Do you have a cellphone?

[zzyzzx]

Discuss.

[doppletwo]

Why no tgpo option?

[tgpo]

No, and don't want one.

[SLICK RICK]

Yes.

[BJ_M]

got prob. 8 or 9 of them around the house ... 3 are activated at the moment ..

[lordsmurf]

Absolutely.

I have a deactivated one in the car.
It'll get 911 if I need it too. Or so I hear.

[bugster]

Of course, several in fact.

(Well, I do work in cellphone development for a living )

[VCDHunter]

Yes. 2.

[MackemX]

couldn't live without one now as they can be real handy sometimes

[glockjs]

yup, had one for almost 6 years...since i was old enough to go out and get one on my own. who doesnt these days?

[sacajaweeda]

I used to have to use one before I ordered that kit from the late night infomercial and fine tuned my telepathy skills.

[VCDHunter]

I used to have to use one before I ordered that kit from the late night infomercial and fine tuned my telepathy skills.

Isn't that a one way conversation though ?

[sacajaweeda]

No, I bought the full duplex upgrade.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

I remember how cool I felt the first time I got one (97?). I paid some guy working in the industry $200 & he gave me an unlimited cell. No bill, no charges. Pretty sweet. Sold it when I moved out of state.

Now I'd give anything to get rid of it. I'm working on that presently.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Yep. But it's like 10 years old or so. I just use it for emergencies mainly.....

Kevin

[Devanshu]

Yes...not much to discuss here.

[Roundabout]

Absolutely.

I have a deactivated one in the car.
It'll get 911 if I need it too. Or so I hear.

Exactly the same with me. I have a deactivated one with a charged battery in my car for 911 calls only. I was told by Sprint that it would work for this purpose at any time, with or without service. Haven't had to use it yet for this, hopefully I won't need it.

I deactivated it when I moved to my present location and wound up in a black hole for cell calls. There are cell towers within a couple of miles, but the service is so weak that the phone was useless at home.

Deactivated over a year ago and I don't miss it at all.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Deactivated over a year ago and I don't miss it at all.

I am jealous.

[Roundabout]

All it takes is a phone call - presto, deactivo!

Of course, they tried very hard to get me to stay, but they couldn't do anything about the lack of signal, so bye, bye!

Nothing to be jealous of, make a call and cut the cord (heh, no pun intended)

[Epicurus8a]

Tracfone here...

For $95 I get 150 minutes per year plus 100 bonus minutes (because they have a Christmas time bonus offer). That's 250 minutes year or 20 minutes per month. Thats all I ever need and with time to spare. Hell, I'm looking for ways to get away from the damn phone, not use it more.

[shelbyGT]

yup, I don't have a landline, only cell phone.

[northcat_8]

yep, and if I had broadband, I would have the land line taken out. Land Line is completely stripped and has no long distance capabilities

[glockjs]

it's funny how the cell companys try to sell you the cheapest plan for the only for emergency calls


fact: you can make 911 calls with a deactivated cell. you can make a credit card call with a deactivated cell. you can even make a collect call with a deactivated phone

[pacmania_2001]

Yes.

I've got a Nokia 3200 which I bought on prepaid and then switched my existing SIM card into.. I'm on a $5 plan with $5 worth of free calls so it doesn't cost me shit all.

[doppletwo]

$5?

Are Oz dollars more or less than US dollars?

PS: thanks for the reply.

[pacmania_2001]

Less than US dollars. Right now I think an Australian dollar is worth about $0.80 US.

[doppletwo]

I have virgin mobile prepay. I use mainly for getting messages.

I usually spend the minimum to keep my minutes from being erased.

It works out to about $7 USD a month, but $4 that's cheap.

[pbhalerao]

I have 2 connections - wife and self. Pretty soon my son will want one too. But nowadays a cellphone has become part of the uniform.

[pbhalerao]

I have virgin mobile prepay. I use mainly for getting messages.

I usually spend the minimum to keep my minutes from being erased.

It works out to about $7 USD a month, but $4 that's cheap.

When I was in UK, I explored many options. Whereas Vodafone was having the best coverage all around, I found Virgin to be the best when it came to value for money. For a £10 initial prepaid connection card, it had £5 of talk time included; comparatively Vodaphone was (at that time) selling a prepaid connection at £20 with £2 worth talk time only.

Prepaid is a good way of controlling the cost of cell charges.

[pyrate83]

One for each personality. Right Bob, absolutely, Barry.