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what is the best cell phone plan for a texter like me?

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Here is the deal. I pay a little over 60 dollars a month for my cell phone service through Cingular. It isn't what I need though. I need something that has a VAST amount more of text messages (a plan with 1000 texts or unlimited is preferable) and a minimal amount of minutes (like to have 200 but could settle for 100)…I would like to also be able to get a free or cheap phone when I sign up for my new service. I would like the ability to send pictures, even if it's on a contingancy (pay per use) bases. I would like to have nationwide long distance but that's pretty much a given now. Does anyone have a suggestion on what the absolute best deal (cheapest) I could get away with many or unlimited text and minimal minutes? I need to save at least 10 dollars a month off my current bill in order to justify paying cingular the buyout.
several services aren't available in my area. i believe the ones that ARE are sprint, us cellular, cell-one, nextel, maybe alltel, cingular (kinda) i think that's about it, but i'd be willing to get a long distance number so long as i wouldn't be roaming here…

Tmobile has the best for price wise and amount… the only catch is… that they DO offer unlimited texting but only during several times of the year, it took me three months of having their service before I could finally upgrade to unlimited for only 10 bucks a month! I text all the time so I needed a ton of messages. I am currently on Verizon but just left Tmobile about a month ago because they didnt have service out in the boonies where I needed it. That is the ONLY bad thing about tmobile is that their coverage is usually limited to cities with a population more than 10,000 people.
Verizon has decent plans for price but I do feel their texting is a bit overpriced… for 20 bucks a month i only get 2500 messages. And DONT waste your money on V-Cast services for music or anything, just buy a data cable for less than 10 bucks and a 1 gb memory card from ebay for like 30 and have all the free music you want on your phone.
Their plans run from 30-200 dollars

These are the only two providers I would recommend other than Cingular

Category : Cell Phone Plans

7 Responses to “what is the best cell phone plan for a texter like me?”


caleighrassano May 2, 2009

Tmobile has the best for price wise and amount… the only catch is… that they DO offer unlimited texting but only during several times of the year, it took me three months of having their service before I could finally upgrade to unlimited for only 10 bucks a month! I text all the time so I needed a ton of messages. I am currently on Verizon but just left Tmobile about a month ago because they didnt have service out in the boonies where I needed it. That is the ONLY bad thing about tmobile is that their coverage is usually limited to cities with a population more than 10,000 people.
Verizon has decent plans for price but I do feel their texting is a bit overpriced… for 20 bucks a month i only get 2500 messages. And DONT waste your money on V-Cast services for music or anything, just buy a data cable for less than 10 bucks and a 1 gb memory card from ebay for like 30 and have all the free music you want on your phone.
Their plans run from 30-200 dollars

These are the only two providers I would recommend other than Cingular
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manningbj May 2, 2009

tmobile. i have tmobile unlimited text
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muttbob May 2, 2009

Go here
http://hometownphone.com/cell-phone-shopping/default.aspx
It will get you any info you could want and its easy to navigate.
Check out the filters on the left after you start searching.
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http://hometownphone.com/cell-phone-shopping/default.aspx

Jensen L May 2, 2009

Yep either t-mobile (19.99 per month, unlimited to anybody on any network)
or
Verizon (if you get service in your area)
$9.99 per month
to any verizon Wireless customer
i believe it's called
IN Messaging or something.
hope this helped!
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trueplayah4real May 2, 2009

Sprint's SERO (Sprint Employee Referral) Plan $30/mo
500 anytime mins
Free Power Vision (web,IM,music,video,etc)
Free mobile to mobile
Free Roaming
7pm nights

Then add $15/mo for unlimited text messaging. BUT theres a way to get this free (although not guaranteed). Contact me if interested

Also if you work for a corporation you may be eligible for an employee discount which varies (I got a 25% off my bill).

This is the cheapest way, but may require some patience and work. But you asked for the absolute best deal! You can get all of the above for possibly $25/mo after taxes.
References :
http://www.sprint.com/sero

W May 3, 2009

Ok. You really got to go to http://www.peekamo.com and register for their free service. At peekamo, you can send free TXT messages to anyone in the USA and Canada from your desktop. You don't need to know their carrier or anything. Best part is that it is free, for you and the person receiving the TXT msg. Peekamo uses SMPP not SMTP. You don't have to worry about spam either. You can create groups too. I'm from Canada where if you don't have a plan, TXT messages to the US can cost upto 15cents! Check it out – it really works and its really free. and no spam at all.

Why pay the telco's when you don't have to right!

Niz
Peekamo.com ID: NIZ
Toronto, Canada
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http://www.peekamo.com

Josh B May 3, 2009

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