Yet another spam source
The Real Bev
cost me a nickel each. Outrageous. I phoned tech support. The first guy was
barely able to speak English and hung up on me after 4 minutes. The second guy
was OK and set my account up so that I would NOT receive marketing messages.
What a crappy system. You're assumed to WANT to pay for spam unless you call
and tell them different.
I shouldn't complain, though. It costs me $10/year now and I'll probably never
use up my minutes. Still...
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NancyR
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> I've recently gotten spam text messages on my pre-paid T-Mobile account,
> which cost me a nickel each. Outrageous. I phoned tech support. The
> first guy was barely able to speak English and hung up on me after 4
> minutes. The second guy was OK and set my account up so that I would NOT
> receive marketing messages.
>
> What a crappy system. You're assumed to WANT to pay for spam unless you
> call and tell them different.
>
> I shouldn't complain, though. It costs me $10/year now and I'll probably
> never use up my minutes. Still...
>
What plan do you have that is $10 a year?
Nancy
The Real Bev
Cheap prepaid. Once you've bought $100 worth of minutes, from then on they all
roll over as long as you buy $10 worth (maybe 30 minutes or so) each year.
I've got 800 minutes now, and I don't make more than 4 calls a month ("Hi,
there's traffic, I'll be a little late."), rarely that. On a per-minute basis
it's not particularly cheap, but on a per-year basis you can't find anything
better.
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> On 06/05/10 15:44, NancyR wrote:
>
>> "The Real Bev"<bashl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hu9tig$l20$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> I've recently gotten spam text messages on my pre-paid T-Mobile
>>> account,
>>> which cost me a nickel each. Outrageous. I phoned tech support. The
>>> first guy was barely able to speak English and hung up on me after 4
>>> minutes. The second guy was OK and set my account up so that I would
>>> NOT
>>> receive marketing messages.
>>>
>>> What a crappy system. You're assumed to WANT to pay for spam unless
>>> you
>>> call and tell them different.
>>>
>>> I shouldn't complain, though. It costs me $10/year now and I'll
>>> probably
>>> never use up my minutes. Still...
>>
>> What plan do you have that is $10 a year?
>
> Cheap prepaid. Once you've bought $100 worth of minutes, from then on
> they all roll over as long as you buy $10 worth (maybe 30 minutes or so)
> each year. I've got 800 minutes now, and I don't make more than 4 calls a
> month ("Hi, there's traffic, I'll be a little late."), rarely that. On a
> per-minute basis it's not particularly cheap, but on a per-year basis you
> can't find anything better.
>
to $6/month, not $10/year. Does your plan not charge for airtime?
The Real Bev
That's what you're buying for your $10/year. Another 35 minutes added to the
total. If your phone takes pictures, it costs 2.5 minutes to send one -- I
wish I'd known that when I bought my phone (Samsung T319), which does NOT have
USB connection capability.
<http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/prepaid-plans.aspx?WT.mc_n=PrePdPlnsOvrMain&WT.mc_t=OnsiteAd>
Connectivity at my house sucks. I have to walk up or down the street 50 feet,
and then it's fine. Not really all that important since we have a land line.
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Rod Speed
Doesnt it have bluetooth ? Not as fast as USB but quite viable for pictures.