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- 07-12-2013, 04:15 PM #1smsGuest
I was in a pharmacy this morning and a lady waiting for her prescription
was loudly talking on her cell phone (dumb phone) and explaining that
she just received a cell phone bill for $125 because her "$28 senior
plan" did not have enough minutes and that she had changed her plan to a
more expensive plan. She was asking a relative for money to pay the $125
overage.
I wondered just how much these senior plans cost:
AT&T: $30+taxes/fees for 200 peak minutes (unlimited N&W and MTM)
Verizon: $30+taxes/fees for 200 peak minutes (unlimited N&W and MTM).
20¢/text.
Sprint and T-Mobile do not offer senior plans.
That $30 would buy you 750 minutes on Consumer Cellular or 1200 minutes
on Page Plus. Or for $12 you could have 250 peak minutes on Page Plus.
No free N&W or MTM though.
Someone should advise seniors about lower cost plans. If someone is not
using a smart phone it's exceedingly foolish to keep service with
Verizon or AT&T.
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- 07-13-2013, 03:54 AM #2Guest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:15:27 -0700, sms <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I was in a pharmacy this morning and a lady waiting for her prescription
>was loudly talking on her cell phone (dumb phone) and explaining that
>she just received a cell phone bill for $125 because her "$28 senior
>plan" did not have enough minutes and that she had changed her plan to a
>more expensive plan. She was asking a relative for money to pay the $125
>overage.
>
>I wondered just how much these senior plans cost:
>
>AT&T: $30+taxes/fees for 200 peak minutes (unlimited N&W and MTM)
>Verizon: $30+taxes/fees for 200 peak minutes (unlimited N&W and MTM).
>20¢/text.
>
>Sprint and T-Mobile do not offer senior plans.
>
>That $30 would buy you 750 minutes on Consumer Cellular or 1200 minutes
>on Page Plus. Or for $12 you could have 250 peak minutes on Page Plus.
>No free N&W or MTM though.
>
>Someone should advise seniors about lower cost plans. If someone is not
>using a smart phone it's exceedingly foolish to keep service with
>Verizon or AT&T.
And often it's true in any case. The circumstances in which AT&T or
Verzon make sense are not usual.
- 07-13-2013, 08:26 AM #3smsGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 2:54 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> And often it's true in any case. The circumstances in which AT&T or
> Verzon make sense are not usual.
Not usual, but not rare either. Some people want international roaming
without the bother of a foreign SIM card. Some people want the faster
data offered by 4G which the prepaid services don't offer. Once you get
to a family plan with four smart phones, Verizon and AT&T are not so
unreasonably priced.
What is sad is to see people that use only dumb phones being suckered
into staying on Verizon or AT&T and wasting so much money, especially
those people least able to afford it. While I'm no fan of Consumer
Cellular since it's one of the poorer deals in terms of prepaid, it's
still a lot less expensive than the senior plans from Verizon or AT&T.
- 07-13-2013, 01:23 PM #4smsGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 7:26 AM, sms wrote:
> On 7/13/2013 2:54 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> And often it's true in any case. The circumstances in which AT&T or
>> Verzon make sense are not usual.
>
> Not usual, but not rare either. Some people want international roaming
> without the bother of a foreign SIM card.
My boss from a campus job when I was a student went to Europe recently.
I told him he should buy a prepaid SIM card but instead he roamed on
AT&T with his iPhone. $850 in international roaming charges, almost all
of it for data. Since the hotels had Wi-Fi he could have done his
communications at night, for free, but he wanted to send out photos
right away.
- 07-13-2013, 05:29 PM #5William MunnyGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/13 3:23 PM, sms wrote:
> On 7/13/2013 7:26 AM, sms wrote:
>> On 7/13/2013 2:54 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> And often it's true in any case. The circumstances in which AT&T or
>>> Verzon make sense are not usual.
>>
>> Not usual, but not rare either. Some people want international roaming
>> without the bother of a foreign SIM card.
>
> My boss from a campus job when I was a student went to Europe recently.
