No competition for you

No longer will nights and weekends will be free. Maybe even extra if
you call family & friends.

Calls to *4 will be $4.

You have to bring phone into a store to have battery recharged. Will
be ready next morning. And yes, there will be a fee.

Long distance charges apply. LD charges are to the next telephone
exchange not area code.

Any complaints will cause your service to be suspended. Period to be
determined by monkey throwing darts.

Pre-pay will become pre-pre-pay.

Your cell phone number will be listed on billboards and on TV.
Special cable channel(s) will be set aside for this. You can get cell
phone number cross-referenced with vehicle license no. No charge for
this service.

Billing will no longer be offered. What they say is what you pay.

Call centers will be closed. Problem with your phone or service will
require a new phone and new service. Of course you will get a new
number. Your old number will go into a pool and re-used within a
week.

Cell sites will be pared back to Wi-Fi's at Mcdonalds and Starbucks.

System will be shut down Mondays between 9 and 11 AM for maintenance.

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"concrete man" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No longer will nights and weekends will be free. Maybe even extra if
> you call family & friends.
>
> Calls to *4 will be $4.
>
> You have to bring phone into a store to have battery recharged. Will
> be ready next morning. And yes, there will be a fee.
>
> Long distance charges apply. LD charges are to the next telephone
> exchange not area code.
>
> Any complaints will cause your service to be suspended. Period to be
> determined by monkey throwing darts.
>
> Pre-pay will become pre-pre-pay.
>
> Your cell phone number will be listed on billboards and on TV.
> Special cable channel(s) will be set aside for this. You can get cell
> phone number cross-referenced with vehicle license no. No charge for
> this service.
>
> Billing will no longer be offered. What they say is what you pay.
>
> Call centers will be closed. Problem with your phone or service will
> require a new phone and new service. Of course you will get a new
> number. Your old number will go into a pool and re-used within a
> week.
>
> Cell sites will be pared back to Wi-Fi's at Mcdonalds and Starbucks.
>
> System will be shut down Mondays between 9 and 11 AM for maintenance.
>
>
>
>

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:21:37 -0600, "kj" <[email protected]> wrote:

>another dumbass
>
Actually it is an attempt at humor. But some things may come to be.
I was around when there were 2 wireless carriers in my area. I started
with 50 minutes for $30. Now it's 300 minutes for $30.

>I was around when there were 2 wireless carriers in my area. I started
>with 50 minutes for $30. Now it's 300 minutes for $30.

I was around when the cost for the subscription was $29.95 and EVERY minute
cost 30¢. And yes, at that time, there was only 2 carriers. And roaming
costs..... WHEW!

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"John S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I was around when the cost for the subscription was $29.95 and EVERY
> minute
> cost 30¢. And yes, at that time, there was only 2 carriers. And roaming
> costs..... WHEW!

My mother is planning to do some business in New Zealand, and while
investigating cell phone plans there, their idea of 'bargains' is that you
get a fixed number of night/weekend minutes included in the plan's price
(starting at about all of 50 minutes for $30...) and that ALL daytime
minutes are $0.15-$0.40 (depending on the plan).

Aieee.... but I guess that's no different than the US some... what?... 5
years? ago...

---Joel

Really, it is not that bad. Not sure what you were looking at?
I have 400 minutes, for $20USD.
Also in NZ you do not pay for incoming calls and on our local CDMA carrier
you have text as much as you want for about $6USD.


"Joel Kolstad" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "John S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I was around when the cost for the subscription was $29.95 and EVERY
>> minute
>> cost 30¢. And yes, at that time, there was only 2 carriers. And roaming
>> costs..... WHEW!
>
> My mother is planning to do some business in New Zealand, and while
> investigating cell phone plans there, their idea of 'bargains' is that you
> get a fixed number of night/weekend minutes included in the plan's price
> (starting at about all of 50 minutes for $30...) and that ALL daytime
> minutes are $0.15-$0.40 (depending on the plan).
>
> Aieee.... but I guess that's no different than the US some... what?... 5
> years? ago...
>
> ---Joel
>
>

"Frank Sams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Really, it is not that bad. Not sure what you were looking at?

Any plan that has a fixed number of minutes for a fixed price. Something
like 200-400 minutes that weren't surcharged based on the time of the day
would be fine.

It was just surprising to see how they were still charging per minute. In
the US -- other than roaming -- per minute charges seem quite uncommon until
you exceed the number of minutes in the plan.

> I have 400 minutes, for $20USD.
> Also in NZ you do not pay for incoming calls

Really! I didn't know that. Landline users pay more per minute for calls
to cell phones than calls to regular phones, right?

---Joel

> Really! I didn't know that. Landline users pay more per minute for calls
> to cell phones than calls to regular phones, right?

Yeah, that is a sour point. It is a real pain in a butt. Works out to be
about .40Cents USD per min to a cellphone from a land line!!
"Joel Kolstad" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Frank Sams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>> Really, it is not that bad. Not sure what you were looking at?
>
> Any plan that has a fixed number of minutes for a fixed price. Something
> like 200-400 minutes that weren't surcharged based on the time of the day
> would be fine.
>
> It was just surprising to see how they were still charging per minute. In
> the US -- other than roaming -- per minute charges seem quite uncommon
> until you exceed the number of minutes in the plan.
>
>> I have 400 minutes, for $20USD.
>> Also in NZ you do not pay for incoming calls
>
> Really! I didn't know that. Landline users pay more per minute for calls
> to cell phones than calls to regular phones, right?
>
> ---Joel
>
>
>

Joel Kolstad wrote:

>>I have 400 minutes, for $20USD.
>>Also in NZ you do not pay for incoming calls

Same in Europe

> Really! I didn't know that. Landline users pay more per minute for calls
> to cell phones than calls to regular phones, right?

I don't know about NZ, but in general, most countries are structured exactly
that way.


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Joel Kolstad wrote:

> My mother is planning to do some business in New Zealand, and while
> investigating cell phone plans there, their idea of 'bargains' is that you
> get a fixed number of night/weekend minutes included in the plan's price
> (starting at about all of 50 minutes for $30...) and that ALL daytime
> minutes are $0.15-$0.40 (depending on the plan).
>
> Aieee.... but I guess that's no different than the US some... what?... 5
> years? ago...

Ugh. Even back in 96 when I first started using a cell phone, unlimited
weekend minutes could be had in the US (though nighttime minutes were
still considered "peak"). Unlimited weekends was an add-on for $5 on
any GTE Mobilenet plan, and I know Bell Atlantic Mobile also had
something similar (of course now, both are the same company). I had the
old $30 for 30 minutes plan with weekend add-on through both BAM and
GTE, thus allowing me to travel to different places and not roam.

And let's not talk about long distance. When Sprint finally launched
in late '97 and offered its first free & clear plans, I could hardly
believe it. Multi-city coverage? Free long distance? 500 minutes,
plus night and weekend minutes that don't count against the plan? It
was too good to be true!


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