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  1. #1
    John
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    #1 son says Sprint to Sprint is now free anytime minutes. No charge. NADA.
    Zip.
    Is it?
    John





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  2. #2
    Bob Smith
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?


    "John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > #1 son says Sprint to Sprint is now free anytime minutes. No charge.

    NADA.
    > Zip.
    > Is it?
    > John


    Well, yes and no. There is a cost and it's a $5 option per month. It's
    charged to the account, not on a per phone basis, so all phones on the
    account qualify.

    Bob





  3. #3
    Bob Smith
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?


    "Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > #1 son says Sprint to Sprint is now free anytime minutes. No charge.

    > NADA.
    > > Zip.
    > > Is it?
    > > John

    >
    > Well, yes and no. There is a cost and it's a $5 option per month. It's
    > charged to the account, not on a per phone basis, so all phones on the
    > account qualify.
    >
    > Bob


    I should add one more thing here, that I left out above. Once the option has
    been added, one can call or receive phone calls to or from any SPCS phone,
    while the users phone is on SPCS's system, and get unlimited free minutes.

    http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popups/popPCStoPCS.html

    Bob





  4. #4
    John S.
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    >#1 son says Sprint to Sprint is now free anytime minutes. No charge. NADA.
    >Zip.
    >Is it?


    I suspect that it depends on your plan. My family plan is free to ANY Sprint
    PCS phone.

    --
    John S.
    e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net



  5. #5
    Steve Sobol
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    Bob Smith wrote:

    > Well, yes and no. There is a cost and it's a $5 option per month. It's
    > charged to the account, not on a per phone basis, so all phones on the
    > account qualify.


    This means you only get charged once if your phones are on a share plan.

    However, I intentionally activated my new line SEPARATE from my wife's so as to
    not screw up her 300/$30 plan -- with all of her PCS-to-PCS usage, she totalled
    over 1300 minutes this past month and still didn't go over the $30! -- so each
    of our lines are charged $5/month. That's ok with me, we're still saving an
    assload of money. (thirteen hundred minutes for $30 plus the $5 pcs-to-pcs
    option... heh, talk about getting a lot for your money...)

    IOW: For each line on your account that isn't shared that has unlimited PCS to
    PCS, you will be charged another $5, but all of the shared lines share one $5
    monthly fee.

    FYI.

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  6. #6
    O/Siris
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
    > Bob Smith wrote:
    >
    > > Well, yes and no. There is a cost and it's a $5 option per month. It's
    > > charged to the account, not on a per phone basis, so all phones on the
    > > account qualify.

    >
    > This means you only get charged once if your phones are on a share plan.
    >
    > However, I intentionally activated my new line SEPARATE from my wife's so as to
    > not screw up her 300/$30 plan -- with all of her PCS-to-PCS usage, she totalled
    > over 1300 minutes this past month and still didn't go over the $30! -- so each
    > of our lines are charged $5/month. That's ok with me, we're still saving an
    > assload of money. (thirteen hundred minutes for $30 plus the $5 pcs-to-pcs
    > option... heh, talk about getting a lot for your money...)
    >
    > IOW: For each line on your account that isn't shared that has unlimited PCS to
    > PCS, you will be charged another $5, but all of the shared lines share one $5
    > monthly fee.
    >
    > FYI.
    >
    >


    That's odd. As of the time I left SprintPCS, PCS2PCS calling option was
    free on all multi-line accounts with a 2-year Advantage Agreement. EVEN
    if the minutes were not shared. Steve, if you're each getting a bill
    separately, then yeah, it should be $5. If you're on the same bill, it
    should have been free for you both, as long as you were both willing to
    opt in for another 2 years.

    --
    RØß
    O/Siris
    -+-
    "A thing moderately good is not so good
    as it ought to be. Moderation in temper
    is always a virtue, but moderation in
    principle is always a vice."

    Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792



  7. #7
    Steve Sobol
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    O/Siris wrote:

    > That's odd. As of the time I left SprintPCS, PCS2PCS calling option was
    > free on all multi-line accounts with a 2-year Advantage Agreement. EVEN
    > if the minutes were not shared. Steve, if you're each getting a bill
    > separately, then yeah, it should be $5. If you're on the same bill, it
    > should have been free for you both, as long as you were both willing to
    > opt in for another 2 years.


    I may have read my bill wrong...? (Everything's billed on one bill.)

    I'll let you know as soon as the next bill comes, which should be soon because
    my billing cycle ended on the 28th.

    --
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    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  8. #8
    RAF
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    O/Siris wrote:

    > That's odd. As of the time I left SprintPCS, PCS2PCS calling option
    > was free on all multi-line accounts with a 2-year Advantage Agreement.
    > EVEN if the minutes were not shared. Steve, if you're each getting a
    > bill separately, then yeah, it should be $5. If you're on the same
    > bill, it should have been free for you both, as long as you were both
    > willing to opt in for another 2 years.


    Interesting. I just called *2 to ask about this, and I was told
    emphatically, "No, the two lines must be on a shared minutes plan to
    qualify for free unlimited PCS2PCS on both." So I read your statement
    verbatim to the CSR ("Crystal"), and she insisted that is absolutely NOT
    the case.

