Cell Phone Providers IBM PC Club Members
Cell Phone Provider (provide name) Your Name Cell Phone Provider Details Monthly Contract Cost Manufacturer of Phone(s), Type of Phone(s) Number of Cell Phones on Contract Package (Minutes, Data, WiFi, etc) 2G, 3G or 4G Service or Speed Benefits/Features Issues such as reception, support etc.
Agenda AT&T Jan & Sofía Laskowski Ralph Bernstein George Kornbluth Verizon Scott Stauter Peter Hirsch T-Mobile Marjorie Morales Ann Jones Virgin Mobile Don Ferguson Sprint Cell Phone Carrier Ratings Number of Cell Phones in United States
AT&T - Jan & Sofía Laskowski Cell Phone Provider AT&T ~ $52/month; 2 Phones on contract since 2006 AT&T at time was an IBM partner offering employee discount Samsung flip phones (non- smart phones) GMS, data pay per unit $0.01/kilobyte 550 shared anytime minutes with 12 month rollover; $0.45/minute over Nationwide Long Distance & Roaming Unlimited mobile to mobile (AT&T mobiles) Unlimited night (9pm 6am) and weekend Text/Instant messaging incoming $0.10 Pay per Use Picture / Video messaging : $0.30 per picture or video message Call forward, Caller ID, Call wait, Conference call, basis voice mail Have had no reception problems here in the Bay area, except in the Santa Cruz Mtns, nor in Miami FL, nor Washington DC/Baltimore area, nor other traveling in the US. No foreign experience No equipment failures nor battery replacement. Batteries (Li Ion) still holding charge very well. Limited SIM card capacity : 50 numbers
AT&T - Ralph Bernstein Cost $160-$180/ Month for Package TV, Internet and Phone Pantech Phone One Phone Part of Package TV $50.66 ($72-$25 disc.) Internet $38.00 ($43.00-$5.00 disc.) Phone/Voice: $38.85 Features 200 anytime minutes 500 weekends minutes 6-way calling Call forward Call waiting Benefits/Issues Spotty reception Good 24-hour support
AT&T - George Kornbluth My plan: AT&T FamilyTalk Nation 700 $120 Includes: 700 Shared Anytime minutes with Rollover Nationwide Long Distance and Roaming Unlimited Mobile to Mobile calling Unlimited Night (9p-6a) & Weekend Caller ID, Call Wait, Conference Call Options: 2 add l family members $ 20 Unlimited Data for iphone $ 30 Other charges & taxes $ 6 Total $176 Last month s usage (all phones) Plan minutes 683 << allows 17 min to go to rollover balance M2M minutes 357 (incl) N & W 221 (incl) Current rollover balance: 881 << unused rollover min expire after 12 months
Verizon - Scott Stauter Cell Phone Provider Details $201.74 iphone, Motorola Android, Motorola Razor 3 Phones (1 of each) Unlimited Talk & Text, 1GB Data Limit Tethering is allowed but counts towards the data limit 2G, 3G & 4G service Shared data Excellent coverage
Verizon - Peter Hirsch Monthly cost $149, $158.00 with Tax and Fees with 22% IBM discount 2 iphone 4s 3G service Unlimited Msgs, Talk, WiFi Data Limited to 1GB/Month Occasionally we go over this limit Very good national coverage National Access Roaming E-mail Access Caller ID, Call Forwarding Tethering is allowed but counts towards the Data Limit
T Mobile - Marjorie Morales $109/Month LG GS179 Mobile Phone One cell phone Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Text, Unlimited WiFi Handset memory 9.8 Mbytes, in use 8.8 Mbytes 3G service Poor Reception, Slow Internet, Slow Sending and Receiving Text Messages
T-Mobile - Ann Jones Cell Phone Provider Details Pay As You Go Motorola L6i, Samsung t249 About 20 cents/minute (no data or wifi) 4G Good for low usage Useful to buy a SIM card in foreign countries to have a local number
T-Mobile - John Mathews $76.65/Month Samsung (Not a Smart Phone) 2 Phones 400 Free Minutes Benefits/Features We can call out in emergencies Issues such as reception, support etc. Spotty reception in many areas.
Virgin Mobile - Don Ferguson $25 / Month, No Contract LG Optima S Android smart phone No Contract - 2 Phones at $25/phone/month Package (300 Minutes, Unlimited Data & Msg) 3G Service on Sprint network Coverage not as good as Verizon Best Price. New account may be $35/month
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Number of Cell phones in US