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- From: mearle@cgull.ccsu.edu (Mark Earle)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Cellular One Off-Peak vs SWBMS Off Peak
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 03:00:45 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 9, Message 5 of 15
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- Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, the 'B' carrier for cellular phones
- in most of Texas, offeres a variety of monthly plans and costs. These
- seem to be market taylored. For instance, in DFW there isn't a readily
- accessable off peak plan with zero cents per air minute. In many
- smaller markets, including Corpus Christi, there is such a plan
- available.
-
- I pay $40/month (plus taxes, $5 for voicemail on 3rd ring/no ans).
-
- Cellular One announced via a full page ad, radio spots, and a TV
- spot, their version of off peak.
-
- $40/month 240 minutes "free" additional off peak minutes 9 cents
- includes 15 "free" peak minutes, additional peak minutes 15 cents.
-
- [SWBMS with the above is 40 cents / min peak, no "free" minutes].
-
- Off peak is 8 p.m. local through 7 a.m., plus all day Saturday /
- Sunday, and four holidays (Easter, 4th July, Thanksgiving, Christmas,
- and this year, they included New Year's Day.)
-
- In some ways the C1 plan looks better, as the peak minutes are
- cheaper, and really, 240 "free" off peak minutes is a lot of talking.
- I rarely run up more than 60 or so off peak minutes, and many of those
- are because at 0.00/min, who cares?
-
- I probably won't change carriers now (although I could next month)
- mainly because of the hassles of changing the number people use to get
- me.
-
- As yet, I'm unsure if the C1 plan includes "features". SWBMS includes
- CW, CF, 3W, and detailed billing in the above plan.
-
- * In DFW and other large market cities, SWBMS offers the zero - peak
- "Advantage" plan, but only to corporate or group buyers. Sometimes
- individuals can "push" and get this plan. In Corpus, we can get it
- simply by agreeing to a 1 year service commitment.
-
-
- mearle@cgull.ccsu.edu 73117.351@compuserve.com Mark Earle 1:160/50
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