I only pay .25 cents a minute every couple of days for the usage I use.
Still can't beat the land phone and phone card combo .03 cents / minute with
MCI. But then again I can't drive with one hand and talk on the phone at the
same time.

<chcastan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >From dari@uiuc.edu Mon Jul 24 00:14:26 2006
> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:14:26 -0500
> From: dari@uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: T-Mobile vs. Cingular
>
>> I want to update on this tread. Cingular is WORTHLESS in its prepaid
>> -INCOMING calls to your cell on anything off their own network is 95
>> c/min.
>> ALMOST A DOLLAR A MINUTE!!! Maybe I am behind the times, but is just
>> stupidly expensive.
>
> Correct, Cingular is not good as a prepaid service. Too expensive,
> tricky $1 a
> day fee for using the phone or checking voice mail. Or 95c/min on
> domestic calls.
>
> T-Mobile is the best out there in terms of prepaid service. If you are
> most of
> the time in town and only want the phone for little use T-Mobile can't
> be
> beaten. Service including their cheap phone (nokia 6010) from a kiosk
> in
> Market Place is $30 and it comes with $15 or air time and lasts for 2
> months.
> However if you actually take the plunge and spend $100 on the refill
> card, you
> are gold rewards customer. Aka, your minutes with the $100 card are
> 10c/min
> including the $15 the phone came with and last 1 year. That's 48 hours
> of air
> time for a year, not to worry about calling time too much since the
> idea was
> using the phone little. Next year buying only a $10 card will give
> another
> year to spend those minutes. Looks like a good investment in the long
> run,
> mainly as compared with those thiefs of Cingular with their sneaky
> advertisement (nowhere they say about the 95c/min domestic rates for
> prepaid).
>
> T-mobile only provides their own limited version of internet. Meaning
> you can
> only read news, but it is free without time limit. SMS and text
> messages go
> for regular prices (10 and 25c). E-mail for regular prices also. So far
> so
> good. I drove to KY with good signal, I haven't left the highway so I
> cannot
> tell how is their coverage but for the same reason I don't care. I
> usually
> stay within the cities.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> d.
>