[ale] somewhat OT - cheap t-mobile PAYG plan

Wed Mar 8 20:06:45 EST 2017

Nevermind. I read the link. $0.10/min or text.

On Mar 8, 2017 7:52 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:

>
>
> On March 8, 2017 2:47:06 PM EST, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> >https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go
> >"Pay as you go.  $3/month
> >Get any combination of 30 minutes of talk or 30 texts."
> >
>
> How much are overages? Of course as an emergency only device, overages are
> the least concern.
> >
> >
> >On 03/08/2017 12:45 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
> >> Neal,
> >>
> >> My son is 12 going on 13. He has a nice LG phone I found at Wally
> >World
> >> for $30 dollars,I wasn't going to buy him a $300 to $600 phone. All I
> >> had to do what replace the prepaid sim with a sim I could add to my
> >> account, his phone is $10 a month with 2Gigs of Data, which he burn
> >thru
> >> in the week watching YouTube the meth of his gen.
> >>
> >> I bought that watch this morning on amazon I found there for $15 for
> >a
> >> first time watch, I though ok. It will be here tomorrow, wow Amazon
> >> surprise me with there deliverys. Well, it his second watch, the
> >first
> >> was a Darth Varder Lego watch, which I don't think will be cool in
> >> Middle School. He seemed excited because a lot of friends have
> >iWatches.
> >> I guess I am mean dad, as I can't see buy kids, those expense phones
> >and
> >> watches.
> >>
> >> As for the $3 on T-Mobile, I can't answer that, I pay $100 for my
> >phone
> >> a month, I have a plan back from like 2000, that have me unlimited
> >text
> >> and phone and 7 Gigs a data, and my I don't have to pay to use my
> >phone
> >> as a hot spot. So between my phone and my son and taxes, it's about
> >$125
> >> a month. I looked at changing plans, but what I have I am saving some
> >> money.
> >>
> >> Sounds like JD might be able to answer the T-Mobile question.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com
> >> <mailto:neal at mnopltd.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     __
> >>     http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21
> >>     <http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_174048.html?wid=21> is a
> >>     link to the watch I bought.  It is $10.99 with free shipping to
> >the
> >>     US.  ( I had some bonus points left from buying a SJCAM.  That's
> >why
> >>     it was just $3 for me.
> >>
> >>     This is just a curiosity for me.    My understanding is that for
> >>     $3/mo I can have some very limited amount of voice phone time
> >from
> >>     TMobile.   Like for the dozens of times I'm out somewhere and my
> >>     normal android phone is dead again.   If I never run their
> >software
> >>     to send emails from android phone to the watch it's still ok.
> >>
> >>     Without knowing how old your son is, be aware that there are
> >similar
> >>     phone/watches more oriented to children: they include GPS
> >location,
> >>     and a panic button to dial a set number and ....   I've not
> >>     researched them; I just ran across some on Amazon.
> >>
> >>     On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 07:53 -0500, Chuck Payne wrote:
> >>>     A $3 watch, do you have a link, I love to get one for my son. He
> >>>     keeps trying to take my Samsung S and S3 that I have paired with
> >>>     my Note 4. One thing about those smart watches I don't like is,
> >>>     that you have to pay $5 buck a month for data plan. Yes, they do
> >>>     have a telephone number. Yes, I can make calls like Dick Tracy
> >on
> >>>     it. Honestly the pairing and wireless are enough. I can use
> >Wifi,
> >>>     and my Note will connect to the watch remote if I am not close
> >>>     enough for BT.
> >>>
> >>>     I love my watches, I am on T-Mobile as well, been with them
> >since
> >>>     they were VoiceStream. I have my S, before iWatch came out it
> >nice
> >>>     to be able to sit in meetings and see alerts with out my phone
> >>>     making a lot of noise.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     What I would be worried about, and this is just me, if there any
> >>>     malware spying on you, you did say you got the watch from China.
> >
> >>>
> >>>     On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
> >>>     <mailto:DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>         On 03/07/2017 05:25 PM, Joey Kelly wrote:
> >>>         > <snip>
> >>>         >>  Just for fun, I ordered an
> >>>         >> $8 SIM card to hook up with the $3/mo Tmobile service.
> >>>         >
> >>>         > Huh? What do they provide for three measly dollars?
> >>>         >
> >>>
> >>>         Access to their network on a PAYG plan.
> >>>
> >>>         30 minutes and 10 texts allowed, I think. Never use them.
> >>>         Zero data,
> >>>         but you can add a 7-day 1G data plan for non-roaming
> >locations
> >>>         for $10.
> >>>         "Roaming" has burned me a few times - OBX and Alaska are
> >>>         "roaming" and
> >>>         not covered in the $10 data add-on, for example. They
> >wouldn't
> >>>         refund my
> >>>         money - I'd used 50 bytes to verify the data was enabled in
> >>>         Portland on
> >>>         the way.
> >>>
> >>>         I have wifi almost everywhere. Can't see a need to have data
> >>>         plan most
> >>>         of the time. Plenty of off-line apps, plus ads don't get in
> >>>         the way or
> >>>         suck data.
> >>>
> >>>         Sorta shocked about the SIM cost. I've always gotten one
> >free
> >>>         or for $1.
> >>>
> >>>         BTW, I've been on the t-mbl PAYG plan since 2007. It used to
> >>>         be better.
> >>>         No monthly costs, pay just for minutes used. Bought $10/yr
> >for
> >>>         about 8
> >>>         yrs, that was it, before they changed it to $2.95/month in
> >>>         late 2015.
> >>>         $48/yr is pretty reasonable for an emergency cell phone,
> >IMHO.  My
> >>>         prepaid account expires yearly, so just put $50/yr on it.  I
> >>>         figure most
> >>>         people are paying $50+/month, so adding the $10/wk for data
> >during
> >>>         travel is a bargain!
> >>>
> >>>         But it is t-mobile and sometimes the coverage does suck
> >>>         completely.
> >>>         OTOH, in those places pretty much every cell networks suck
> >>>         including
> >>>         verizon and AT&T.
> >>>
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