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Any Americans who might help? |
supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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I currently live in Denmark, but this August I'm going to America for a year. I'll be an exchange student and attend high school and stuff.
Here in Denmark we have a certain term in the cellular-world called "talk time", which is basically appealing to the young public. When you buy a "talk time-package" you receive a sim-card, so you have to own a mobilephone in advanced, which cannot be sim-locked. In the sim-card there's e.g. 10 dollars worth of "talk time and sms'".. So when you use up these 10 $, you can only receive calls and messages - you cannot have a negative "talk time account". Many teenagers (I'm one myself but do not have this type of account at the time) have these accounts - it allows them to limit their "bills", as they only fill up their account, as they please. There's no extra charges, no monthly fee. And with the sim-card you now have, it can basically have "0" on it and still last forever.
The only downside to this, is that the taxes (or what you call it  are pretty higher then in other solutions..
So, do you have any of this in USA? I currently have a t68i, but I'm pondering if I should bring it with me... I need something like I explained, 'cause I don't want to use excessive money on cellphone-bills..
Please help! Thanks in advanced..
[ This Message was edited by: supastar on 2002-07-07 13:54 ] |
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lor
Joined: Mar 07, 2002
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From: Planet Bob
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testing what?
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supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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Hehe.. I wasn't quite sure it'd be posted in the "Americans" section.. So before I went on to write a long post, I'd make sure, that it was the right place to do it.
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Epedemic
Joined: Dec 28, 2001
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From: Denmark, Copenhagen
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supastar: det hedder prepaid eller pay as you go...
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supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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Hey Epedemic ka du forklare yderligere??!!
Og har du navne (links) på amerikanske mobiltelefonudbydere?
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eAlex
Joined: Jun 22, 2002
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it's called prepaid. where in the usa are you moving?
email me ealex2k@hotmail.com |
shawnmccall9
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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From: Chicago, IL USA
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you can't carry a zero balace with prepaid though. You must have money in your account to receive sms and phone calls. and if you are in the middle of a call when your money runs out, the call is cut off. |
Doh!
Joined: Jun 28, 2002
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From: Michigan, USA
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As posted above, it's called pre-paid. The two major carriers are AT&T and Voicestream. You can check out their sites for more info. attws.com and voicestream.com |
supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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"you can't carry a zero balace with prepaid though. You must have money in your account to receive sms and phone calls. and if you are in the middle of a call when your money runs out, the call is cut off".
But it doesn't COST anything to receive calls and messages?!!
If a zero balance "blocks" the sim-card (or something like that), does it mean, that I can have e.g. a 1 $ balance, and still be able to recieve, as long as the balance is above zero? |
shawnmccall9
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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From: Chicago, IL USA
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I think you have only 45 days from the date of purchase to use prepaid money. After 45 days it expires, until you add to it. SMS with prepaid is free to both receive and send. Voice calls do cost the company to receive and they pass this cost onto the consumer |
supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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For real, sms is totally free?!! Man, in Denmark, though it's cheap it has caused many large bills.. One sms typically costs (inverted to us dollars) 6 cents.. But a teenager typically sends 200-500 a month.. We use it all the time - how is it's general use in America?
When you have to re-fill after these 45 days, is there a minimum? |
rjcism
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
Posts: 46
From: +63
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CiNGULAR PREPAID RATES: [free long distance]
phone calls to any landline phones from 7:00AM - 9:00PM
[35c|minute] / [10c|minute] from 9:01PM - 6:59AM
mobile to mobile calls [i.e CiNGULAR to CiNGULAR]
[10c|minute, 24/7], other mobile phones, [35c|minute]
sms/mobile messaging [5c|outgoing, free incoming]
[sms includes local, national and international sms]
PREPAID minutes' expiration
$10.00 - 30 days
$20.00 - 60 days
$30.00 & up - 90 days
PREPAID cards|prices
$10.00 - $100
you can receive SMS without any balance on your mobiLe phone.
-cinguLar rep.
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supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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rjcsim:::
How's Cingular's coverage.. nationwide?
And when you say that receiving sms is free (I thought that was obvious) does that mean receiving calls costs anything?!
Can you have a negative balance with Cingular?
Can you tell me more about Cingular?
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Can anybody say anything about my previous post?
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Are there other carriers, which support prepaid-service I should know about? Thus far I know ATT&T, Voicestream and Cingular..
Any comments on which is best?
Thank you all for support and help..
[ This Message was edited by: supastar on 2002-07-08 23:22 ]
[ This Message was edited by: supastar on 2002-07-09 00:29 ] |
sschwar4
Joined: May 18, 2002
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From: Chandler AZ
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AT&T, Voicestream and Cingular are the only GSM carriers. There are prepaid for others like Verizon, AT&T (tdma), Sprint, but you need to get a new phone and that would suck, since you already have a T68.
Stuart |
supastar
Joined: Jul 07, 2002
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Now I'm totally confuse..
Why'd I need to get a new phone?
Gangsta for life.. |
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