Where Is The 1000 mins for $39 a month Plan?

Sounds like that would have been a pretty old plan (?). I've got 450 anytime minutes w/ rollover for $39.99/month, and I've had it for at least 18 months now.

Unfortunately, once you move off of a plan that has been discontinued, it isn't available to you any longer.



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Probably not. The pricewar is currently on data and text.

-Jay

 

Hard to tell. They had the 1000/$39.99 for a few months, then 1500/$49.99 for a few months but I haven't seen anything promotional for over a year.

 

If I remember correctly, didn't these plans not have rollover?

 

If I had seen it I would have jumped on it at the time.

-Jay

 

Jay, they did have rollover, they came without M2M (available as a $9.99/mo option) and without N&W (not available as any option).

 

Ok, I knew they didn't have something, which is why I didn't get one of those plans. I use on average about 1,000 M2M & N&W minutes combined per month. That's why I stayed on the 450 anytime plan with M2M, Rollover, and N&W for the same price as that plan was the better deal for me.

-Jay

 

Yes those plans were there and they just let them expire as they realy did not do good. They just did not know how to market them like T Mobile did. As to the plan details, Like Dmapr said, 1000 anytime, no N&W, no M2M (pay for option) plus roll over. One of my family members still has the 1000 one.

 

My ex-girlfriend has one, too — and she also has the Fast Forward option as well, free with combined billing. She would add M2M for a few months, build up the rollover pool, then drop the M2M and use up the rollover. It's certainly more of a PITA than a straight up plan that works.

 

Yes, they did have Rollover and M2M, but had no N&W minutes. That was the catch.

 

It wasn't automatic, you had to pay extra to get it, but at least you could get it. IIRC, AT&T Wireless ran a similar plan right at the end of their existence.

 

That rate plan is made as a retention offer when you call in to cancel service. If you say that you want to cancel to go to whatever provider because they have a 1000 minute rate plan for $39.99 they'll set you up on it. It has UMM but no NW minutes.

 

I had this plan up until today when I dialed down my Cingular service to the lowest plan they would allow me. IIRC, it was initially $59.99 for 1000 nationwide anytime with rollover and no data. Then over the course of the next couple of years the price fell. I know when I re-entered my contract 10 months ago, my phone rep kind of handwaved and told me he'd just keep me on that same plan.

I was pretty happy with that.