Comments on: Be careful with those mobile to mobile minutes http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/ We're geeky so you don't have to be Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:45:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dan http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-2230 Dan Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:11:43 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-2230 <p>How would this work with prepaid? Say I have a phone and purchased 100.00worth of time. I then call only other at&t phones. Would the 100.00 get used 1st, the roll to mobile to mobile. At this point I do not think the phone would work with a zero balance......</p> How would this work with prepaid? Say I have a phone and purchased 100.00worth of time. I then call only other at&t phones. Would the 100.00 get used 1st, the roll to mobile to mobile. At this point I do not think the phone would work with a zero balance……

]]> By: Joel http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1619 Joel Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1619 <p>ok</p> ok

]]> By: Steve http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1612 Steve Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:55:46 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1612 <p>Joel, you will have to contact AT&T for that answer</p> Joel, you will have to contact AT&T for that answer

]]> By: Joel http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1611 Joel Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:51:55 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1611 <p>ok thanks for describing that to me better. I thought I wasn't going to be able to call anyone. One more thing. When my phone reaches the expiration date with my account do I lose all of that money or is this where the rollover thing comes in?</p> ok thanks for describing that to me better. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to call anyone. One more thing. When my phone reaches the expiration date with my account do I lose all of that money or is this where the rollover thing comes in?

]]> By: Steve http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1594 Steve Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:05:26 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1594 <p>Yes but those won't use your unlimited mobile to mobile minutes, you'll use the normal minutes that your plan has.</p> Yes but those won’t use your unlimited mobile to mobile minutes, you’ll use the normal minutes that your plan has.

]]> By: Joel http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1593 Joel Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:03:01 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1593 <p>So can I call people from different services like Verison?</p> So can I call people from different services like Verison?

]]> By: Steve http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1592 Steve Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:37:50 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1592 <p>Joel,</p> <p>Mobile to mobile minutes are when one AT&T phone calls another AT&T phone.</p> Joel,

Mobile to mobile minutes are when one AT&T phone calls another AT&T phone.

]]> By: Joel http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1591 Joel Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:00:03 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1591 <p>What are mobile to mobile minutes? I just got a cingular go phone and the program I got said that I don't have any.</p> What are mobile to mobile minutes? I just got a cingular go phone and the program I got said that I don’t have any.

]]> By: Michael http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1486 Michael Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:22:11 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1486 <p>That does suck. Fortunately for us, we have the family plan, which offers unlimited night and weekend minutes. As does the next tier up for individual plans: for $20 more than the base plan, you get double the minutes, plus unlimited night and weekend. Marketdroids call this "upselling" which sounds so much more professional than "bait and switch." </p> <p>I will say that it isn't technically a bait-and-switch, because it isn't a secret; I noticed it in the terms of agreement before I even bought the iPhone: "Minutes will be depleted according to usage in the following order: Night and Weekend Minutes, Mobile to Mobile Minutes, Anytime Minutes and Rollover Minutes."</p> <p>However, it is rather buried, and the prose style does not help you truly grasp the import of the terms. Ah, well. . . .</p> That does suck. Fortunately for us, we have the family plan, which offers unlimited night and weekend minutes. As does the next tier up for individual plans: for $20 more than the base plan, you get double the minutes, plus unlimited night and weekend. Marketdroids call this “upselling” which sounds so much more professional than “bait and switch.”

I will say that it isn’t technically a bait-and-switch, because it isn’t a secret; I noticed it in the terms of agreement before I even bought the iPhone: “Minutes will be depleted according to usage in the following order: Night and Weekend Minutes, Mobile to Mobile Minutes, Anytime Minutes and Rollover Minutes.”

However, it is rather buried, and the prose style does not help you truly grasp the import of the terms. Ah, well. . . .

]]> By: Justin http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1478 Justin Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:11:12 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1478 <p>They have just started that mobile to mobile thing in the last year. I had Cigular (I am a much happier T-mobile customer now) for a while after Suncom was bought out and they always used my mobile to mobile first if I was talking to another Cigular customer. My guess is that all changed when ATT took over. This however is speculation, but jives with my previous experience.</p> They have just started that mobile to mobile thing in the last year. I had Cigular (I am a much happier T-mobile customer now) for a while after Suncom was bought out and they always used my mobile to mobile first if I was talking to another Cigular customer. My guess is that all changed when ATT took over. This however is speculation, but jives with my previous experience.

]]> By: Matt http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1476 Matt Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:56:15 +0000 http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/06/30/be-careful-with-those-mobile-to-mobile-minutes/#comment-1476 <p>I'll make a call as well, that is a very bad business practice.</p> I’ll make a call as well, that is a very bad business practice.

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