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JahManRed wrote:

All the student bums I know all have pay as you go. Its like a £10 a month if you don't make allot of calls. Don't know if you can get that in the states.

Can't you get those free ones now, where you get something like £5 of call credit a month for free on a pay as you go SIM?

TheDonkey wrote:

We have Pay as you go, but in North America, it still ends up being ridiculously expensive.

But paying to receive SMSs is gud.

I don't get why mobiles are so expensive in the US ($70-80/month is obscene - I pay £15/month for my phone with 200 minutes of calls and 500 texts, I never exceed that, so that's all it costs). They're really cheap everywhere else.

Is there some reason for it? Or are the telecoms companies just taking the piss?

EU legislation forcing networks to provide cheap services and even cheap international rates FTW!

I've bought my current cellphone about 3 years ago, that was €165, and it's still great. I usually spend €10 a month, but that's because I get free texts after 4'o clock (and usually, i only text with my phone).

So yeah; 70-80 is really expensive

TheDonkey wrote:

We have Pay as you go, but in North America, it still ends up being ridiculously expensive.

Students make very few calls. Just home to mummy to send them money for beer and to ask her how to boil an egg.

Bertster7 wrote:

I don't get why mobiles are so expensive in the US ($70-80/month is obscene - I pay £15/month for my phone with 200 minutes of calls and 500 texts, I never exceed that, so that's all it costs). They're really cheap everywhere else.

Is there some reason for it? Or are the telecoms companies just taking the piss?

EU legislation forcing networks to provide cheap services and even cheap international rates FTW!

Because the United States is not socialist (yet). One key law that EU has (correct me if im wrong) that we need is to prevent carriers from having exclusive phones.

Last edited by Swan (2009-07-24 06:39:34)

Agreed with Swan. I support big government legislation when it benefits technology ^_^

@nukchebi Verizon is the best provider in arguably all the United States. It's also the most expensive along with AT&T, but when you compare quality of service, Verizon utterly destroys AT&T. This list might help you out

Verizon Wireless: Best service bar none, but not the best selection of phones. I'd go for something like the enV2 or enV3 if you don't want a smartphone, and a Blackberry Tour if you want a smartphone. Again, it's the most expensive service but also the best. Not all phones work abroad mind you (the Tour does)

AT&T Mobility: Their phone selection is great (Blackberries, HTC WinMo phones, and the iPhone) but their service is pretty awful for what you're paying. A combination of lack of caring plus overloaded networks means slow speeds even on 3G and dropped calls abound. I use them right now... they're passable in the DC area but when I was in the Bay Area I had quite a time with them to say the least.

Sprint: Verizon Jr. It uses the same network technology as Verizon does (EV-DO) and in fact allows free roaming (both voice AND data if I'm not mistaken). Their own network isn't as expansive as Verizon's or AT&T's but it covers the major metropolitan areas. Not the best phone selection. I'd go for the Tour or the Pre.

T-Mobile: Not the best service, certainly the least expansive (3G only available in major cities), but their prices are cheap and they have some sweet phones available like the Blackberry Curve 8900 and the myTouch 3G. The other nice thing is that on some phones they support UMA. Basically, you make calls, texts and obviously data over a wifi network at no cost to your minute or text allotment. Very useful in poor service areas and abroad.

AT&T and T-Mobile are the only ones whose every phone works abroad. Sprint and Verizon have some "world phones" but most aren't.

SirSchloppy wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

I pay £15/month for my phone with 200 minutes of calls and 500 texts, I never exceed that, so that's all it costs

I get unlimited texts, 200 minutes, and a free phone for £15.
I added unlimited internet on top of that though, which was an extra £5.

Ah, yes. I forgot to mention the unlimited (200Mb - so not really unlimited at all) internet access, which I get free.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2009-07-24 07:04:04)

Well I think all the Euro folks need to leave the thread.

Get Verizon or T-Mobile. Depends on where you are, though. Verizon has the best service, hands down, but you pay for it and like above: their phone selection sucks. That's because Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA carriers and when 85% of the world runs on GSM, there isn't a large market for CDMA phones. Certainly there is in the US, but all the cool shit is sold on GSM networks.

I have a nokia E71 good phone if your wanting to do alot of texting thanks to full keyboard though i get unlimited texts and calls to to the same network for £15 a month so its dirt cheap.

25 quid per month for unlimited free texts and 100 minutes/month with http://www.three.ie/ on Pay as you go

wensleydale8 wrote:

I have a nokia E71 good phone if your wanting to do alot of texting thanks to full keyboard though i get unlimited texts and calls to to the same network for £15 a month so its dirt cheap.

Punctuation Mother Fucker! Can you use it?!