4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going to
be taken out of my airtime?

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In article <[email protected]>,
"boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:

> When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
> after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it ring
> 4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going to
> be taken out of my airtime?

The second you press send to the second you press end. Even non answers
may be charged if you let it ring more than 4 times.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:38:02 GMT, "boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:

>When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
>after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it ring
>4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going to
>be taken out of my airtime?


Probably a minute. It starts when you hit the send button, not when
the other party answers.

"Donald" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
> > after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it
ring
> > 4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that
going to
> > be taken out of my airtime?
>
> The second you press send to the second you press end. Even non answers
> may be charged if you let it ring more than 4 times.

Bogus advice there Phillipe ... With SPCS, if the person called does not
answer, there is no charge, whether the call goes 4 rings or 20 rings or
more ... Minute charges only starts when a person answers or the call goes
into VM, and then the charges start when hitting the send button ...

Bob

Let's say you dial someone's number. It rings 8 times (say 70 seconds have
gone by now) -- they answer -- you talk for 30 seconds -- is that call going
to be billed as two minutes (70 seconds waiting, plus 30 talking), or as one
minute (since 30 seconds is rounded up to one minute).


"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Donald" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send,
or
> > > after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let
it
> ring
> > > 4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that
> going to
> > > be taken out of my airtime?
> >
> > The second you press send to the second you press end. Even non answers
> > may be charged if you let it ring more than 4 times.
>
> Bogus advice there Phillipe ... With SPCS, if the person called does not
> answer, there is no charge, whether the call goes 4 rings or 20 rings or
> more ... Minute charges only starts when a person answers or the call goes
> into VM, and then the charges start when hitting the send button ...
>
> Bob
>
>

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:17:12 GMT, "Bob Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Bogus advice there Phillipe ... With SPCS, if the person called does not
>answer, there is no charge, whether the call goes 4 rings or 20 rings or
>more ... Minute charges only starts when a person answers or the call goes
>into VM, and then the charges start when hitting the send button ...


No ****? WhooHoo! Another good reason to stick with SPCS. Thanks for
the info.

In article <[email protected]>,
Blevins <[email protected]> wrote:

> With SPCS, if the person called does not
> >answer, there is no charge, whether the call goes 4 rings or 20 rings or
> >more .



Thanks for correcting me. With ATTWS, after 30 seconds you get charged
connection or no.

In article <[email protected]>,
"boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Let's say you dial someone's number. It rings 8 times (say 70 seconds have
> gone by now) -- they answer -- you talk for 30 seconds -- is that call going
> to be billed as two minutes (70 seconds waiting, plus 30 talking), or as one
> minute (since 30 seconds is rounded up to one minute).

2 minutes. 70+30 =100, rounded up to 2 minutes.

"boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Let's say you dial someone's number. It rings 8 times (say 70 seconds have
> gone by now) -- they answer -- you talk for 30 seconds -- is that call
going
> to be billed as two minutes (70 seconds waiting, plus 30 talking), or as
one
> minute (since 30 seconds is rounded up to one minute).

2 minutes ...

Bob

If you have to ask....... your plan isn't large enough.

"boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Let's say you dial someone's number. It rings 8 times (say 70 seconds have
> gone by now) -- they answer -- you talk for 30 seconds -- is that call going
> to be billed as two minutes (70 seconds waiting, plus 30 talking), or as one
> minute (since 30 seconds is rounded up to one minute).

Valid question - but it makes me wonder, with the ton of minutes
available now, does this really matter?

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:38:02 GMT, "boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote:

>When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
>after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it ring
>4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going to
>be taken out of my airtime?
>
>

Donald wrote:


>>When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
>>after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it ring
>>4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going to
>>be taken out of my airtime?
>
>
> The second you press send to the second you press end. Even non answers
> may be charged if you let it ring more than 4 times.

Funny, I've never had that happen, Phillipe. If the phone doesn't
answer, I've never been charged for airtime. If there is an answer
however, you will be charged for the whole call (from send to end).

Tell me Phillipe, does ATTWS still charge for unanswered calls if they
last longer than 30 seconds?

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I dont know where some of you get your info from. From the time you hit
send is when the timer starts, no matter if a person answers or not. If a
person doesn't answer you are still using airtime. the system doenst know
when you are kicking into someones voicemail unless you are calling another
spcs phone (i would imagine)

so the answer is yes, it's taking a minute out of your airtime if it rings
with no answer after 30 seconds. one minute and 1 second is 2 minutes....I
think you get the idea



"boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
> after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it
ring
> 4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that going
to
> be taken out of my airtime?
>
>
>
>

"pcdebb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I dont know where some of you get your info from. From the time you hit
> send is when the timer starts, no matter if a person answers or not. If a
> person doesn't answer you are still using airtime. the system doenst know
> when you are kicking into someones voicemail unless you are calling
another
> spcs phone (i would imagine)
>
> so the answer is yes, it's taking a minute out of your airtime if it rings
> with no answer after 30 seconds. one minute and 1 second is 2
minutes....I
> think you get the idea

Deb, sorry ... but you are wrong. SPCS does not charge for an unanswered
outgoing call ...

Bob

The other people are talking about if you hang up before voicemail picks up.
If you hear voicemail, it's the equivalent of someone picking up. But if
you hang up before you hear voicemail, then there is no minute charge.


"pcdebb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I dont know where some of you get your info from. From the time you hit
> send is when the timer starts, no matter if a person answers or not. If a
> person doesn't answer you are still using airtime. the system doenst know
> when you are kicking into someones voicemail unless you are calling
another
> spcs phone (i would imagine)
>
> so the answer is yes, it's taking a minute out of your airtime if it rings
> with no answer after 30 seconds. one minute and 1 second is 2
minutes....I
> think you get the idea
>
>
>
> "boxermansr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > When placing a call, does minute use begin the second you press send, or
> > after a certain # of seconds. In other words, if I place a call, let it
> ring
> > 4 times (about 30 seconds), and disconnect, with no answer, is that
going
> to
> > be taken out of my airtime?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>