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ToWhateverEnd
Posts: 32 |
 
Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:25 am |
I have a few questions about T Mobile and about cellphone carriers in general. I've never owned a cellphone and I know how sometimes companies phrase things in a tricky way to try and confuse or mislead you, then you get screwed with a huge bill.
| Quote: | Rate plan: Get More $39.99 per month
Services: CallerTunes $1.49 per month
Services: Unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile $6.99 per month
Services: Any 400 Messages $4.99 per month |
That's my current plan...
My question is...what is a roaming charge? Is that when I make a call out of state? I live in Massachusetts, so if I was in Rhode Island made a call, would that be roaming? How do you know what 'area' is roaming and what isn't?
What exactly does unlimited mobile to mobile mean? If I call someone who has T-Mobile as their provider, does it still get subtracted from my 600 anywhere minutes?
Do my minutes get used if someone calls me? (don't laugh, I'm new at this, lol)
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Sir_GoAtaLoT
Posts: 406
Phone Model:
BlackBerry 8100 Pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:47 pm |
| ToWhateverEnd wrote: | I have a few questions about T Mobile and about cellphone carriers in general. I've never owned a cellphone and I know how sometimes companies phrase things in a tricky way to try and confuse or mislead you, then you get screwed with a huge bill.
| Quote: | Rate plan: Get More $39.99 per month
Services: CallerTunes $1.49 per month
Services: Unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile $6.99 per month
Services: Any 400 Messages $4.99 per month |
That's my current plan...
My question is...what is a roaming charge? Is that when I make a call out of state? I live in Massachusetts, so if I was in Rhode Island made a call, would that be roaming? How do you know what 'area' is roaming and what isn't?
What exactly does unlimited mobile to mobile mean? If I call someone who has T-Mobile as their provider, does it still get subtracted from my 600 anywhere minutes?
Do my minutes get used if someone calls me? (don't laugh, I'm new at this, lol) |
on the plan you have is NationWide Coverage. which means if you call anywere on the USA if's free.if your Call Canada then it's long Disc.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:37 pm |
- you have no roaming unless you go outside the USA
- if you get a call from another t-mo customer, it won't come out of your minutes. any call from any other provider will.
- yes. incoming calls are deducted from your minutes, unless it is mobile to mobile or nights and weekend minuets.-
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ToWhateverEnd
Posts: 32 |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:39 pm |
Thanks for the replies. That's kind of what I thought but I wanted to really be sure...I don't want to be one of those idiot consumers slammed with a huge bill and then complain that I didn't read all the agreements so it's not my fault.
One more question, I can't find an answer on the T Mobile site since I can't log in yet, the phone is still being shipped...
If I didn't sign up for wireless internet with my plan (it's $9.99 and I figured I'd almost never ever use it), can I still send photos taken with my phone to other cellphones or email addresses? Without the internet? Does it count towards a text message or something? Or is that something totally different I need to sign up for? Because I did sign up for 400 text messages.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:54 pm |
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multimedia messages (picute messages) do not fall under text messages, you will be charged an additional rate. without a data plan, you'll still have the ability to do it, but you'll be charged on a per-use basis.
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mort
Posts: 50
Phone Model:
Nokia 3120
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:07 pm |
I might add that E-mail is considered text messaging and I was charged for each E-mail I received...ouch! I stopped my internet service since I only used it for E-mail. When I had a Blackberry, I never was charged for E-mail, plus with their "push", I always knew when, and how many E-mails I had without having to go into the internet. Now I have a Samsung T809 (which I love), but no more E-mail. 
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Erris
Posts: 58
Phone Model:
Motorola V300
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:02 pm |
I don't have any text messaging plan and I send messages - both text and picture.
i get charged 5 cents for a text message and 15cents for a picture one.
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PRmami
Posts: 8
Phone Model:
SideKick 2
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:29 pm |
With their unlimited message plan for $14.99/month, you get unlimited text, picture text and video text if you have video. That's what I have, so I make sure I send pictures and videos.
I believe it's a good package. But only get it if you text ALOT!
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