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The FCC needs to investigate this. All iPhone users are forced to buy a minimum of $39.99 worth of voice minutes per month. That is ridiculously high! None of my friends pay that much. Most have prepaid or family plans and only pay about $10 to $15 per month for minutes. AT&T is discriminating against iPhone users and forcing us to buy at least $39.99 worth of voice minutes every month, even though we it's physically impossible to use 5000+4000+450 minutes per month! FCC, DO SOMETHING!!!
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complain all you want but it gets no where. The LOWEST att plan for any phone is 39.99 a month. I do not known an iPhone and i have that lowest plan.
My roll over is over 4k right now. I use maybe 30-40 min a month of the Any time. All my mins either fall in NW or mobile to mobile.
I was paying the same monthly price when I had a Treo through Sprint as I am with my iPhone. Prices are about the same no matter where you go for comparable phones.
We have 1400 minutes on a family plan with 5 lines.
Unfortunately we only have about 400 Rollover Minutes... it seems like 1400 minutes is just barely enough for the 5 of us.
However, I am the only iPhone on the plan.
Unfortunately we only have about 400 Rollover Minutes... it seems like 1400 minutes is just barely enough for the 5 of us.
However, I am the only iPhone on the plan.
3 phones on my 1400/month family plan - about 5700 roll over minutes accumlated since November. No way in hell we will ever use them.... the rollover balance just keeps getting higher and higher every single month. Love it if I could sell them, donate them, whatever since I've already paid for the minutes....
As to iphones4evry1's comment about all iPhone users being forced into a $39.99 voice plan... we have 2 iPhones on our family plan. The second iPhone just pays the $9.99 additional line fee + data charge...
As to iphones4evry1's comment about all iPhone users being forced into a $39.99 voice plan... we have 2 iPhones on our family plan. The second iPhone just pays the $9.99 additional line fee + data charge...
I was thinking about dropping down but would lose about 4500 roll over minutes. Now I don't mind losing them, I just wish I could donate them to a soldier or soldier's family for their use. I think I'll get a hold of ATT and see if I can't get that ball rolling.
39.99 is the lowest plan for any phone not just the iPhone...
And when you change plans, you lose all but the ammount of rollover that is equal to the min in the plan.
IE if you have 472828 rom and you switch to the 450 min plan you lose all but 450. An they expire after 12 months from month that you got them.
I bought my first cell phone in 1999, and Ericsson LX788, and I had a $19.99 voice plan with AT&T. Sometime around 2003, I changed my plan to a $29.99 plan. I stayed a $29.99 plan until I got my iPhone in Aug.2008. I kept telling them I wanted to keep my $29.99 plan, but they wouldn't let me. Look at the image below. They still have a $29.99 plan, but what the f**ck is the deal with the age discrimination???? You can only get it if you are over 65? Where is the FCC? We need a class action lawsuit to allow us to have the $29.99 plan!
Update: I just went to Sprint's website, and Sprint has a $29.99 plan for 200 minutes that anyone can sign up for. And, with Sprint's plan for the Palm Pre including text and data all for $69.99, that is like only charging $19.99 for voice. Think about it.
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Apparently, you didn't even read my comment before quoting it. It says "but what the f**ck is the deal with the age discrimination???? You can only get it if you are over 65?"
Next time, read before you type.
I'm unaware of any US carrier that lets you stay on a grandfathered plan when you upgrade to a phone that they subsidize. Their subsidizes are based off of their current rates. I guess they don't want to create a special 29-month contract (or whatever it would take for your plan-that-isn't-offered-anymore to break even on the subsidy).
Wouldn't it be cool if other industries offered grandfathered plans? I never upgrade my cable service. I'd LOVE to still be able to pay the monthly plan I was on in 2003.
When Sprint customers that have been using that ridiculously cheap granfathered SERO plan ($30 = 500 anytime minutes + unlimited text + unlimited data) upgrade to the new Palm Pre, they have to pick a Simply Everything Plan, which start at $69.99. That's $39/month more for the same features! Think about that.
same here 2,238 rollover minutes and i'm on their "basic" plan
I hate the plan, but all companies I've been to have the basic $39.99
I wish I could go pre-paid on the iphone though and still keep data....
I hate the plan, but all companies I've been to have the basic $39.99
I wish I could go pre-paid on the iphone though and still keep data....
Apparently, you didn't even read my comment before quoting it. It says "but what the f**ck is the deal with the age discrimination???? You can only get it if you are over 65?"
Next time, read before you type.
Ya I did. But I bet your not 65, so why did you even bring up the senior plan?
Apparently, you didn't even read my comment before quoting it. It says "but what the f**ck is the deal with the age discrimination???? You can only get it if you are over 65?"
Next time, read before you type.
While you're at it, why not sue every place that has a senior citizen discount? I mean, they're discriminating against you.