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AnthroMatt · 04-02-2005, 11:32 PM

Well, I might get hit with overages for the first time in my life. I have 26 minutes left on Verizon thru Wednesday and 90 left on my TM account through April 9.

Yikes!!

Bugwart · 04-02-2005, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthroMatt

Well, I might get hit with overages for the first time in my life. I have 26 minutes left on Verizon thru Wednesday and 90 left on my TM account through April 9.

Yikes!!

It happens to all of us once in a while.

budney · 04-03-2005, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugwart

It happens to all of us once in a while.

It has never happened to me.

agentHibby · 04-03-2005, 1:44 PM

One roomate before he bought a wireless phone. needed to make a call home. I told him he could use my phone for about 5-10 min after 8pm (off peak airtime) he could use it as long as he wanted, if I did not need to use my phone. For some reason he though it was 8:05 and it was 7:05 and talked for 65 min

So about 55 min were peak airtime and with other things. I ended up with less than 100 minutes with about 18 days left

I made it with 6 anytime minutes to spare

Charlyee · 04-03-2005, 2:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthroMatt

Well, I might get hit with overages for the first time in my life. I have 26 minutes left on Verizon thru Wednesday and 90 left on my TM account through April 9.

Yikes!!

My Cingular account starts today and I have 250 mins. left out of 450. My Verizon starts tomorrow and I have 300 left out of 400. Ofcourse I hate rubbing it in

PS: This is an unusual month for me, basically I did not use either phone for about 2 weeks due to vacation and other things.

Tony E! · 04-04-2005, 12:18 AM

Last time that happened to me i called Sprint's customer service and they gave me 100 courtesy mins to hold me over, how's that for great customer service.

BTW, this is my rollover balance on my Cingular account >
Rollover Balance 1369

larry · 04-04-2005, 2:53 AM

I haven't gone over my anytime minutes in about 3 years. I used to have a plan that had 300 anytime and now I have 350. It's been perfect for me. The closest I've come was 327 out of 350.

proud2bamerican8 · 04-04-2005, 4:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony E

Last time that happened to me i called Sprint's customer service and they gave me 100 courtesy mins to hold me over, how's that for great customer service.

BTW, this is my rollover balance on my Cingular account >
Rollover Balance 1369

Courtesy minutes? Now that's outstanding, you are right.

Matt · 04-04-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony E

Last time that happened to me i called Sprint's customer service and they gave me 100 courtesy mins to hold me over, how's that for great customer service.
Rollover Balance 1369

T-Mobile will do that as well...I think they call them bonus minutes.

bobolito · 04-04-2005, 7:17 PM

That's what happens when you don't have Rollover!

ComicalMoodyDan · 04-04-2005, 8:44 PM

Gotta love rollover. I've went over my anytime minutes a couple of times and rollover has saved me from having a high bill.

Airb330 · 04-04-2005, 9:07 PM

Someone can have my 3700 rollover minutes LOL. I mostly call the parents, so that's M2M, then I use about 400 anytime to TM and Verizon. My parents more or less only call Cingular customers. I'm definitely getting them off my plan (back to prepaid), and bumping down to 450, and I'll still have a good 200-450 extra ollover to use each month

. Dan you area code is 423? My exchange is 423 lol.

bobolito · 04-04-2005, 9:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TNDan21

Gotta love rollover. I've went over my anytime minutes a couple of times and rollover has saved me from having a high bill.

I have 50 more anytime minutes than you...

ComicalMoodyDan · 04-04-2005, 9:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

I have 50 more anytime minutes than you...

I noticed that. How did you get 500 anytime minutes on the $39.99 Nation GSM plan?

Tony E! · 04-05-2005, 1:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

I have 50 more anytime minutes than you...

And i have 1319 more than you and counting..

bobolito · 04-05-2005, 2:00 AM

Dan, I have an OLD plan. I don't think they ever offered this in your area.

Airb330 · 04-05-2005, 2:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

Dan, I have an OLD plan. I don't think they ever offered this in your area.

They did in DE, but it didn't include M2M. Well, I don't think it did! They had the 500 AT then the 450/m2m plan as far as I can recall.

Airb330 · 04-05-2005, 2:52 AM

Matt, why in god's name did you go back to Verizon? I am familiar with the Sprint-->TM transition, then you had Cingular for a bit too. You are changing carriers more than phones nowadays! Haha

ComicalMoodyDan · 04-05-2005, 7:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

Dan, I have an OLD plan. I don't think they ever offered this in your area.

No, Cingular never offered 500 anytime minutes on the $39.99 Nation GSM plan in my area. It's always been just 450 minutes here.

Shizam76 · 04-05-2005, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TNDan21

Gotta love rollover. I've went over my anytime minutes a couple of times and rollover has saved me from having a high bill.

WoW Dan....you talk ALOT at night and on the weekends!

bobolito · 04-05-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Airb330

They did in DE, but it didn't include M2M. Well, I don't think it did! They had the 500 AT then the 450/m2m plan as far as I can recall.

Mine didn't include M2M when I got it, but I had a way to get it anyway.

