Step 1 Go to www.voicestick.com and sign up for the USA/Canada plan @
$19.99 or the UNLIMITED Min. GLOBAL plan @ $24.99 or the per min plan @
2 cents
Step #2 Sign up for the cheapest Sprint phone program, which is the Fair
and Flexible at $29.99, then add the new Sprint to Home program for $5.00
a month.
Step #3 When you tell the Sprint agent your “HOME” number give them your
new Voicestick home number
(Here is the trick. With Sprint to Home all calls to or from this "Home"
number are not
chargeable and they are unlimited!)
Step #4 In your account set up at voicestick.com go to the bridge set up
and put in your cell number and then go to call forwarding and set up
your cell phone number there too.
Voicestick.com is the ONLY Cellular capable voip company that has a built
in bridge, that I have found.What the bridge does is allow you to get a
new dial tone to call out on UNLIMITED VOIP (or a pay as you go plan for
2 cents a min.) When I call my new "home" Voicestick number the VOIP
company sees my caller ID and gives me a dial out tone. I then dial like
normal. (You can even program voice stick into the address book of the
phone)My person I call sees the voip number on their caller id and when
they call back to my new "home" number it forwards to my cell.
So both out going and incoming calls are now free of Sprint charges.
Options: I also bought for $30 the MG3 line adapter so I also get a
second line at my home that the kids now use.
I also downloaded the free Soft Phone so I use that too when I can't find
a good cell signal but I find a network or wireless connection (I am now
covered just about anywhere)
To sum it all up! For my $35 basic Sprint plan and the $20 for voip, I
have unlimited cell and a unlimited home phone.
You must be very proud
> You can get UNLIMITED Sprint in and out minutes by doing the following:
>
> Step 1 Go to www.voicestick.com and sign up for the USA/Canada plan @
> $19.99 or the UNLIMITED Min. GLOBAL plan @ $24.99 or the per min plan @
> 2 cents
>
> Step #2 Sign up for the cheapest Sprint phone program, which is the Fair
> and Flexible at $29.99, then add the new Sprint to Home program for $5.00
> a month.
...
> To sum it all up! For my $35 basic Sprint plan and the $20 for voip, I
> have unlimited cell and a unlimited home phone.
My math comes out differently.
I get:
29.99 + 5 +19.99 =$45
or with the 2 cents per minute plan it is $4 for 200 minutes, +29.99+5
=$39 minimum.
Anything over 200 and you face at least $5 more charges from Sprint, so
if it is 249 minutes it is $39 + 5 + 0.98 (2 cents x 49 minutes)=$45
That's great if you usually spend more than $45 per month, every month,
but it is not $20.
> My math comes out differently.
> I get:
> 29.99 + 5 +19.99 =$45
I guess that's the new math, because the way I learned addition, $29.99
+ $5 + $19.99 =$54.98.
> Anything over 200 and you face at least $5 more charges from Sprint, so
> if it is 249 minutes it is $39 + 5 + 0.98 (2 cents x 49 minutes)=$45
No, you don't understand. Because of the Sprint to Home program, calls
to and from your home number aren't counted as peak minutes, you have
unlimited calls to and from your home number to your cell phone. All
calls to your cell phone go through your Voicestick number (which you
have designated as your home number to Sprint). All calls from your cell
phone are to your Voicestick number first, then you call the actual
number you want.
> That's great if you usually spend more than $45 per month, every month,
> but it is not $20.
It's $55. I can see how this would be a boon to people that live on
their cell phone, such as real estate people. It's also nice because you
can go onto Voicestick and redirect the incoming calls to whatever
number you want, i.e. if you're out of the country and have a GSM phone
number in another country, via a prepaid SIM card, you can easily
redirect your calls.
Sprint probably couldn't care less if people do this, they're happy to
have the new customers at any rate plan.
> It's $55
oops. OK, at least we agree that it is not $20.