My T-Mobile

Randall Ainsworth wrote:
> In article <kkeua3d9t868lll85di6p3f5o93gaqbm6g@news-server>, -= Hawk
> =- <Hawk@thispartisbogus.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you a prepaid customer? I am and since last night (when I started
>> checking after reading the OP's post) I get the following:
>
> No...prepaid is for losers.

Huh? Why do you say that? Can you not acknowledge that for some people
with very limited needs prepaid makes the most sense? My elderly
parents, who do not fit the description of "losers" in any sense, both
use prepaid and hardly make a dent in their minutes. After each buying a
$100 card to get started (which also got them free phones) they now each
pay $10 a YEAR for all the cell service they need and want. They have
perfect credit, are quite affluent and can certainly afford any monthly
plan they might like - but why pay more for something you don't need or
want?
The "loser" may be the one who is too arrogant to recognize a good
value and understand that different people have different needs.

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:36:31 -0700, Randall Ainsworth
<rag@nospam.techline.com> scribbled:

>In article <7hrva35l4r6d6acii137rgo1qmu7mbe6u5@news-server>, -= Hawk =-
><Hawk@thispartisbogus.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Or are you just socially inept and desperate for attention?
>
>Did you ever consider calling Customer Support? That's what they're
>there for, you know.

Why would *I* want to do that? Do you have a problem following a
threaded conversation?

In article <310720071850483932%rag@nospam.techline.com>, Randall Ainsworth wrote:
> In article <kkeua3d9t868lll85di6p3f5o93gaqbm6g@news-server>, -= Hawk =-
><Hawk@thispartisbogus.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Are you a prepaid customer? I am and since last night (when I started
>> checking after reading the OP's post) I get the following:
>
> No...prepaid is for losers.
I don't think that is true. prepaid is a GOOD way to try a new
cellular carrier without getting sacked with a contract. Let me
explain.
Here in Torrington Connecticut we have both Cingular and
T-mobile service. I tried Cingular in the past and got sandbagged into
a contract, service wasn't that great. (should have tried prepaid with
them, instead of the 1yr contract route). Now if T-mobile doesn't work
out... No big loss. just don't refil the sim and chuck said sim in he
trash. No 1 year tie-in.
And after you put $100 on the sim, use it at 10 cents per
minute, good for a whole year! Not a bad deal at all! Its less
espensive than Tracfone and I can use almost any unlocked GSM phone I
want. Including my beloved Nokia 6340i, originally a cingular phone,
now unlocked.
Am I loser? No, I am a thrifty person who wants to try the
different services to find the best deal for me. Some would say I am a
miser but that isn't quite true, I look for the best bang for my
money. Of the two... Cingular and T-mobile.. T-mobile doesn't charge a
$1 per day access fee (for normal cell phone use). where as Cingular
charges it reguardless if you call mom to tell her you are running
late or recieve a call from mom.

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By now you know what's going on, but for those others, they has a big system
outage for prepaid and kept people accounts working even with no balance.


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"Michael White" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:mqxri.21117$Bb1.10915@trnddc02...
> It has been down since Sunday. Did it happen often?
>
> I tried to refill my To Go phone. The service representative said their
> computer system was down, and I have a deadline to refill by July 31....
>



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On 2007-08-06, Bill Radio <wireless@mountainwirelessNOOSPAM.com> wrote:
> By now you know what's going on, but for those others, they has a big system
> outage for prepaid and kept people accounts working even with no balance.

Does "prepaid" include KidConnect or just the TMo To Go accounts? (My daughter
is on KidConnect.)