Thanks Don. Doesn't seem unreasonable since the kids are on the plan... Right now I'm happy with Cingular. They are the only place I could buy a newer Treo (680) without a camera...
I wonder if Verizon does/will sell a Treo without a camera also??? --- Roger Prokic [EMAIL PROTECTED] *NEW* Moderator of Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo group Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- _ ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail / \ ...... Original Message ....... On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:11:17 -0400 Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hey Roger, > >Well, depends on what you mean by "reasonable"!! > >It's hard to compare apples to apples with cellular plans. > >With T-Mo, I had an old, grandfathered in plan from 1997 that gave me >3000 unrestricted minutes for $50/month. Those minutes were good in >Colorado and 6 surrounding states, so long distance was effectively free >to me, although I'd've had to pay ldist charges if I'd called outside >that area (which I don't, much). Data was (pretty painfully slow) GPRS. >I had a grandfathered in data plan that was unlimited (at 128kbps) for >$20/month.Roaming was not included. I never went over on minutes. Text >messages also were not included, so add another $20 to $50/month for >those, depending. > >So, I was paying $70/month plus text messages and the interminable taxes >and fees. Not bad! > >Enter the growing children and their cell phones. I was also paying >$60/month for each of my kids' phones, plus taxes and fees. So we're up >$190/month, plus text messages, unless the kids went over their minutes. > >Say $220/month average plus, say $25 of damnable taxes. > >T-Mobile: $245/month ish. > >2006: Enter Verizon. > >I don't actually recall which family plan I have. It's $140/month for >3000 minutes, shared amongst the three of us. To that we add $10/month >each for the kids' additional phones, $45/month for unlimited data and >$15/month for using it with my laptop. Then we add Vcast for the kids >at $15/month each, and "unlimited" text messages at $10/month/line >Result: $280/month. Actual bill is around $310 with all those damnable >taxes and fees and surcharges and so on. Long distance and roaming are >included, so there's no additional charge on the rare occasion I call >long distance or roam. > >Verizon: $310/month ish. > >So I'm paying about $65/month more. Better coverage. MUCH faster data, >which accounts for about $40 of the $65. I guess if I were on Sprint >that $60 would become $15, although I still can't quite believe that. > >Simple, yes? > >If other businesses had such "simple" pricing models, we'd probably all >be insane by now. > >Cheers, >Don > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Roger Prokic >Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 6:38 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [Treo] Rebates and The Single Most Important Question > >Don, >Are your phone bills reasonable compared to Cingular and T-mobile??? >--- >Roger Prokic >[EMAIL PROTECTED] *NEW* >Moderator of Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo group >Baltimore, Maryland USA > >-=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using >SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- > >
