Just a friendly announcement... - Page 3

Theresa · #21 01-13-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Ours counts incoming texts as well...and it's really easy to pile up a bunch of texts....

dont forget that some carriers count any text over 80 characters as another text..and they COUNT spaces. So if you send a text with 160 characters, including spaces - it's TWO texts....

if you send book texts, it can be as many as 3 or 4 in the grand scheme of thing...

just another thing they dont explain...

I used to work in the industry, it's common practice. not each carrier may say 80 characters, but there is generally SOME kind of limit and guess what, its LESS than your phone will let you type in at one time

DividedThigh · #22 01-13-2009, 02:10 PM

texting while driving is dangerous, lol

Theresa · #23 01-13-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Michlow

I've never sent a text in my life....

Why does that make me feel old???

I dont think age has a thing to do with it...

maybe you have been under a ROCK or something for the past year ROFL

or maybe you have better things to do that punch numbers with your thumbs. It's faster to just CALL the person and get the convo over with. ROFL

scotty · #24 01-13-2009, 03:47 PM

Unlimited text and data plan here , for 3 phones $ 129 per month. Me and daughter have blackberry's.

Oh and just a heads up for parents :

Daughter ran up a huge text bill about twice after grounding and preaching to her about it. So I went ahead and got the above package.

Couple weeks later I overheard her tell a girl friend of hers, "just keep texting over the limit and they will finally just get you an unlimited plan, thats what I did"

Theresa · #25 01-13-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by scotty

Unlimited text and data plan here , for 3 phones $ 129 per month. Me and daughter have blackberry's.

Oh and just a heads up for parents :

Daughter ran up a huge text bill about twice after grounding and preaching to her about it. So I went ahead and got the above package.

Couple weeks later I overheard her tell a girl friend of hers, "just keep texting over the limit and they will finally just get you an unlimited plan, thats what I did"

oh my kid would be WALKING FUNNY if I heard him say that - no longer having a phone and texting would be the least of his concerns.

seriously!!!

pelathais · #26 01-13-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

LOL!!!!

My daughter used my phone a couple of months ago to text a friend and used over 400 texts (incoming and outgoing) before I figured it out!

(within about a week)

NOW I don't let her use my phone to text, but when they get phones, we will definitely have the unlimited plan--at $30/month for the whole family, it's a LOT cheaper than 200 msgs. + .50/text for every msg. over.

Tell them to turn of the beep too! I'm tired of wandering around the house after everyone has gone to bed trying to track down some errant beeping device with some inane message about "c u 2" or some such from someone I never heard of usually only to find out that it's a message from the scion of a friend of my own that I haven't seen in years but turn that beeping and ringing off!

ForeverBlessed · #27 01-13-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

If you are going to access mobile web from your cellular phone, and send text messages like they're going out of style...
PLEASE
upgrade to a plan with Unlimited Data!

Last months bill came in....
$683.92

..".................

My bill was half that this month... of course i bundled it with my home phone and internet... and had a bal of $75 added from last month... but I am still looking for ways to cut it down... I've got the unlimited stuff, but with 4 cell phones going and three of them belonging to teens, you gotta have the unlimited.

Michlow · #28 01-13-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Theresa

I dont think age has a thing to do with it...

maybe you have been under a ROCK or something for the past year ROFL

or maybe you have better things to do that punch numbers with your thumbs. It's faster to just CALL the person and get the convo over with. ROFL

Well, for financial reasons, a few years back I cancelled my personal cell, and just make due with my work cell (saved myself $60 a month), and my work cell service does not come with any texting...

berkeley · #29 01-14-2009, 08:50 AM

UPDATE:

I called ATT this morning to make sire I received the package that I requested.
The jerk that sold me the package did NOT include the unlimited data!
Our family plan just went into effect today. I added unlimited internet to compliment unlimited text.
I have been accessing net sice the 1st like it was going outta style. From the sound of it, I will not be responsible for any overages for the secondary line.

I was going to cancel the landline. We don't use it much. Seeing as we are poor folk, we qualified for some type of welfare. Our landline is going to be approx. $3 a month.

Cindy · #30 01-14-2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

Tell them to turn of the beep too! I'm tired of wandering around the house after everyone has gone to bed trying to track down some errant beeping device with some inane message about "c u 2" or some such from someone I never heard of usually only to find out that it's a message from the scion of a friend of my own that I haven't seen in years but turn that beeping and ringing off!

Hahaha!!!!!!