ATT alternatives?
Sam Rouse
local, cell, and long-distance phone service. Any recommendations?
Cell notes - limited cell usage would be preferred; only use it a few minutes
per month. Is a prepaid service the way to go? Any that will work with an
already-owned Nokia phone?
Comcast note - are they really a different company, or merely a
sold-off-on-paper subsidiary to get around the antitrust laws?
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pdx.telecom, as well.
For your long distance take a look at GTC.
Five cents a minute, 24 / 7.
No monthly fee or minimum if you have the bill billed to your credit card.
I use a card on which nothing repeat nothing repeat nothing else is charged
and I pay it off right away every month.
Its a good deal for me. I used to use ATT and when I changed almost two
years ago, I cut my LD bill by about 60% with no change in calling patterns.
I have no interest in GTC other than as a satisfied customer for almost 2
years.
On the Clark Howard web site ( http://www.clarkhoward.com )there is a link
to a comparison chart and listing for cheap LD and cell services.
"Sam Rouse" <sama...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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Andrew
: I'm sick of dealing with these buffoons and am seeking alternatives
: to ATT for local, cell, and long-distance phone service. Any
: recommendations?
Realize that AT&T Wireless has nada to do with Comcast (formerly AT&T
Broadband). Even when it was AT&T Broadband I saw them as separate
companies.
I've had decent service with my AT&T Wireless phone for almost three
years. If I switch to Verizon when my contract is up, it will be
because I happen to live closer to a Verizon tower (better reception
in my home) and because my parents have Verizon wireless (cell-cell
minutes). The few times I've needed AT&T customer service, they've
been very helpful and professional.
Andrew
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> Cell notes - limited cell usage would be preferred; only use it a few minutes
> per month. Is a prepaid service the way to go? Any that will work with an
> already-owned Nokia phone?
AT&T Wireless has been a separate company from AT&T cable (nee Comcast)
and AT&T long distance for a number of years now. Ticker symbols are
AWE, CMCSA, T, respectively.
We use AT&T prepaid for one of our phones. Cost is $10 for a new card
(20 minutes of airtime) every 45 days. Unused minutes roll over as long
as you put new money in at least every 45 days. But if you don't pay you
lose all previous minutes. Most local stores don't sell the $10 cards
but the AT&T wireless stores such as at Wilsonville and Tanasborne
usually have them. You can try paying by Internet and credit card but
they re-did that a few months ago and I don't know how well it works
now.
AT&T wireless only accepts certain phones into their prepaid program. We
bought a new Nokia for $50 from Circuit City. It's a Nokia that AT&T
wireless specifically allows. But you could at least try to activate the
Nokia you already have. Or ask them for which models are supported. Then
maybe buy a used phone on ebay.
This works out to about $7/month for cell service if you use it
infrequently. A much better deal than any of the monthly packages.
> Comcast note - are they really a different company, or merely a
> sold-off-on-paper subsidiary to get around the antitrust laws?
As noted above, CMCSA and T are totally different companies. The idiot
CEO Armstrong destroyed T in just a few years after it was one of the
premier companies of the 20th century. The only constant is change.