Anyone have a Cingular Go Phone?

[pat fan]

Long story short, we have TracFone but it charges us double as it's always roaming (it won't read our home address) .We just bought a Nextel Boost phone but there is no service (salesman assured us there was and we are returning it ).My DSIL has a regular Cingular phone (lives next door) and it works. Does the Go Phone have the same coverage area as the rugular ones?

Thanks

 

[Marseeya]

I've never tried any other pre-paid plan, but did you know that Tracfone now has a one-rate phone where you don't get charged double for roaming?

 

[pat fan]

I did not know that. I think I'll go check out their website.Thanks!

 

[Free4Life11]

I've never tried any other pre-paid plan, but did you know that Tracfone now has a one-rate phone where you don't get charged double for roaming?

I'm not finding this on the website.... That sounds really interesting to me.

 

[pat fan]

It looks like it's only available with one particular phone at $79.99.Pretty good deal as the Boost phone we bought was $104 and doesn't work.

 

[joanchris]

Verizon pay as you go is what I use now. I had tracfone, an older model, and it was clunky and could be expensive. Now I use the verizon and pay $15 a month for all the minutes I could ever need (got a $50 airtime bonus when I bought the phone, that carries over as long as you keep your airtime up--I buy $30 every 60 days) I am not necessarily frugal with my minutes, I use the phone when I need to, at the parks in WDW to find my DH or parents when we separated.....it's great for me.

 

[swilphil]

I have a Cingular Pay as You Go phone and don't have to pay for roaming. The rates now are 25 cents a minute or $1 each day you use your phone and 10 cents a minute. I bought it at Walmart. I used my old phone at WDW with no problem and no roaming. It was a Cingular Pre-paid phone. I haven't used my new phone at WDW.

 

[Marseeya]

I'm not finding this on the website.... That sounds really interesting to me.

How strange! When I bought a new Tracfone about a year ago, it was one of those no roaming phones and I had a whole list of choices in the phones. When I went to look now, they only have 4 or 5 phones for my area and none of them are the no roam!

All I can figure is that they subcontract service (like through Verizon and AT&T and whatnot) and maybe they went through a different contractor.

 

[mum4jenn]

On the GO phone pay as you go do you have to buy more time every couple of months?? I have a tracfone but I never use it but I have to keep buying minutes every two months. I have not renewed it since august because I just did not have the extra money to spend with all the school supplies and fees and such. I have over 400 minutes on it and hate to lose all the minutes but if I could find one that you only have to renew when you actually need the minutes I would go with one of those. I only want one so if I am on the road and breakdown I will have a way to call someone.

 

[dmslush]

Verizon pay as you go is what I use now. I had tracfone, an older model, and it was clunky and could be expensive. Now I use the verizon and pay $15 a month for all the minutes I could ever need (got a $50 airtime bonus when I bought the phone, that carries over as long as you keep your airtime up--I buy $30 every 60 days) I am not necessarily frugal with my minutes, I use the phone when I need to, at the parks in WDW to find my DH or parents when we separated.....it's great for me.

Do you know if there is a link or something online for this deal that I can see? I want to get dd a cell, and the local verizon office is wanting to charge me $50 per month for the prepaid plan.

 

[pat fan]

Verizon pay as you go is what I use now.

I would get verizon but we are the one area code in Ma. that they don't service.Weird but true.

On the GO phone pay as you go do you have to buy more time every couple of months??

Yes, you have to buy minutes on a due date to keep it active.I think you have to with all of the them.The Boost phone was every 90 days, the longest period I found, but again...it won't work where we live.