[Hidden-tech] short term cell phone alternatives

[Victor Danilchenko]

Cynthia Roderick wrote:
> Victor,
> Thanks so much for that info abut Boost... I too am looking for a
> minimum-use package, but I already have a cell phone. Would this work on any
> cell phone or do you have to buy their model/product?

	You have to buy their cell phone, unfortunately (they use a custom cell 
protocol, iDen, which nobody else supports). However, the entry-level 
phone is only $30.

> On 6/12/07 9:50 AM, "Victor Danilchenko" <danilche at cs.umass.edu> wrote:
> 
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>> Mitch Anthony wrote:
>>>   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>>>   ** You too can help the group
>>>   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>>>
>>> My folks need a cell phone while traveling for a few months. Does anyone
>>> have experience in alternatives to annual plans?  Pre-paid?  Single
>>> month?  Etc?
>> I use Boost pre-paid. My reason for picking it was because I use the
>> cell phone very little, and Boost was the cheapest to keep running --
>> you can buy time from them in $15 increments, and the minutes last for
>> 90 days (most other prepaids have the minutes last for only 1 or 2
>> months); so Boost ends up costing only $5/month to keep the number going
>> at the basic level.
>>
>> You will pay $.20 per minute though; or you can get Boost Premium,
>> which is paid on a month-by-month basis (see
>> http://plans.boostmobile.com/ for details). Boost being from
>> Sprint/Nextel, they have very good nationwide coverage too.
> 
> CCL Roderick
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