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Verizon iPhone Represents 3% of U.S. iPhone Traffic as AT&T Offers 1000 Free Minutes
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So I sent "Yes" to the number and it works. I'm sure those minutes will expire before I get around to using them since I already have 2000 rollover minutes and I accumulate another 150 to 300 every month on my 700-minute family plan. I could drop my plan to the 550-minute plan, but then I would have to think about how many minutes I am using, which I don't like to do.
What I *would* like is cheap unlimited or (1000-message) family text messaging. Give me 1000 shared text messages on a family plan for $10 per month -- that would be nice.
What I *would* like is cheap unlimited or (1000-message) family text messaging. Give me 1000 shared text messages on a family plan for $10 per month -- that would be nice.
As someone who dumped two lines from AT&T yesterday , I applaud them for their efforts to keep everyone off Verizon so that I can continue to enjoy the rock solid reception that we've had since our ViPhones were activated. I'm also certain that encouraging more usage on an already overtaxed network will be great for continued user experience!
THANKS!
THANKS!
I wonder why it takes AT&T four weeks to grant the 1000 minutes?
For me it looks like a cheap trick.
During the time of a hype, like this one with Verizon right now, you give someone something for free and he/she will not let go/change, especially when you don´t just have it yet.
By giving more you make it harder to let go and when the hype is over (in around four weeks, I assume), you will get the minutes and probably don´t care anymore...
Nice way to keep your "customers" AT&T.
From a technical standpoint, what is so difficult to allocate 1000 free minutes to a list of phone numbers who registered?
4 weeks?
Hah...
kuck
For me it looks like a cheap trick.
During the time of a hype, like this one with Verizon right now, you give someone something for free and he/she will not let go/change, especially when you don´t just have it yet.
By giving more you make it harder to let go and when the hype is over (in around four weeks, I assume), you will get the minutes and probably don´t care anymore...
Nice way to keep your "customers" AT&T.
From a technical standpoint, what is so difficult to allocate 1000 free minutes to a list of phone numbers who registered?
4 weeks?
Hah...
kuck
The problem is that if you drop to a lower minutes plan, you would lose the rollover minutes you currently have, and would have to start from scratch.
Worked for me, too.
Thanks AT&T for the free minutes; I'm actually dipping into my rollover this month so I really appreciate it
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I didn't receive the text, but I texted that number with "yes" and it said I'd get the minutes in 4 weeks. I've been an AT&T customer since June of 2010, so you should all give it a shot.
I didn't receive the text, but I texted that number with "yes" and it said I'd get the minutes in 4 weeks. I've been an AT&T customer since June of 2010, so you should all give it a shot.
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So what if I text back 4 times and every time got the confirmation mail for my 1000 rollover , will I now have (in 4 weeks) 4000 new rollover ... ? And where is the limit should I keep texting ... Lol
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So what if I text back 4 times and every time got the confirmation mail for my 1000 rollover , will I now have (in 4 weeks) 4000 new rollover ... ? And where is the limit should I keep texting ... Lol
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1000 rollover minutes? Who cares? Do you know why AT&T offer this? Because it cost them nothing. I have at least 4000 minutes in my rollover bank, and I would probably never use them till the end of time.
Hey AT&T, how about giving things with real value. How about REFUNDING me money for my unused minutes. Or maybe stop charging people to receive SMS. Or increase the bandwidth cap for the data plans.
If you have tons of roll-over minutes, and never dip into them, you are buying way too many minutes every month. (As almost every wireless customer does.) You should be on a plan where you go slightly over several times a year. Roll-over is great for those of us who actually do this, because it allows us to use the cheapest plan we can get away with, and have a buffer in reserve for the months we go over.
Texting that number from my Nexus One works as well. It'll be interesting to see if it happens.
This argument is old. They don't offer enough spread in their buckets to cover peoples needs. I.E. 1400 family, the next lower is 700. WTF. Plus as soon as you lower to the drastically lessor minute plan you lose the 15k r/o you have and now flirt w/overage.
So tell me, how does one solve this?
You speak to retentions and ask (nicely) for the secret 1,000 minute family plan that they don't advertise.
I was on that before I downgraded even further.
I didn't get the text, but I replied to the number posted with a yes. About 10 minutes later I got the thanks for accepting the 1000 rollover minutes text.
I make a lot of business calls on my days off, so these are definitely welcome.
I make a lot of business calls on my days off, so these are definitely welcome.
Ohhhhhhh Surely. You make me happy.
Calling tonight
Thx!
. Btw, what does that cost-befor fan?
If you happen to fall directly in the middle, sure, but for plenty of people it still works fine. Analyze your bill. Most people are overbuying, typically by a lot, because they want to avoid the once-per-year $150 overage. Instead, they'll spend $20 extra every month to make sure that never happens. I don't think you lose ALL of your roll-over - they effectively pro-rate it, but it's been a long time since I've asked that question.
I did not know that..... What we really need is more messaging, not more minutes. I just talked to AT&T and it looks like our best option is the 1000 messages per person at $10 each. We currently pay $5 for 200 messages each, but we have been greatly increasing our use of text message since instant-messaging through Yahoo sometimes fails to deliver for a day or two via push notifications. I'm not sure what is going on there -- but the problem is erratic -- may just need to switch to Google -- but still I hate the problem of sometimes being disconnected in Beejive or finding my wife is disconnected. SMS (though more costly) seems far more reliable.
My company discount gives me 23% off voice and data, but not text messaging. I can get a similar discount with Verizon (22%), but only on the primary line voice and data. Verizon is not really an option yet anyway since our contract on the iPhone 3Gs phones we bought is not up until June even though I am already eligible for early upgrade and my wife will be eligible on Feb 28. Early upgrade eligibility is not the same as contract expiration.
Anyway, its looking like we may end up giving AT&T another $10 per month for more text messaging.
I recently downgraded my plan, and I'm pretty sure I lost all of mine, which is why these extra thousand will be a welcome addition.
You might try getting Google voice numbers, which allows you to text for free. It's not perfect, the app is kind of buggy, and to text with all your contacts, they have to know to use that number, but it works good enough that it's keeping me on the 200 text plan rather than paying AT&T more money.
Ohhhhhhh Surely. You make me happy.
Calling tonight
Thx!
It was $70 for the 1,000 minutes, and then the usual $9.99 for each additional line.
What if you are on the lowest plan they offer
?We accumulate rollover minutes on the lowest family plan they offered when we went on it cause neither one of us use the phone that much and the few people we call the most are all on AT&T so it doesn't use our minutes to call them.
It Worked For Me
I did get the 1000 free rollover minutes proactively by sending a YES message to the 11113020 number without having received an invitation first. Thanks AT&T.
Give us maximum discounted free annual upgrades to each new iPhone model. Right now I'lll have to wait until Christmas to avoid a $200 early upgrade fee to get the iPhone 5 at launch, partly because I waited more than a month for the bogus White model instead of getting a black one on launch day.
I did get the 1000 free rollover minutes proactively by sending a YES message to the 11113020 number without having received an invitation first. Thanks AT&T.