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  1. Andy

    Andy Diamond Senior Member
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    Let's see how many of you will beat me on this one....
    My Bill cycle went from September 22 to October 21st and I used a total of 7330 minutes.
     

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    Good lord, I get unlimited usage and don't come anywhere near that!:browani::browani:
     
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  3. Andy

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    Lol, this past month was an extreme month for me but I generally always use over 5000 minutes per month.
     
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    prolly 2000 min. total per mo.
     
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    Last month I ended up using 1412 M2M minutes, 301 N&W and 44 Anytime minutes on my line alone, for a total of 1757 minutes.

    I have been seeing my usage go up lately for good reasons, so far this month from the 15th I have 1175 M2M minutes 155 N&W & 44 Anytime, for a total 1365 minutes.

    My normal use to me around 300 total a month. Guess I am getting my money's worth out of AT&T but nothing like you Andy. That's over 100 hours talking Geez. :p
     
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  6. QLR

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    My airtime use has plummeted... I was averaging a total of 4000 minutes a month but now, I have used a total of 1919 minutes (563 peak) and Saturday is the last day in my cycle. Last month I used 1977 minutes total... 811 peak nonIn. I am thankful for the anytime plan changes... i decided to go down to the 700 min plan and I am well within my goal.

    My usage has declined since I added the data plan onto my phone and put music onto it as well.
     
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  7. KyleAndMelissa22

    KyleAndMelissa22 Woot Woot, Splat !!!
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    my average usage is about 7500 per month,
    but here was a month where I was bored and felt like using plenty of 3-way calling, March-April 2007:
    You'll be surprised! :D

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. WiggyFife

    WiggyFife still knows nothing!!!
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    Lets just say that I too am nowhere even close to being anything close to yalls!!!:lmao:
     
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  9. Ellen

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    Between 200 and 300 a month. I still use my land line phone more than my cell phone.
     
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  10. Andy

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    I know, it's crazy when you think about it that way. :eek:
    Most of my usage is done while driving and out and about, though, so a lot of people rarely see me not on my phone, LOL.
     
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  11. Andy

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    That must have been a lot of 3-Way Calling. That is an INSANE amount of minutes, I'm surprised they didn't boot you for excessive usage, LOL.:D
    ...and there I thought I was a high end user...:browani:
     
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  12. KyleAndMelissa22

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    :D Lol.
    That month I spent alot of time on the road between here & NJ, and most of it was to my friends in NJ.
    Ever since then, my usage has gone down to around 6,000-8,000 minutes on average,
    but the price is still the same. :browani:
     
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    WOW you are freaking crazy do you sleep lol.
     
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  14. KyleAndMelissa22

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    I don't know how I found time to do that, but I did :D
    I guess alot of it was on the road.

    Cut that large number in about half, and that's single monthly minutes.
    But it's still around 13000 - 15000 !
     
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  15. Andy

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    13000-15000 is a TON. I feel like I'm always on the phone and that's with about half as many minutes as you do per month.
     
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  16. KyleAndMelissa22

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    Unlimited is good, thank you My Circle :D

    ...

    I put the bill in some great perspectives:

    Total Minute Usage: 29,680
    Total cost: $68.57

    Which means about 433 minutes is only $1.00
    433 minutes = 7 hours & 13 minutes

    Wow... And you thought 1,000 anytime minutes was a lot???

    ...

    Breakdown of it all:

    176 anytime. 2,684 Night & Weekend. 26,820 My Circle / Mobile-to-Mobile

    Remember, a lot of it was 3-way, so divide these numbers in about half for actual minutes spent on the phone.

    ...

    Heres another great perspective (if it would've been overage fees)...

    26,820 + 176 =
    26,996 potential peak minutes (which most were probably, LoL)

    26,996 - 900 (included anytime) =
    26,096 minutes over!

    ok, normally overages are charged an extra 40¢/min!

    26,096 x 40¢ = $10,438.40

    whoa...................................

    $10,438.40 (over) + $68.57 (original bill) =

    $10,506.97 = Final Bill

    ($10,506.97 is enough for 154 months of service @ $68/month)

    154 months = 12 years and 10 months

    ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    Would you pay that every month for a cell phone????
    -Not with My Circle, you won't!!!

    Unlimited is good!
     
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    Do you have an implant? :)

    Sheesh!
     
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    You do realize that's more than 12 hours!
     
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    I usually use anywhere between 800 and 1,600 minutes/month.

    -Jay
     
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  20. charlyee

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    My billing cycle ends November 2, I won't come anywhere near where you are Andy. :)

    From 10/03 - today:

    Anytime: 197
    N/W: 153
    M2M: 2058

    TOTAL: 2408
     
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    Around the same as Jay.
     
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    Total: 767

    Bottom line: Not worth counting :)
     
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    Damn... that's a lot of minutes.

    I use between 300-500 a month but I've been meaning to use more (ie, I need to call my friends more often.)
     
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    I'm sure you meant to say more than 120 hours...yes I realized that after looking at my minutes used portion and thought I was insane for talking this much, but, hey KyleandMelissa's usage should have taken the focus away from my usage. :D
     
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    Gotta love Unlimited M2M minutes. I don't know what I would be without my Unlimited IN Calling. :browani:
     
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    Andy Diamond Senior Member
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    LOL... :biggrin:

    I can give you some numbers of some of my "friends" who will talk your head off in case you'd like to make great use of your Unlimited Minutes. ;)
     
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    Lol. That was just that one month, six months ago :D
    My average usage since then is about even with you, 7000 + or - about 1500
     
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    Anytime Minutes

    Used 149 of 900
    Night/Weekend Minutes
    UNLIMITED
    Used 112 of Unlimited
    Mobile to Mobile Minutes
    UNLIMITED
    Used 40 of Unlimited.

    This is an all time low for me, this the end of my October bill cycle.
     
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    I use about 2000-2500 minutes per month on average..

    Apparently not all that much compared to others.
     
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    I use...

    200/500 anytime mobile minutes

    350/UNLIMITED Sprint2Home Minutes

    200/UNLIMITED Mobile-To-Mobile Minutes

    700/UNLIMITED Night & Weekends @ 7PM
     
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