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Ok here is the truth I live in California actually close to San Jose and there is GSM held by Cingular the whole state of California has GSm only by CIngular at this point
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www.cingular.com
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Posted: 2002-03-13 09:32:00
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On 2002-03-13 07:25, nikeow wrote:
Another thing, Anyone knows if SMS (receive) costs money? I know Sending(Of course) costs money.
Thanks for any and all help guys/gals.
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Nikeow,
I does not cost money to receive SMS here in California. I have cingular and some places coverage is not so good, but others are great. You just have to be lucky with your location.
Andre
[ This Message was edited by: andre on 2002-03-13 09:41 ]
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Posted: 2002-03-13 09:41:00
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You should try PAC BELL. The GSM coverage is very good in Northern Cali, or at least is has been every time I've been out there!
You can roam on Voda with a tri-band phone, and it usually defaults to PAC BELL, but I never tried roaming over there on Orange (who apparently also have roaming agreements in Cali).
The US subscription calling plans normally include thousands of "free" minutes and some offer SMS as an extra. The trouble is that the US subscriber actually pays for both outgoing AND INCOMING calls... so you can consume your free minutes very quickly.
The reason for this is (i think) because calls to mobile phones are charged to the caller at the same rate as a land-line call. So local calls are free. The cellphone owner gets to pay the extra call charges... which can soon add up.
The same applies to SMS - my understanding is that you get charged for sending and receiving an SMS. Of course you may get some free with your calling plan, but still..!
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Posted: 2002-03-13 11:32:00
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San Jose is covered by Cingular GSM. We've got lots of international visitors with tri-bands using it very successfully.
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Posted: 2002-03-27 07:05:00
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Thanks Phenry.. I'll check it out when I get there.
Any idea on how the Prepaid package costs? I checked the website, it seems that they have packaged with a phone and there's all other kinds of charges???
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Posted: 2002-03-27 11:49:00
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Hello nikeow,
Prepay in california cost around 50 dollars with 30 dollars credit included. You can buy the sim card at any cingular shop. The price for calls are 35cents(peak time) 10cents(offpeak time) Nation wide.
SMS cost 5cents a msg.
Hope this helps
Andre
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Posted: 2002-03-27 15:45:00
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One more thing that is very strange in the US. You pay for incoming calls. So the prices per minute are for outgoing and incoming calls.
Andre
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Posted: 2002-03-27 15:47:00
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In New York you can have a prepaid phone with voicestreeam.
Check
www.voicestream.com
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Posted: 2002-03-27 16:27:00
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To clarify a previous post, Cingular and Pac Bell and one in the same. Cingular purchased the Pac Bell infrastructure some time ago.
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Posted: 2002-03-27 19:16:00
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Hi Andre,
Thanks for the info. It's a real bummer for Incoming and outgoing calls. When I'm in S'pore, I used the prepaid and wow, It really drains down to $0 very fast cos of it.
5cents/sms is expensive. I pay 0.15 cents and already we're complaining. I average ~150 SMs/month..
Dang!
Thanks..
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Posted: 2002-03-28 04:40:00
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