Jodi · 04-05-2005, 2:18 PM

One month, I had something like 25 minutes left with 10 days left in my cycle. I use my cell phone for work purposes so I don't have to pay for Zone calls or LD on my land line...however, as I was getting down to the last 10 minutes before my cycle was up, I started to use my landline as I have a 5 cent/minute anytime plan, which is A LOT better than the overage charges on a cell phone!!

larry · 04-05-2005, 3:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Airb330

Matt, why in god's name did you go back to Verizon? I am familiar with the Sprint-->TM transition, then you had Cingular for a bit too. You are changing carriers more than phones nowadays! Haha

I have a feeling Matt will be back with Sprint when his Verizon contract ends.

I can remember when he had Sprint before he changed phones more than anyone on sprintusers.com.

WirelessBeachBum · 04-05-2005, 10:47 PM

I haven't had to worry about minutes for the past ten years, working in the wireless industry does have it's perks. I use about 4500 peak minutes per month....hardly any nights or weekends.

Fire14 · 04-05-2005, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by WirelessBeachBum

I haven't had to worry about minutes for the past ten years, working in the wireless industry does have it's perks. I use about 4500 peak minutes per month....hardly any nights or weekends.

Yeah, I guess that is a nice perk. I haven't come too close in the last couple of years, but tell the kids to use the N&W and M2M as much as possible. My newest addition to our plan, has racked up 900 N&W mins alone in the past 3 weeks, She is the one that could break me with anytime mins.

ZaphodB · 04-05-2005, 11:19 PM

See the attachment... I am exactly halfway through my cycle and have 918 minutes left

Shizam76 · 04-06-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire14

My newest addition to our plan, has racked up 900 N&W mins alone in the past 3 weeks, She is the one that could break me with anytime mins.

Yikes

Man girls can talk. I just can't see it. Is there THAT much to talk about? I would run out of things to say....

Fire14 · 04-06-2005, 1:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shizam76

Yikes

Man girls can talk. I just can't see it. Is there THAT much to talk about? I would run out of things to say....

She has also used about 100+ M2M & 100+ Anytime mins, I have no idea what they talk about. And she does this while on her Moto IMfree unit, she can multi task when it comes to talking about things.

AnthroMatt · 04-08-2005, 9:55 PM

I went with Verizon because of cheap phone on a 1 year contract...Sprint wanted twice as much for a basic phone on a 1 yr contract and I just need rural back up with my job.

As for my usage. I only ended up going over by 13 minutes with VZW and 4 minutes on TM (as long as I wait 7 minutes before making a call). I can't believe I used over 850 peak minutes this month. I've also used 400 weekend/weeknight minutes on TM, 2200 SMS and counting, and 300 M2M minutes on TM. Yikes!!

Mobile Mike · 04-09-2005, 1:34 AM

For me, this exact situation makes having multiple carriers handy (and worth it). This is why I love T-Mobile's 1000 anytime minutes, Verizon's "IN" M2M, and Cingular's Rollover.

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ComicalMoodyDan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 6,072 Phone(s): Samsung Gravity 2, Samsung Smooth Provider(s): T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Devices: T-Mobile @Home Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Minute Shortage Gotta love rollover. I've went over my anytime minutes a couple of times and rollover has saved me from having a high bill.

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Airb330 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 3,526 Phone(s): BB 8330 Provider(s): Sprint PCS Devices: iPod Nano (Black), XM Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Re: Minute Shortage Someone can have my 3700 rollover minutes LOL. I mostly call the parents, so that's M2M, then I use about 400 anytime to TM and Verizon. My parents more or less only call Cingular customers. I'm definitely getting them off my plan (back to prepaid), and bumping down to 450, and I'll still have a good 200-450 extra ollover to use each month . Dan you area code is 423? My exchange is 423 lol.

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Airb330 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 3,526 Phone(s): BB 8330 Provider(s): Sprint PCS Devices: iPod Nano (Black), XM Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Re: Minute Shortage Matt, why in god's name did you go back to Verizon? I am familiar with the Sprint-->TM transition, then you had Cingular for a bit too. You are changing carriers more than phones nowadays! Haha

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04-08-2005, 9:55 PM	Original Poster #29
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 8,630 Phone(s): BlackBerry Tour, Sanyo 4920 Provider(s): Sprint + Airave Thanks: 11 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts Images: 1	Re: Minute Shortage I went with Verizon because of cheap phone on a 1 year contract...Sprint wanted twice as much for a basic phone on a 1 yr contract and I just need rural back up with my job. As for my usage. I only ended up going over by 13 minutes with VZW and 4 minutes on TM (as long as I wait 7 minutes before making a call). I can't believe I used over 850 peak minutes this month. I've also used 400 weekend/weeknight minutes on TM, 2200 SMS and counting, and 300 M2M minutes on TM. Yikes!! __________________ Twitter

04-09-2005, 1:34 AM	#30
Mobile Mike Mobile Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 5,908 Phone(s): LG Voyager, Nokia 6263 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile. Formerly AT&T, Nextel Devices: 80gb iPod, Dell laptop Thanks: 86 Thanked 62 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Minute Shortage For me, this exact situation makes having multiple carriers handy (and worth it). This is why I love T-Mobile's 1000 anytime minutes, Verizon's "IN" M2M, and Cingular's Rollover.

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