People aren't happy about AT$T's new pricing either. Text is practically free to send but because of it's increasing use, I think the telcos are raking in some extra cash. I've been fairly lucky as I have tmobile, but I got in under the unlimited text for 10 bux a month. I have no data plan with tmobile, but I get all my email forwarded to my phone nonetheless and I also get an obscene number of texts from twitter.
Has anyone tried the new sprint 99 dollars for everything? Mike On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:55 AM, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WARNING: Rant > > I just got a notice from T-Mobile. They raised their fees for SMS/text to > 20 cents incoming/outgoing. That's outrageous! Is this a reaction to a US > market that doesn't complain when prices are raised for no reason? Or is > this to counter the European Union's actions to reduce price gouging by Euro > telcos? Looks like T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom is making up lost fees in the > EU by raising our rates, although their 2007 earnings look good. The least > that ALL telcos should do is have free incoming texts so we don't have to > pay for spam texts. > > I'm seriously considering switching to 7-11 SpeakOut [lowered their > charges for voice and text in 1/08], or buying another SpeakOut phone and > using it for text [5 cents incoming/outgoing texts, 15 cents/min voice, 1 yr > expiration] and keeping T-Mobile PAYGO for voice [10 cents/min, $100 refill, > 1 yr expiration]. Wish they sold the dual SIM phones in the US so I wouldn't > have to carry two phones, but, again, the United States is far behind other > countries when it comes to mobile as well as broadband. > > The international United Mobile SIM card has free incoming calls in 80 > countries, but not here. TravelSIM has free incoming calls and texts in many > countries, but not here. The US can't compete because Americans, except > sometimes in Philadelphia region, don't demand fair prices. Instead we get > "nickeled and dimed" to death by the likes of Verizon and AT&T, paying > $50-60/month for services that cost $30-35/month elsewhere. Eurozone smart > phones are much cheaper too, Nokia N95 €29 euros w/18 mo. plan vs. $600 in > US, no plan available. > > If you primarily use voice, T-Mobile has the best deal, as long as the > reception is good. If you text more than talk, try SpeakOut [uses AT&T > GoPhone network, phones sold only at 7-11 stores] No 7-11 near you? Have a > friend pick one up for you. > > Betty > > > Take a look here: >> http://www.prepaidreviews.com/bestrated.html >> I think they give a pretty good rundown of all the services. I just >> changed my regular Verizon service to pre-pay. >> >> Judy Cosler wrote: >> >>> was it on this list that somebody recently posted about using a cheapie >>> T-Mobile plan? >>> >> > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
