On 10/7/2011 5:52 PM, Todd Allcock wrote:
> Got a dealer email from Page Plus today:
>
> "Page Plus Wireless Will finally Announce the NEW $55.00 Plan!!!!
>
> "Unlimited Minutes + Unlimited Text/ MMS Messages + 300MB of Data For
> Only $55.00
>
> "Available 10/10/11"
>
> Still pretty "data challenged", IMO, but it might work for some people...
Doesn't do much for most people, though I do know some Verizon users
that use a lot of minutes but no data. With the Talk 'N Text 1200, 300MB
of data would cost $50/month, and you're only paying for the data over
100MB that you actually use.
There are those that use GB of data because they're streaming audio and
video or downloading or uploading large image files, and there are those
that are using very little data because they only use data for e-mail
and occasional web browsing and only when no Wi-FI is available (which
is becoming rarer and rarer).
SMS wrote on [Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:47:22 -0700]:
>
> There are those that use GB of data because they're streaming audio and
> video or downloading or uploading large image files, and there are those
Or any number of other uses.
> that are using very little data because they only use data for e-mail
> and occasional web browsing and only when no Wi-FI is available (which
> is becoming rarer and rarer).
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:52:03 -0400, Todd Allcock wrote:
> Got a dealer email from Page Plus today:
>
> "Page Plus Wireless Will finally Announce the NEW $55.00 Plan!!!!
>
> "Unlimited Minutes + Unlimited Text/ MMS Messages + 300MB of Data For
> Only $55.00
>
> "Available 10/10/11"
>
> Still pretty "data challenged", IMO, but it might work for some people...
WOOOO HOOOO!!! My unlimited talk/text/20mB expires tomorrow!!!
On 10/12/2011 9:00 PM, hachiroku wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:52:03 -0400, Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> Got a dealer email from Page Plus today:
>>
>> "Page Plus Wireless Will finally Announce the NEW $55.00 Plan!!!!
>>
>> "Unlimited Minutes + Unlimited Text/ MMS Messages + 300MB of Data For
>> Only $55.00
>>
>> "Available 10/10/11"
>>
>> Still pretty "data challenged", IMO, but it might work for some people...
>
>
> WOOOO HOOOO!!! My unlimited talk/text/20mB expires tomorrow!!!
>
> I'll try it. It's only $10 more!
I think it's strange that the $45 plan doesn't come with 100MB rather
than 20MB. $55 is getting up there in terms of monthly cost. If you can
live with the abysmal coverage of Virgin Mobile, or are willing to spend
some bucks to put an Android phone or iPhone on StraightTalk, you can
get unlimited data for less.
> On 10/12/2011 9:00 PM, hachiroku wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:52:03 -0400, Todd Allcock wrote:
>>
>>> Got a dealer email from Page Plus today:
>>>
>>> "Page Plus Wireless Will finally Announce the NEW $55.00 Plan!!!!
>>>
>>> "Unlimited Minutes + Unlimited Text/ MMS Messages + 300MB of Data For
>>> Only $55.00
>>>
>>> "Available 10/10/11"
>>>
>>> Still pretty "data challenged", IMO, but it might work for some people...
>>
>>
>> WOOOO HOOOO!!! My unlimited talk/text/20mB expires tomorrow!!!
>>
>> I'll try it. It's only $10 more!
>
> I think it's strange that the $45 plan doesn't come with 100MB rather
> than 20MB. $55 is getting up there in terms of monthly cost. If you can
> live with the abysmal coverage of Virgin Mobile, or are willing to spend
> some bucks to put an Android phone or iPhone on StraightTalk, you can
> get unlimited data for less.
I don't need it! This is ME you're talking to, remember?
And, I can't live with the abysmal coverage of *AT&T* here!!!!!! That's
why I use PP. But, I DID hit "Roaming" a couple times today, in Cow
Hampshire.
> And, I can't live with the abysmal coverage of *AT&T* here!!!!!! That's
> why I use PP. But, I DID hit "Roaming" a couple times today, in Cow
> Hampshire.
Indeed, one of the major advantages of Pageplus is not just the
relatively low rates, it's that it's one of the few prepaid carriers
that allows roaming, albeit at extra cost. Can't roam on Virgin, can't
roam on Boost, and roaming on T-Mobile has been getting worse (though
whether or not the acquisition by AT&T goes through the roaming is
supposed to improve).
I have a friend that's an Android developer and she got a free pass to a
Sprint developers conference where she gets a free Nexus S™ 4G with a
whopping one month of Sprint service. Then what? Sprint is okay on 3G in
urban parts of the Bay Area, but has little coverage outside the Bay
Area. The phone isn't usable on Verizon or Pageplus. The WiMax is
useless outside of Sprint native areas.
I suggested that she see if she could get it activated on Boost's
unpromoted CDMA plan for $50/month, since some users have had success
doing this. But this still means no roaming so coverage will be awful.
So she's just going to use the phone as a development platform with Wi-Fi.
> On 10/28/2011 9:57 PM, hachiroku wrote:
>
>> And, I can't live with the abysmal coverage of *AT&T* here!!!!!! That's
>> why I use PP. But, I DID hit "Roaming" a couple times today, in Cow
>> Hampshire.
>
> Indeed, one of the major advantages of Pageplus is not just the
> relatively low rates, it's that it's one of the few prepaid carriers
> that allows roaming, albeit at extra cost. Can't roam on Virgin, can't
> roam on Boost, and roaming on T-Mobile has been getting worse (though
> whether or not the acquisition by AT&T goes through the roaming is
> supposed to improve).
>
> I have a friend that's an Android developer and she got a free pass to a
> Sprint developers conference where she gets a free Nexus S™ 4G with a
> whopping one month of Sprint service. Then what? Sprint is okay on 3G in
> urban parts of the Bay Area, but has little coverage outside the Bay
> Area. The phone isn't usable on Verizon or Pageplus. The WiMax is
> useless outside of Sprint native areas.
>
> I suggested that she see if she could get it activated on Boost's
> unpromoted CDMA plan for $50/month, since some users have had success
> doing this. But this still means no roaming so coverage will be awful.
> So she's just going to use the phone as a development platform with Wi-Fi.
I haven't been going to NH taht much, so roaming isn't much of an issue. I
tried them all...t-Mobile, Boost, etc. I never tried to get my Palm on
Boost, though. I stayed with Verizon for the meantime until I found
PagePlus.
BTW, boost had NO COVERAGE AT ALL in Keene NH, and at that time I was
going there quite a bit.
On 10/7/2011 5:52 PM, Todd Allcock wrote:
> Got a dealer email from Page Plus today:
>
> "Page Plus Wireless Will finally Announce the NEW $55.00 Plan!!!!
>
> "Unlimited Minutes + Unlimited Text/ MMS Messages + 300MB of Data For
> Only $55.00
>
> "Available 10/10/11"
>
> Still pretty "data challenged", IMO, but it might work for some people...
I know this is an old thread, but Page Plus has upped the data on that
plan to 500MB.
New Page Plus Plan... 
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