[geeks] OT: Cell Phone suggestions...

[sammy ominsky]

On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> US Nationwide plan
> Nice phone, low cost (free?)
> Good coverage
> Low price
> want to get 2 phones, share minutes and free cell to cell

Sounds like the t-mobile family plan might be right for you. I'm with 
them, as are a number of other folks on the list. I like their service 
and coverage.

The Family Time plan my wife and I were on cost $70/month, with 800 
shared minutes, no long distance or roaming, and free mobile-to-mobile 
to any other t-mobile customer. SMS and web could be added for $3 each 
per month per phone. I have both, my wife has neither. They also have a 
$100/1200 minute option.

As it turned out, when I got my Sidekick (also t-mobile), I couldn;t be 
on the family time plan, so my wife switched to their cheapest plan 
($20/60 minutes). This month is the first she's gone over her minutes. 
She and the kids were in Texas for a week. I've since dropped the 
Sidekick and gone back to my good old Motorola Timeport, but we haven't 
switched back to the family plan. I'm on a $30/300 plan that suits just 
fine. I call my wife at her office more often than her cell phone 
anyway.

Hope that helps,


---sambo