My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple of
years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up our
individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her plan. We
have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I have Vision at
$10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only because
she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling her
on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract, even
though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be offering
nothing more than what we already have in the way of price and features,
except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her company
has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which she
can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency response
team.
My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting. The
text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls, emails,
or faxes that have been received at my unified message center. I can
read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond either by a phone
call or by waiting until I am back in my office and can send a reply
email from my computer, so I rarely have to deal with typing a message
on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the other hand, may need to respond
to emails immediately, at any time, from wherever she happens to be, and
her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a phone
with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not, however, need
much in the way of bells and whistles, because she uses the phone to
communicate and nothing more. She has no interest in games, TV, music,
applications other than email, or web browsing on the phone. (In fact,
Sprint has told her that she has to replace her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500
if she ever expects to need to roam again, because it only supports
analog roaming, and apparently they will soon offer only digital
roaming).
So here's what we need:
Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard and
decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our contract
to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and force
you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see no reason
why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA phone
when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power Vision is
the only option listed for those phones.
Questions:
What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
discovered on the Sprint web site?
Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being offered
by Sprint?
schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the following
in news:48t7041lalc7f0rpc2ssnehge0ivp637n5@4ax.com:
> Here's the situation:
>
> My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
> expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple of
> years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up our
> individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her plan. We
> have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I have Vision
at
> $10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
> business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only because
> she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
>
> Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling
her
> on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract, even
> though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be offering
> nothing more than what we already have in the way of price and
features,
> except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her
company
> has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which
she
> can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency
response
> team.
>
> My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting. The
> text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls, emails,
> or faxes that have been received at my unified message center. I can
> read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond either by a phone
> call or by waiting until I am back in my office and can send a reply
> email from my computer, so I rarely have to deal with typing a message
> on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the other hand, may need to respond
> to emails immediately, at any time, from wherever she happens to be,
and
> her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a phone
> with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not, however, need
> much in the way of bells and whistles, because she uses the phone to
> communicate and nothing more. She has no interest in games, TV, music,
> applications other than email, or web browsing on the phone. (In fact,
> Sprint has told her that she has to replace her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500
> if she ever expects to need to roam again, because it only supports
> analog roaming, and apparently they will soon offer only digital
> roaming).
>
> So here's what we need:
>
> Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
>
> My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard and
> decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
>
> I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our
contract
> to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
> plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and force
> you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see no
reason
> why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA phone
> when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power Vision
is
> the only option listed for those phones.
>
> Questions:
>
> What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
>
> What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
> discovered on the Sprint web site?
>
> Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being
offered
> by Sprint?
>
> Thanks for any feedback.
First a question- what does your bill average every month?
For your wife- you might look into either the Rumour or the Palm Centro.
The Centro is a little more daunting in apperance, but a buddy of mine
loves his. The Rumour has a full slide out keyboard, which is very easy
to use. The screen size is not huge, but adequate.
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:03:41 -0500 The Bob <nospam@bob.com> wrote:
>schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the following
>in news:48t7041lalc7f0rpc2ssnehge0ivp637n5@4ax.com:
>
>> Here's the situation:
>>
>> My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
>> expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple of
>> years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up our
>> individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her plan. We
>> have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I have Vision
>at
>> $10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
>> business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only because
>> she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
>>
>> Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling
>her
>> on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract, even
>> though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be offering
>> nothing more than what we already have in the way of price and
>features,
>> except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her
>company
>> has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which
>she
>> can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency
>response
>> team.
>>
>> My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting. The
>> text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls, emails,
>> or faxes that have been received at my unified message center. I can
>> read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond either by a phone
>> call or by waiting until I am back in my office and can send a reply
>> email from my computer, so I rarely have to deal with typing a message
>> on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the other hand, may need to respond
>> to emails immediately, at any time, from wherever she happens to be,
>and
>> her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a phone
>> with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not, however, need
>> much in the way of bells and whistles, because she uses the phone to
>> communicate and nothing more. She has no interest in games, TV, music,
>> applications other than email, or web browsing on the phone. (In fact,
>> Sprint has told her that she has to replace her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500
>> if she ever expects to need to roam again, because it only supports
>> analog roaming, and apparently they will soon offer only digital
>> roaming).