    My situation is identical to Steve's: Two separate lines on the same
    bill, but without shared minutes. First line receives free PCS2PCS as a
    result of a promotional offer taken last year in return for a 2-year AA.
    Second line was started 3 months ago, also with a 2-year AA, but pays $5
    for the PCS2PCS option.

    So who should I believe? Crystal claimed that the billing system would
    not have charged me the extra $5 if I was in any way eligible for a
    credit on the option. She suggested that perhaps you left SPCS a *very*
    long time ago, Rob. :-( I told her I did not believe that to be so, and
    I'm hoping you can provide some substance to back up your statement.





  9. #9
    CaptainKrunch
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    I signed a two year in October of last year........my other two cellphones
    were stolen so I needed new ones and my contracts had expired several months
    prior... anyway I have two phones on the $40 a month plan, each. No shared
    minutes and I have the free pcs to pcs option because I signed the 2 year
    contract. As a matter of fact I was sent an email or two when my old
    contract expired about this free option and I declined to use it until I
    had to buy two new phones.

    CaptainKrunch


    "RAF" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > O/Siris wrote:
    >
    > > That's odd. As of the time I left SprintPCS, PCS2PCS calling option
    > > was free on all multi-line accounts with a 2-year Advantage Agreement.
    > > EVEN if the minutes were not shared. Steve, if you're each getting a
    > > bill separately, then yeah, it should be $5. If you're on the same
    > > bill, it should have been free for you both, as long as you were both
    > > willing to opt in for another 2 years.

    >
    > Interesting. I just called *2 to ask about this, and I was told
    > emphatically, "No, the two lines must be on a shared minutes plan to
    > qualify for free unlimited PCS2PCS on both." So I read your statement
    > verbatim to the CSR ("Crystal"), and she insisted that is absolutely NOT
    > the case.
    >
    > My situation is identical to Steve's: Two separate lines on the same
    > bill, but without shared minutes. First line receives free PCS2PCS as a
    > result of a promotional offer taken last year in return for a 2-year AA.
    > Second line was started 3 months ago, also with a 2-year AA, but pays $5
    > for the PCS2PCS option.
    >
    > So who should I believe? Crystal claimed that the billing system would
    > not have charged me the extra $5 if I was in any way eligible for a
    > credit on the option. She suggested that perhaps you left SPCS a *very*
    > long time ago, Rob. :-( I told her I did not believe that to be so, and
    > I'm hoping you can provide some substance to back up your statement.
    >
    >






  10. #10
    RAF
    Guest

    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    Here I go, answering my own question regarding free unlimited PCS-to-PCS
    on a multi-line account:

    > So who should I believe? Crystal claimed that the billing system
    > would not have charged me the extra $5 if I was in any way eligible
    > for a credit on the option. She suggested that perhaps you left SPCS
    > a *very* long time ago, Rob. :-( I told her I did not believe that to
    > be so, and I'm hoping you can provide some substance to back up your
    > statement.


    My apologies, Rob. It turns out that you are correct and Crystal was
    wrong! I went to the SPCS web site and, after careful study, I
    discovered the following at
    http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...PCStoPCS.html:

    "Unlimited Sprint PCS to PCS Calling [...] Free with additional lines
    added to your Sprint PCS Account and a two-year Sprint PCS Advantage
    Agreement."

    So, armed with this information, I redialed *2. This time I reached a
    CSR who readily agreed I should *not* have been charged for this option
    on my second line. She immediately removed the charge from all future
    bills, issued a $10 credit for the last two billing cycles (maximum
    she's allowed to correct), and even issued a $5 "courtesy" credit to
    cover the month before that. (Technically, I should still be owed $2.58
    for my first partial month, but I could tell that would be a hassle for
    her to put through. I'm just thrilled to discover a $5 credit I didn't
    know I had, so why be greedy?)

    Moral of the story (repeated in this newsgroup many times): You can't
    always trust what the *first* Sprint PCS CSR tells you. Thanks to Rob
    (O/Siris) for the correct information.





  11. #11
    CaptainKrunch
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    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    You will find that is the way with lots of business...just keep calling
    until you get the answer you want.


    "RAF" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Here I go, answering my own question regarding free unlimited PCS-to-PCS
    > on a multi-line account:
    >
    > > So who should I believe? Crystal claimed that the billing system
    > > would not have charged me the extra $5 if I was in any way eligible
    > > for a credit on the option. She suggested that perhaps you left SPCS
    > > a *very* long time ago, Rob. :-( I told her I did not believe that to
    > > be so, and I'm hoping you can provide some substance to back up your
    > > statement.

