[Hidden-tech] cell phone plans?

[Jim Ussailis]

We have T-mobile. I have absolutely no love for them, but I am impressed 
in that I have service in Canada. I do get wacked for a roaming 
charge...about 70 cents / min, but I still have service.

And that service is where there are no power lines for about 3 miles, in 
deeper woods than most folks care to wander.

Nowhere in the US have I received a roaming charge.

Service is in some places in Florence, MA, and in a few of the Hill 
Towns. Everywhere that I have business in New England it also works.

We have the $30/mo plan.

Incidently, having service has more to do with what is configured in the 
chip in the phone than what the company offers. As I understand it, most 
telcos don't own the cell towers they use. The contract use on them. The 
chip in the phone tells the tower if it can use that one.


Jim Ussailis

jim at nationalwireless.com

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Mary Malmros wrote:

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> Living in the hills, I dropped my cell phone service, but it looks like 
> I'm going to have to resume it again -- even though I can't get any 
> service at my home, and don't really have any use for it up here in the 
> hills.  However, it looks like I might be spending my work weeks 
> somewhere where it makes a lot more sense.  I don't know exactly where 
> that is, and of course as a contractor, that will be changing -- I might 
> have a road warrior job, or I might be essentially stuck in one location 
> for months on end.
> 
> So I thought I'd ask the assembled what they think about their plans, 
> and whether anyone's got something that might match.  Here are my criteria:
> 
> NEED TO HAVE
> - Individual plan
> - Minimum 300 daytime minutes a month, max 600
> - Nationwide coverage
> - No weird hidden fees
> - Customer service that is something better than abysmal
> 
> NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT WORTH PAYING EXTRA FOR
> - Some coverage in Shelburne Falls
> - Unlimited nights and weekends
> 
> THINGS I REGARD AS A STUPID WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME
> - A gazillion ringtones that just make you look like an idjit when your 
> phone rings
> - Picture phones
> 
> Anyone got a carrier that's not a collection of clowns?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -- 
> Mary Malmros						malmros at verizon.net
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