Just as a data-point, what I'm doing in the US is I have a "family
plan" with T-mobile with 700 or so minutes, free nights and weekends,
unlimited data, and unlimited free T-mobile to T-mobile. I use a Sony-
Ericsson T610 as my daily driver though I carry a Samsung T509 when I
need EDGE. I have two SIMs attached to the same bill. One I use in my
T610 and that's the number that most people have for me. The other
SIM I use for experimentation with the Telit based "frankenphone"
I've been working on. In theory, the software I've been writing will
be added to the myPhone stack, and later maybe to the OpenMoKo
project if it makes sense.
But the bottom line is, I use a boat-load of minutes each month, but
700 non-night and weekend minutes is generally enough. It doesn't
cost too much to get in on a family plan, and the free T-mob to T-mob
calling allows me to test my dialer software and frankenphone
hardware without eroding my 700 monthly minutes. I think I'm paying
something like $54/month or so.
You probably can't go wrong with either Cingular or T-Mob, their
plans and prices are more or less similar. Cingular seems to have
noticeably better tech-support and T-Mobile's 411 service is
absolutely, positively useless. T-Mob tech support is hit or miss;
it's a 50-50 chance of getting someone who knows what you're talking
about and then another 50-50 chance to find someone who cares enough
to volunteer options. So, I've just accepted that on average, I'm
going to go through two or three support reps before getting someone
who knows what's going on.
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Mar 9, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
Jonathon Suggs writes:
You can "dial" up, it will be really slow and probably unreliable. I
think 9.6k is as fast as you can go. Not to mention that when you
"dialing in" you will be using your cell phone minutes. A data plan
allows you to use GPRS, which is a newer (still pretty old though)
and
faster connection up to 56k. The down side is that you will probably
have to sign a contract. You will then either get an unlimited plan
(~$20-40/month) or a pay as you go plan (~.15/kb).
Let me know if you want more details. And anyone else feel free to
correct any mis-information.
I'd like as many details as I can get, please.
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