Posted by Rod Speed on March 4, 2010, 1:31 pm
me@privacy.net wrote
>> This is true. You must buy the $100 card. Or cut your losses now,
>> and switch to PagePlus, a Verizon MVNO where the _most_ expensive
>> minutes are 10 cents, and minutes go as low as 4 cents. Much better
>> coverage too. But a yearly minimum of $30 ($10 every 120 days),
>> rather than the T-Mobile minimum of $10 a year (for "Gold").
> Point taken on PagePlus
> But what I'm really thinking abt doing is buying an
> unlocked Nokia GSM that also has WIFI built in
> and using Skype for the times I'm in WIFI hotspot
Fring will do skype on most decent cellphones.
> yet having the T Mobile option when OUT of WIFI hotspot.
> I am university student so around wifi spot a lot.
> Would PagePlus still prove cheaper than above strategy of WIFI use in your
valued opinion?
Hard for anyone to say because it isnt clear how often YOU can use wifi.
If its most of the time, wifi would certainly be cheaper.
Posted by larry on March 3, 2010, 10:01 pm
me@privacy.net wrote:
> I currently use T Mobile pay as you go prepaid and am a
> gold member
>
> I "assumed" that once I was a Gold member ANY
> denomination of refills would yield 1 cents/minute
> rate.
>
> Now.... I am thinking I misunderstood that and ONLY
> $100 refill cards yield 10 cent/min rate.
>
> Yes or no?
no, i'm gold (second time) and currently at 12.4 cents a
minute, and it gets worse with each $10 card I add each year ;-)
First mistake was starting with a $30 card. Second time
around, mistake was not using the two $50 cards at the same
time. No matter what lies the reps will tell you, you will
loose gold and even your remaining balance if you make
changes to your account. (especially involving porting)
My next wireless might be some form of wi-max :-)
Posted by Shawn Hirn on March 3, 2010, 10:05 pm
wrote:
> I currently use T Mobile pay as you go prepaid and am a
> gold member
>
> I "assumed" that once I was a Gold member ANY
> denomination of refills would yield 1 cents/minute
> rate.
>
> Now.... I am thinking I misunderstood that and ONLY
> $100 refill cards yield 10 cent/min rate.
>
> Yes or no?
Is there some reason you didn't check the tmobile web site? As per
http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm10108.xml?related=y&Referring%20Related
%20DocID%20List%20Index=2&navtypeid=6&pagetypeid=7&prevPageIndex=5
"Once you have added $100.00 in refills to your account, you
automatically become a Gold Rewards customer. This means, for as long as
you remain an active T-Mobile Prepaid customer, you will receive up to
15% more minutes with every refill."
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>> and switch to PagePlus, a Verizon MVNO where the _most_ expensive
>> minutes are 10 cents, and minutes go as low as 4 cents. Much better
>> coverage too. But a yearly minimum of $30 ($10 every 120 days),
>> rather than the T-Mobile minimum of $10 a year (for "Gold").
> Point taken on PagePlus
> But what I'm really thinking abt doing is buying an
> unlocked Nokia GSM that also has WIFI built in
> and using Skype for the times I'm in WIFI hotspot