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Thank you very much for the information about cingular.
45$ for the starter kit seems OK to me (the price was not given on cingular web site...
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Nevertheless I still have some questions...
On cingular web site,
http://onlinestore.cingular.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ES_PROD_PP.jsp?storeId=11451&langId=-1&catalogId=11451&storeAlias=scalax&svcAreaId=null
it is written that international costs are in addition to regular airtime charges. Does it mean that I will pay $0.39+$0.35/minute if I call France on M-F between 7am-9pm ?
Moreover they say mobile-to-mobile is always $0.10/min. Is it really mobile-to-mobile or is it rather cingular-to-cingular ? My friend has an AT&T cellphone (818-207-xxxx) so it makes quite a difference to me...
Regardless, we never pay incoming calls in Europe. Do you always do that in the USA ? So weird...
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Posted: 2002-10-22 10:22:00
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Wow you're right - the international call fee is a surcharge to the regular rates. Cingular website says: "Rates are in addition to airtime charges." That makes it pretty expensive.
Good question about the mobile-to-mobile calls. I'll try to find out.
In the US we have a different way of billing than in europe. For people with contracts, we don't really pay per minute. Instead we have a certain number of "airtime minutes" per month which are included in the base monthly fee. We only pay per minute if we go over that amount. AT&T recently introduced an unlimited minute plan for $99/month and Cingular is currently offering to "roll-over" unused minutes to the next month, but these are new billing models. So in a way we pay for incoming calls, but not really on a "per minute" basis. However on a pre-paid plan, you will be charged for incoming minutes.
I just saw the "MyCircle Plan" on the Cingular web site. If you can get this plan without having to buy the phone, that may be your best bet because you could choose the 3 numbers you will be calling most (like your girlfriend's I'm sure
)and always only pay $0.10/min. I'll try to find out if you can get that without the phone...
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Posted: 2002-10-22 11:11:00
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Thank you.
Anyway, I don't really care about internationnal calls. I will probably phone France once a week only...
I just wanted to know if I understood Cingular way of billing...
Concerning the "MyCircle Plan" I also doubt I should take it. My friend (not girlfriend by the way
) will surely be the one I will call the most but there are also a bunch of other people I will call and most of all, with this "MyCircle plan", incoming calls are always 0.35$/min.
Regardless, I am still very interested in T-mobile pricing policy and in clarifications about what Cingular means by "mobile-to-mobile"
Nevertheless I may choose Cingular because the pricing seems OK to me... Is Cingular's quality of reception good in LA ? I know AT&T sucks over there...
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Posted: 2002-10-23 17:35:00
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