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Re: 10% DISCOUNT AT CALLINGMART.COM!

no...@home.com (Larry) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:37:55 UT

Todd Allcock <eleccon...@AnoOspamL.com> wrote in news:jqion.7022$iu2.3127
@newsfe15.iad:
AS the unlimited plan does NOT support MMS included like the $30 plan does,
it uses lots less data. Every MMS you send or receive ALSO uses DATA from
the included 50MB of data on the $30 plan. That's why it's less.....less

Re: 10% DISCOUNT AT CALLINGMART.COM!

no...@home.com (Larry) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:35:28 UT

tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeL...@hotmail.com> wrote in
These PIN numbers (there's no real card because it won't fit in the
phone's little holes) you enter only RECHARGE your account with MONEY.
An $80 PIN card you pay $72 for with this discount recharges your
account with $80, plus a bonus amount Pageplus gives you to make the

Re: Verizon's GPS-capable phones (no fee)?

eleccon...@anoospaml.com (Todd Allcock) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:28:19 UT

Ah, I get it. (Just a small nitpick- it's "QWERTY," not "QUERTY." Look
at the first five letters on the keyboard to see the origin of the name!)
Alternatively, you could use Verizon Backup Assistant to enter the data
on VZW's website and let them download the data to your phone, couldn't
you? It's free if you setup an online account, IIRC.

Android Dominates, Windows Mobile Plummets, iPhone Stagnant

richard.nod...@nessnet.spam.com (Ness-Net) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:24:10 UT

Android Dominates, Windows Mobile Plummets, iPhone Stagnant
[link]
The results are in from comScore for the most recent quarter for smartphone usage in the United States. With smartphone
use up 18 percent over the previous quarter, topping 42 million users, Google's Android mobile operating system stands

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

eleccon...@anoospaml.com (Todd Allcock) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:09:46 UT

cheaper than
It's an MVNO-a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, which would technically
make it a carrier- just one who buys its airtime in bulk from Verizon.
Its customers get the Verizon network's Champagne coverage at domestic
beer prices...

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

eleccon...@anoospaml.com (Todd Allcock) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 05:06:54 UT

Depends what you're looking for, I guess. Find me a carrier with better
coverage than T-Mo that will sell me two voice lines with unlimited data
for two smartphones for $72 including taxes, and I'll switch.
My wife's addicted to her iPhone, which limits us to AT&T or T-Mo. $72
beats hell out of AT&T's $130 for two lines with smartphone data, or

Re: 10% DISCOUNT AT CALLINGMART.COM!

eleccon...@anoospaml.com (Todd Allcock) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 04:58:40 UT

code,
Cellular!
cell
balance
airtime
following:
current....
nationwide
PagePlus has three plans:
Standard pay as you go, which is $0.04-$0.10/min. (depending on the
denomination of card you buy,) $0.08/text (in or out,) and $1.20/MB data.
Talk-n-Text 1200 is $30/month, and includes 1200 minutes, 1200 SMS, and

Re: Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

eleccon...@anoospaml.com (Todd Allcock) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 04:26:27 UT

"A few years ago" may have been when T-Mo and (then) Cingular were
sharing a system. Things are much better there now, though. I had no
trouble on T-Mo in Manhattan when spending a week there in July 2007.
I've been a happy T-Mo customer in Kansas City and Denver for the last
nine years. I pay just over half of what Verizon or AT&T would charge,

Re: 10% DISCOUNT AT CALLINGMART.COM!

tplovupberlel...@hotmail.com (tlvp) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 04:35:28 UT

Larry, I've asked this before, I know, but lost the answers:
Does the service these cards provide include any SMS in/out?
any WAP browsing / data allotment? If so, more detail, please.
TIA; and cheers, -- tlvp

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

no...@home.com (Larry) — Thu, 18 mar 2010 01:31:48 UT

"Cameo" <ca...@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:hnrgak$5k5$1@news.eternal-
september.org:
My definition of "carrier" is the company who puts the phone on a system,
Verizon, ATT, Pageplus, Sprint, Net10, any of them.
"Carrier" is the person CARRYING the ACCOUNT....
If you're talking about a "system", that's different.

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

scharf.ste...@geemail.com (SMS) — Wed, 17 mar 2010 23:52:09 UT

Yeah, I made the mistake once of going to Cingular (Pac Bell Mobile)
back when the western region was GSM (1900 MHz) and it was a new
network. Unfortunately I got stuck with them for a year. Now T-Mobile
owns their old 1900 MHz network. They've made some improvements, but
there's only so much you can do at 1900 MHz. At least they're very

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

dcfergu...@pacbell.net (Dennis Ferguson) — Wed, 17 mar 2010 23:06:41 UT

They wouldn't say anything at an earnings call which didn't
end up in an 8-K or 10-Q.
We went through all this before. AT&T doesn't report "net retail
additions", they report "net retail postpaid additions". Their
retail number includes new postpaid subscribers but not new GoPhone
subscribers.
Only Verizon reports "net retail additions"; their retail

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

ca...@invalid.invalid (Cameo) — Wed, 17 mar 2010 21:07:32 UT

>> That's not a real cellular carrier. It just piggybacks on Verizon.
The subject was about carriers, so that's what I was referring to.

Re: New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android

still-just-a-rat-in-a-c...@crazyhat.net (DevilsPGD) — Wed, 17 mar 2010 20:26:00 UT

In message <Xns9D3C91DE81CB8noonehome...@ 74.209.131.13> Larry
This isn't actually true, Apple updates the software (as needed) as part
of the activation process.

Re: Verizon leads other carriers by a wide margin in survey of quality, service, and value.

scharf.ste...@geemail.com (SMS) — Wed, 17 mar 2010 20:20:41 UT

T-Moblle may beat others on _price_ but not on _value_.