>>
>> So here's what we need:
>>
>> Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
>>
>> My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard and
>> decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
>>
>> I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our
>contract
>> to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
>> plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and force
>> you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see no
>reason
>> why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA phone
>> when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power Vision
>is
>> the only option listed for those phones.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
>>
>> What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
>> discovered on the Sprint web site?
>>
>> Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being
>offered
>> by Sprint?
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback.
>
>First a question- what does your bill average every month?
>
>For your wife- you might look into either the Rumour or the Palm Centro.
>The Centro is a little more daunting in apperance, but a buddy of mine
>loves his. The Rumour has a full slide out keyboard, which is very easy
>to use. The screen size is not huge, but adequate.
Currently on Fair & Flexible Family Plan, 2 lines.
$69.99 / 700 shared minutes.
No charge for second line.
Unlimited nights & weekends.
Nights start at 7:00 pm.
Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile.
No roaming charges.
Add-ons for my line only:
Sprint Unlimited Vision Pack @ $10/month.
500 SMS Messages @ No Charge.
PCs Picture Mail @ No Charge.
schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the following
in news:6js9041pgl4ecp2v9jdmej2leomfu2f91l@4ax.com:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:03:41 -0500 The Bob <nospam@bob.com> wrote:
>
>>schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the
>>following in news:48t7041lalc7f0rpc2ssnehge0ivp637n5@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Here's the situation:
>>>
>>> My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
>>> expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple
>>> of years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up
>>> our individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her
>>> plan. We have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I
>>> have Vision
>>at
>>> $10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
>>> business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only
>>> because she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
>>>
>>> Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling
>>her
>>> on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract,
>>> even though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be
>>> offering nothing more than what we already have in the way of price
>>> and
>>features,
>>> except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her
>>company
>>> has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which
>>she
>>> can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency
>>response
>>> team.
>>>
>>> My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting.
>>> The text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls,
>>> emails, or faxes that have been received at my unified message
>>> center. I can read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond
>>> either by a phone call or by waiting until I am back in my office
>>> and can send a reply email from my computer, so I rarely have to
>>> deal with typing a message on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the
>>> other hand, may need to respond to emails immediately, at any time,
>>> from wherever she happens to be,
>>and
>>> her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a
>>> phone with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not,
>>> however, need much in the way of bells and whistles, because she
>>> uses the phone to communicate and nothing more. She has no interest
>>> in games, TV, music, applications other than email, or web browsing
>>> on the phone. (In fact, Sprint has told her that she has to replace
>>> her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500 if she ever expects to need to roam
>>> again, because it only supports analog roaming, and apparently they
>>> will soon offer only digital roaming).
>>>
>>> So here's what we need:
>>>
>>> Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
>>>
>>> My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard
>>> and decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
>>>
>>> I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our
>>contract
>>> to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
>>> plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and
>>> force you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see
>>> no
>>reason
>>> why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA
>>> phone when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power
>>> Vision
>>is
>>> the only option listed for those phones.
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>>
>>> What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
>>>
>>> What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
>>> discovered on the Sprint web site?
>>>
>>> Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being
>>offered
>>> by Sprint?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any feedback.
>>
>>First a question- what does your bill average every month?
>>
>>For your wife- you might look into either the Rumour or the Palm
>>Centro. The Centro is a little more daunting in apperance, but a
>>buddy of mine loves his. The Rumour has a full slide out keyboard,
>>which is very easy to use. The screen size is not huge, but adequate.
>
> Currently on Fair & Flexible Family Plan, 2 lines.
> $69.99 / 700 shared minutes.
> No charge for second line.
> Unlimited nights & weekends.