    >
    > My apologies, Rob. It turns out that you are correct and Crystal was
    > wrong! I went to the SPCS web site and, after careful study, I
    > discovered the following at
    > http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...PCStoPCS.html:
    >
    > "Unlimited Sprint PCS to PCS Calling [...] Free with additional lines
    > added to your Sprint PCS Account and a two-year Sprint PCS Advantage
    > Agreement."
    >
    > So, armed with this information, I redialed *2. This time I reached a
    > CSR who readily agreed I should *not* have been charged for this option
    > on my second line. She immediately removed the charge from all future
    > bills, issued a $10 credit for the last two billing cycles (maximum
    > she's allowed to correct), and even issued a $5 "courtesy" credit to
    > cover the month before that. (Technically, I should still be owed $2.58
    > for my first partial month, but I could tell that would be a hassle for
    > her to put through. I'm just thrilled to discover a $5 credit I didn't
    > know I had, so why be greedy?)
    >
    > Moral of the story (repeated in this newsgroup many times): You can't
    > always trust what the *first* Sprint PCS CSR tells you. Thanks to Rob
    > (O/Siris) for the correct information.
    >
    >






  12. #12
    RAF
    Guest

    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    Steve Sobol wrote:

    > However, I intentionally activated my new line SEPARATE from my wife's
    > so as to not screw up her 300/$30 plan -- with all of her PCS-to-PCS
    > usage, she totalled over 1300 minutes this past month and still didn't
    > go over the $30! -- so each of our lines are charged $5/month. That's
    > ok with me, we're still saving an assload of money. (thirteen hundred
    > minutes for $30 plus the $5 pcs-to-pcs option... heh, talk about
    > getting a lot for your money...)


    And you can still save $10/month more! As reported elsewhere in this
    thread, your new line should have free PCS-to-PCS, if you signed a
    2-year AA (which I assume you did to receive maximum credit for a new
    phone). Your wife's line can get free PCS-to-PCS also, if you put her
    back on a new 2-year AA. I believe you can do that without altering her
    300/$30 plan, even though that plan is no longer available to new
    customers. (At least, it worked for me a year ago. O/Siris?)






  13. #13
    O/Siris
    Guest

    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    In article <[email protected]>,=20
    [email protected] says...
    > Interesting. I just called *2 to ask about this, and I was told
    > emphatically, "No, the two lines must be on a shared minutes plan to
    > qualify for free unlimited PCS2PCS on both." So I read your statement
    > verbatim to the CSR ("Crystal"), and she insisted that is absolutely NOT
    > the case.
    >=20


    Then have her read the description of PCS2PCS charges on=20
    the Sprint PCS web site:

    http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popups/popPCStoPCS.html

    "Free with additional lines added to your Sprint PCS=20
    Account and a two-year Sprint PCS Advantage Agreement."

    Notice *no* requirement that they share minutes via Add-A-
    Phone. Only that it be an additional line.

    Now, a new quarter is about to start, and I realize that=20
    some pricing plans could have expired by now, which is why=20
    I only report that this is how it was when I left. =20
    However, the link above is, to me, quite clear.

    --=20
    R=D8=DF
    O/Siris
    -+-
    **A thing moderately good is not so good as it=20
    ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a=20
    virtue, but moderation in principle is always a
    vice.**
    -Thomas Paine. The Rights of Man. 1792-



  14. #14
    O/Siris
    Guest

    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    In article <[email protected]>,=20
    [email protected] says...
    > Moral of the story (repeated in this newsgroup many times): You can't
    > always trust what the *first* Sprint PCS CSR tells you. Thanks to Rob
    > (O/Siris) for the correct information.
    >=20


    A post of mine pointing out that same page is already en=20
    route. I'm glad you found it, too, though.

    Steve, your turn

    --=20
    R=D8=DF
    O/Siris
    -+-
    **A thing moderately good is not so good as it=20
    ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a=20
    virtue, but moderation in principle is always a
    vice.**
    -Thomas Paine. The Rights of Man. 1792-



  15. #15
    O/Siris
    Guest

    Re: Is Sprint to Sprint now free?

    In article <[email protected]>,=20
    [email protected] says...
    > And you can still save $10/month more! As reported elsewhere in this
    > thread, your new line should have free PCS-to-PCS, if you signed a
    > 2-year AA (which I assume you did to receive maximum credit for a new
    > phone). Your wife's line can get free PCS-to-PCS also, if you put her
    > back on a new 2-year AA. I believe you can do that without altering her
    > 300/$30 plan, even though that plan is no longer available to new
    > customers. (At least, it worked for me a year ago. O/Siris?)
    >=20


    PCS2PCS is an add-on, not a "combined" feature in a plan,=20
    so yeah, she should be able to "re-up" without affecting=20
    the plan she is on now.

    Steve, this is one example where the very fault that=20
    screwed your wife over moving to California now works in=20
    her favor. Since the contract is attached to the phone=20
    number, it becomes a kind of bargaining chip for you/her to=20
    get stuff like free PCS2PCS.

    BTW, just FYI, I left SPCS in Mid-July of this year (2004)=20
    due to the impending cloture of the Bolingbrook, IL call=20
    center. I figure that such specificity doesn't hurt me,=20
    since it was a call center closing that got me out, and=20
    that center's closing was public news for a few days. The=20
    detective work wouldn't be all that difficult.

    --=20
    R=D8=DF
    O/Siris
    -+-
    **A thing moderately good is not so good as it=20
    ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a=20
    virtue, but moderation in principle is always a
    vice.**
    -Thomas Paine. The Rights of Man. 1792-



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