> I told him he should buy a prepaid SIM card but instead he roamed on
> AT&T with his iPhone. $850 in international roaming charges, almost all
> of it for data. Since the hotels had Wi-Fi he could have done his
> communications at night, for free, but he wanted to send out photos
> right away.
>
You should tell this to his boss. When the big boss sees what a pin head
your boss is, he'll fire him and promote you...
--
"...William Munny, a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously
vicious and intemperate disposition."
--Unforgiven
- 07-13-2013, 05:47 PM #6Janet WilderGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 2:23 PM, sms wrote:
> On 7/13/2013 7:26 AM, sms wrote:
>> On 7/13/2013 2:54 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> And often it's true in any case. The circumstances in which AT&T or
>>> Verzon make sense are not usual.
>>
>> Not usual, but not rare either. Some people want international roaming
>> without the bother of a foreign SIM card.
>
> My boss from a campus job when I was a student went to Europe recently.
> I told him he should buy a prepaid SIM card but instead he roamed on
> AT&T with his iPhone. $850 in international roaming charges, almost all
> of it for data. Since the hotels had Wi-Fi he could have done his
> communications at night, for free, but he wanted to send out photos
> right away.
>
Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until I'm
home.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
*****ing doesn't count. Cooking does.
- 07-13-2013, 08:08 PM #7smsGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 4:29 PM, William Munny wrote:
> You should tell this to his boss. When the big boss sees what a pin head
> your boss is, he'll fire him and promote you...
He was my boss about 35 years ago. He is long since retired.
- 07-13-2013, 08:15 PM #8smsGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until I'm
> home.
The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your foreign
number if you really must be reachable (see the link below for
inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple countries you
can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the U.S..
The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than anything.
It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
<http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
- 07-14-2013, 12:02 AM #9tlvpGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms wrote:
> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
Very OT, now, but I might add one printing tip to those your site offers.
Recently I needed to print boarding passes for me & my spouse for our
flight home from Milan. Hotel refused to let me connect to their printer,
refused to insert our USB stick into their system, and had no fax service.
Instead, they said: if it's just PDF files, send them to us as attachments
on an email. We'll scan them against viruses, and then print them for you.
That worked a treat :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
- 07-14-2013, 12:21 PM #10Janet WilderGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/13/2013 9:15 PM, sms wrote:
> On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
>> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
>> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
>> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
>> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until I'm
>> home.
>
> The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
> always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your foreign
> number if you really must be reachable (see the link below for
> inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple countries you
> can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the U.S..
>
> The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
> SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
> organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
> same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than anything.
> It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
>
> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
That will not work for me. Since we cruise, we are in many different
countries on the same trip. This summer we'll be in UK, France,
Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Estonia,
Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland. And all places for as little
as a day or at most 4 days.
If I were going to spend a good amount of time in one particular
country, then I agree about the SIM, but for me it's not useful.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
*****ing doesn't count. Cooking does.
- 07-14-2013, 12:23 PM #11Janet WilderGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/14/2013 1:02 AM, tlvp wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms wrote:
>
>> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
>
> Very OT, now, but I might add one printing tip to those your site offers.
> Recently I needed to print boarding passes for me & my spouse for our
> flight home from Milan. Hotel refused to let me connect to their printer,
> refused to insert our USB stick into their system, and had no fax service.
>
> Instead, they said: if it's just PDF files, send them to us as attachments
> on an email. We'll scan them against viruses, and then print them for you.
>
> That worked a treat :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
>
Thanks. That is great info for travelers.
I have purchased a Surf Easy so I can use it on public computers and
where there is open WiFi. It creates a VPN.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
*****ing doesn't count. Cooking does.
- 07-14-2013, 04:09 PM #12Guest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
>> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
>> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
>> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
>> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until I'm
>> home.
>
>The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
>always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your foreign
>number if you really must be reachable (see the link below for
>inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple countries you
>can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the U.S..
>
>The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
>SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
>organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
>same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than anything.
>It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
>
><http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
Your link lost me at "Assuming you want to be on Verizon in the U.S.