> Nights start at 7:00 pm.
> Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile.
> No roaming charges.
>
> Add-ons for my line only:
> Sprint Unlimited Vision Pack @ $10/month.
> 500 SMS Messages @ No Charge.
> PCs Picture Mail @ No Charge.
>
> Total cost $79.99/month
I've heard rumors of them offering a 5-15% discount on existing plans to
some customers. You might call and go that route- I doubt you'll do
much better than what you have for two phones.
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:21:57 -0500 The Bob <nospam@bob.com> wrote:
>schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the following
>in news:6js9041pgl4ecp2v9jdmej2leomfu2f91l@4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:03:41 -0500 The Bob <nospam@bob.com> wrote:
>>
>>>schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> amazed us all with the
>>>following in news:48t7041lalc7f0rpc2ssnehge0ivp637n5@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> Here's the situation:
>>>>
>>>> My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
>>>> expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple
>>>> of years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up
>>>> our individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her
>>>> plan. We have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I
>>>> have Vision
>>>at
>>>> $10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
>>>> business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only
>>>> because she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
>>>>
>>>> Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling
>>>her
>>>> on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract,
>>>> even though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be
>>>> offering nothing more than what we already have in the way of price
>>>> and
>>>features,
>>>> except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her
>>>company
>>>> has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which
>>>she
>>>> can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency
>>>response
>>>> team.
>>>>
>>>> My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting.
>>>> The text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls,
>>>> emails, or faxes that have been received at my unified message
>>>> center. I can read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond
>>>> either by a phone call or by waiting until I am back in my office
>>>> and can send a reply email from my computer, so I rarely have to
>>>> deal with typing a message on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the
>>>> other hand, may need to respond to emails immediately, at any time,
>>>> from wherever she happens to be,
>>>and
>>>> her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a
>>>> phone with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not,
>>>> however, need much in the way of bells and whistles, because she
>>>> uses the phone to communicate and nothing more. She has no interest
>>>> in games, TV, music, applications other than email, or web browsing
>>>> on the phone. (In fact, Sprint has told her that she has to replace
>>>> her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500 if she ever expects to need to roam
>>>> again, because it only supports analog roaming, and apparently they
>>>> will soon offer only digital roaming).
>>>>
>>>> So here's what we need:
>>>>
>>>> Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
>>>>
>>>> My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard
>>>> and decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
>>>>
>>>> I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our
>>>contract
>>>> to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
>>>> plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and
>>>> force you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see
>>>> no
>>>reason
>>>> why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA
>>>> phone when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power
>>>> Vision
>>>is
>>>> the only option listed for those phones.
>>>>
>>>> Questions:
>>>>
>>>> What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
>>>>
>>>> What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
>>>> discovered on the Sprint web site?
>>>>
>>>> Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being
>>>offered
>>>> by Sprint?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any feedback.
>>>
>>>First a question- what does your bill average every month?
>>>
>>>For your wife- you might look into either the Rumour or the Palm
>>>Centro. The Centro is a little more daunting in apperance, but a
>>>buddy of mine loves his. The Rumour has a full slide out keyboard,
>>>which is very easy to use. The screen size is not huge, but adequate.
>>
>> Currently on Fair & Flexible Family Plan, 2 lines.
>> $69.99 / 700 shared minutes.
>> No charge for second line.
>> Unlimited nights & weekends.
>> Nights start at 7:00 pm.
>> Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile.
>> No roaming charges.
>>
>> Add-ons for my line only:
>> Sprint Unlimited Vision Pack @ $10/month.
>> 500 SMS Messages @ No Charge.
>> PCs Picture Mail @ No Charge.
>>
>> Total cost $79.99/month
>
>I've heard rumors of them offering a 5-15% discount on existing plans to
>some customers. You might call and go that route- I doubt you'll do
>much better than what you have for two phones.
Unless we could get two SERO plans at $30 each. That would give us every
significant option for a total of $60/month.
--
schrodinger's cat
Currently on Fair & Flexible Family Plan, 2 lines.
