[olug] Fwd: Re: [OT] Cell phone carrier questions...

[Jeff Hinrichs]

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From: "Jeff Hinrichs" <jeffh at delasco.com>
Date: Apr 11, 2011 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] [OT] Cell phone carrier questions...
To: <Rob.Townley at gmail.com>

I use goog voice with it but havent tried skype or the like.  They have
other tiers too.  The mrs is on the 40/month for 1200min and unlimited data.
On Apr 11, 2011 9:15 AM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com> wrote:
>> Virgin Mobile.  25/month for 300 voice minutes and unlimited data.  Got a
>> Samsung Instinct for 175.00 during a special.  VM operates on sprint's
>> network, so if you have or like sprint, you can cut over and know what
you
>> are getting.  3G only, not 4G.  (Whatever the h3ll 4G is suppose to be
>> besides a marketing term)
>> Month to Month contract.
>>
>> By the way, the 25 and sales tax but none of the trumped up wireless fed
>> add-ons or state and local bs.  After tax, it's 27 and change a month,
>> instead of the normal 12-15/month in additional fees.
>>
>> Say what you want, but I got an ROI of 6 months vs any other carriers
>> voice/data + phone plan.
>>
>> -Jeff
>
>
> Since there are limited minutes for $25.00 / month, are you blocked
> from using VOIP software - generic SIP, skype, google-talk?