(since it would be exceedingly foolish not to be)".
- 07-14-2013, 06:13 PM #13willshakGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
[email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
>>> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
>>> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
>>> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
>>> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until I'm
>>> home.
>> The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
>> always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your foreign
>> number if you really must be reachable (see the link below for
>> inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple countries you
>> can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the U.S..
>>
>> The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
>> SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
>> organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
>> same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than anything.
>> It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
>>
>> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
>
> Your link lost me at "Assuming you want to be on Verizon in the U.S.
> (since it would be exceedingly foolish not to be)".
Verizon is a little spotty in the western half of the US.
Check their coverage map.
It's dominant where I live.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @
- 07-14-2013, 06:24 PM #14Janet WilderGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
On 7/14/2013 7:13 PM, willshak wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
>>>> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
>>>> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture sending, no
>>>> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will have
>>>> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until
>>>> I'm
>>>> home.
>>> The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
>>> always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your
>>> foreign number if you really must be reachable (see the link below
>>> for inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple
>>> countries you can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the
>>> U.S..
>>>
>>> The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
>>> SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
>>> organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
>>> same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than
>>> anything. It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
>>>
>>> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
>>
>> Your link lost me at "Assuming you want to be on Verizon in the U.S.
>> (since it would be exceedingly foolish not to be)".
>
> Verizon is a little spotty in the western half of the US.
> Check their coverage map.
> It's dominant where I live.
>
I just finished an RV trip from way-south Texas through NM, AZ, NV,
CA,OR, WA, MT, ID, WY, CO, KS, OK and back home to TX. I had minimum of
3G and mostly 4G Verizon service everywhere but in one campground north
of Loveland, CO where I had 1X.
I must have hit all the right spots. <g>
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
*****ing doesn't count. Cooking does.
- 07-14-2013, 06:38 PM #15willshakGuest
Re: "Senior Plans"
Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/14/2013 7:13 PM, willshak wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:15:49 -0700, sms <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/13/2013 4:47 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not very bright. I use my VZW global 4G phone in Europe and the first
>>>>> thing I do before boarding the plane is to turn off data roaming. The
>>>>> phone will do calls and texting......that's it! No picture
>>>>> sending, no
>>>>> email, no Facebook. Cruise ship and ports have WiFi and that will
>>>>> have
>>>>> to do. I just check email when away anyway. Pictures can wait until
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> home.
>>>> The best thing to do is to get a foreign prepaid SIM card. You can
>>>> always forward your existing cellular and home numbers to your
>>>> foreign number if you really must be reachable (see the link below
>>>> for inexpensive ways to do this). If you are going to multiple
>>>> countries you can get a multi-country SIM card before you leave the
>>>> U.S..
>>>>
>>>> The first thing we did when we got to China last year was to buy four
>>>> SIM cards, one for each member of the family. But we were not on an
>>>> organized tour or a cruise and we sometimes didn't all want to do the
>>>> same thing so we wanted to have phones more for local use than
>>>> anything. It was super cheap to make calls and send texts.
>>>>
>>>> <http://nordicgroup.us/internationalcalling/>
>>>
>>> Your link lost me at "Assuming you want to be on Verizon in the U.S.
>>> (since it would be exceedingly foolish not to be)".
>>
>> Verizon is a little spotty in the western half of the US.
>> Check their coverage map.
>> It's dominant where I live.
>>
>
> I just finished an RV trip from way-south Texas through NM, AZ, NV,
> CA,OR, WA, MT, ID, WY, CO, KS, OK and back home to TX. I had minimum of
> 3G and mostly 4G Verizon service everywhere but in one campground north
> of Loveland, CO where I had 1X.
>
> I must have hit all the right spots. <g>
>
Perhaps you did. I said spotty, not that there was no coverage.
I Had Sprint for about 3 days where I live right after Sprint and Nextel
merged. I had Nextel before the merge. Nextel worked OK until Sprint
took over. I figured the coverage would be the same. Not so, I had to
leave my house and go into an area in my back yard to use Sprint. I left
Sprint and went to Verizon.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @
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