> $69.99 / 700 shared minutes.
> No charge for second line.
> Unlimited nights & weekends.
> Nights start at 7:00 pm.
> Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile.
> No roaming charges.
>
> Add-ons for my line only:
> Sprint Unlimited Vision Pack @ $10/month.
> 500 SMS Messages @ No Charge.
> PCs Picture Mail @ No Charge.
>
> Total cost $79.99/month
After ~10y with Sprint and perfect pay history, our deal
is 1300 minutes with every feature (Power Vision, early
nights, Sp to Sp, messaging, etc.) for $44+tax. I then
share minutes with my wife for an additional $10 per phone.
Every contract date we get new phones; most recently, my
wife's simple phone was free and I paid $150 for my Treo
755p.
In comparison, your situation may be highly negotiable.
Good luck!
schrodinger's cat wrote:
> Here's the situation:
>
> My wife and I are currently on a 2 line family plan contract which
> expires in September. The contract is in her name because a couple of
> years ago when we decided that it would be cheaper if we gave up our
> individual plans, my contract ran out first and I joined her plan. We
> have both been SPCS customers for more than ten years. I have Vision at
> $10.00/month on my line because I use email and text messaging for
> business (and checking sports scores). My wife has voice only because
> she just uses her phone for, well, telephone conversations.
>
> Recently, my wife has started to be bombarded by Sprint reps calling her
> on her SPCS phone to try to talk her into extending her contract, even
> though it still has several months remaining. They seem to be offering
> nothing more than what we already have in the way of price and features,
> except for the offer of two free new phones. Coincidentally, her company
> has been pressuring her lately to upgrade her phone to one on which she
> can send and receive email, because she is part of an emergency response
> team.
>
> My LG LX350 does everything I need in terms of email and texting. The
> text messages are mainly incoming to notify me of voice calls, emails,
> or faxes that have been received at my unified message center. I can
> read the emails using Opera Mini, and I can respond either by a phone
> call or by waiting until I am back in my office and can send a reply
> email from my computer, so I rarely have to deal with typing a message
> on the phone's keypad. My wife, on the other hand, may need to respond
> to emails immediately, at any time, from wherever she happens to be, and
> her messages are by nature long and complex, so she will need a phone
> with an easy to use full QWERTY keyboard. She does not, however, need
> much in the way of bells and whistles, because she uses the phone to
> communicate and nothing more. She has no interest in games, TV, music,
> applications other than email, or web browsing on the phone. (In fact,
> Sprint has told her that she has to replace her ancient Sanyo SCP-4500
> if she ever expects to need to roam again, because it only supports
> analog roaming, and apparently they will soon offer only digital
> roaming).
>
> So here's what we need:
>
> Myself: Fine with the phone and options I have now.
>
> My wife: Simplest available email capable phone with full keyboard and
> decent screen size (her eyesight is not the best).
>
> I would also like to leverage Sprint's eagerness to extend our contract
> to try to get some concessions on plan pricing. The current family
> plans, it seems to me, are very limited in what they include and force
> you to pay full price for add-ons like internet access. I see no reason
> why we should have to pay $25/month for Power Vision with a PDA phone
> when Vision at $15/month will suffice for our needs, but Power Vision is
> the only option listed for those phones.
>
> Questions:
>
> What phones should we be looking at for my wife?
>
> What kinds of 2 line plans might be out there that are not easily
> discovered on the Sprint web site?
>
> Are there any current long time customer reward incentives being offered
> by Sprint?
>
> Thanks for any feedback.
I too, have been with sprint for 10 years.
I now have a family shared plan...750 anytime...8pm start..unlimited
n&w...new phones every 1 1/2 years...$40 month+the ridiculous taxes..We
use our 2 phones for voice and email only.
My plan expires next month and I hope to get a better rate, but am
looking around in the meanwhile.
Since they replaced our awful A640 phones about 8 months ago for M300,
the service has been great.
Need advice re: new phone and plans.
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