Originally posted by: syzygy
i think t-moblie's pre-paid is one of only two services that rolls your unused minutes over continuously, assuming you purchase another card of at least 25.00 within 3 months.
after you've purchased 250.00 worth of pre-paid cards, all subsequent cards become 'gold' and that automatically doubles the number of minutes you purchased.
gold - 25.00 for 60 minutes becomes 120 minutes after the 250.00 mark. all unused minutes continue to roll over.
att prepaid also allows roll-over minutes but those buggers are far stingier across the board (fewer minutes, no doubling of anything, etc.)
the one important drawback, imho, to t-mobile is that they do not provide a toll-free number to allow you to check your voice messages from a land line.
T-Mobile changed the program at the beginning of March: You go Gold at $100 and the number of extra minutes depends on the refill level (it's only double for $100) but the 1-year roll-over expiration applies to all refill levels.Originally posted by: syzygy
i think t-moblie's pre-paid is one of only two services that rolls your unused minutes over continuously, assuming you purchase another card of at least 25.00 within 3 months.
after you've purchased 250.00 worth of pre-paid cards, all subsequent cards become 'gold' and that automatically doubles the number of minutes you purchased.
AT&T stopped marketing the "Free to go" program a while ago. You can buy cards if you already have a phone but you can't get a new prepaid phone from them or Cingular anymore.att prepaid also allows roll-over minutes but those buggers are far stingier across the board (fewer minutes, no doubling of anything, etc.)
You can retrieve your voice mail messages via a land line by calling your own number and following the voice mail prompts. So it's free if you are in your own area but a toll-call if you are traveling.the one important drawback, imho, to t-mobile is that they do not provide a toll-free number to allow you to check your voice messages from a land line.
Originally posted by: Athena
T-Mobile changed the program at the beginning of March: You go Gold at $100 and the number of extra minutes depends on the refill level (it's only double for $100) but the 1-year roll-over expiration applies to all refill levels.Originally posted by: syzygy
i think t-moblie's pre-paid is one of only two services that rolls your unused minutes over continuously, assuming you purchase another card of at least 25.00 within 3 months.
after you've purchased 250.00 worth of pre-paid cards, all subsequent cards become 'gold' and that automatically doubles the number of minutes you purchased.AT&T stopped marketing the "Free to go" program a while ago. You can buy cards if you already have a phone but you can't get a new prepaid phone from them or Cingular anymore.att prepaid also allows roll-over minutes but those buggers are far stingier across the board (fewer minutes, no doubling of anything, etc.)You can retrieve your voice mail messages via a land line by calling your own number and following the voice mail prompts. So it's free if you are in your own area but a toll-call if you are traveling.the one important drawback, imho, to t-mobile is that they do not provide a toll-free number to allow you to check your voice messages from a land line.
No, they do roll over. Whenever you add minutes -- whether $10 or $100 worth-- the remaining balance rolls over to the new expiration date.Originally posted by: GotSomethingCheaper?
Hmm, so if I am getting this correctly - The one year plan minutes dont roll over when you renew for another year?
Originally posted by: TheLogLady
Virgin Mobile's pre-paid offering, despite it's cheesy teeny-bopper marketing, has been great for me as an occassional-use phone. You just have to buy at least $20.00 worth of minutes every 90 day to keep your account active, and you carry over unlimited minutes which never expire.
The per-minute usage charge comes out of that $20.00 at $0.25/minute (or $0.10/minute if on calls longer than 10 minutes). In simpler terms, if you're like me and talk less than 26 minutes/month, you're only topping up 4x/year @ $20.00 each, which breaks down to $6.67 month.
If you talk a lot more than that, though, it's probably not the best deal for you.
Originally posted by: GotSomethingCheaper?
Originally posted by: Athena
T-Mobile changed the program at the beginning of March: You go Gold at $100 and the number of extra minutes depends on the refill level (it's only double for $100) but the 1-year roll-over expiration applies to all refill levels.Originally posted by: syzygy
i think t-moblie's pre-paid is one of only two services that rolls your unused minutes over continuously, assuming you purchase another card of at least 25.00 within 3 months.
after you've purchased 250.00 worth of pre-paid cards, all subsequent cards become 'gold' and that automatically doubles the number of minutes you purchased.
Where did you find out that $100 gives you double after gold? I don't see it on their web page.
Where did you find that from?Originally posted by: Athena
" and 5¢ for an additional batch of 2000 minutes. " -
Where did you find out that $100 gives you double after gold? I don't see it on their web page.
Where did you find that from?Originally posted by: Athena
" and 5¢ for an additional batch of 2000 minutes. " -
Originally posted by: lsman
Originally posted by: JDJr
Current T-Mobile Customers:
I called them about this and this is what they told me. As long as you are out of contract (So you don't pay early term. fees), all you have to do is go and buy a prepaid card then call them up to activate it and they (should) be able to switch your sim from a postpaid account to a prepaid account.
So anyone know a good place to get a 1000/1yr card?
JDJr
t-mobile.com
Originally posted by: Athena
T-mobile doesn't have a daily charge and if you start with the $100 card, you are paying 10¢/minute for the first 1,000 minutes and 5¢ for an additional batch of 2000 minutes.Originally posted by: mscdex0
The day I see the rates be $0.10/min. for prepaid wireless will be the day I sign up for it. But with the $1/day required charge (even if i don't use the phone that day), just doesn't make it worth it to go prepaid.
Also, once you have purchased $100 worth of minutes, the expiration period is automatically extended by a year, any time you add to your balance. So if you only use half of the 1000 the first year, you can just buy $10-$25 worth and the entire balance is good for another year.
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Anyone know if you can use this for T-Zones and GPRS?
you are paying 10¢/minute for the first 1,000 minutes and 5¢ for an additional batch of 2000 minutes.
Originally posted by: uurda
you are paying 10¢/minute for the first 1,000 minutes and 5¢ for an additional batch of 2000 minutes.
Please tell me how to get this amazing 2000 minutes for 5 cents (i assume you mean per minute) because the rep I talked to knows nothing of such a deal.
Originally posted by: TechDreamer
I am also confused about all this talk of double minutes and .05 cents a minute. I scoured the T-Mobile site and did not see this. The only thing I see is that you get 15% more minutes after you go Gold. The 1000 minute card seems to always be $100, but the lower cards give 15% more after you go gold. Also I was still wondering if people can leave you voice mail for free or does it use your minutes?
Originally posted by: Athena
T-Mobile changed the program at the beginning of March: You go Gold at $100 and the number of extra minutes depends on the refill level (it's only double for $100) but the 1-year roll-over expiration applies to all refill levels.Originally posted by: syzygy
i think t-moblie's pre-paid is one of only two services that rolls your unused minutes over continuously, assuming you purchase another card of at least 25.00 within 3 months.
after you've purchased 250.00 worth of pre-paid cards, all subsequent cards become 'gold' and that automatically doubles the number of minutes you purchased.AT&T stopped marketing the "Free to go" program a while ago. You can buy cards if you already have a phone but you can't get a new prepaid phone from them or Cingular anymore.att prepaid also allows roll-over minutes but those buggers are far stingier across the board (fewer minutes, no doubling of anything, etc.)You can retrieve your voice mail messages via a land line by calling your own number and following the voice mail prompts. So it's free if you are in your own area but a toll-call if you are traveling.the one important drawback, imho, to t-mobile is that they do not provide a toll-free number to allow you to check your voice messages from a land line.