Cell Phone Plan Recommendations for 2003?

Posted by Cliff on Friday January 3, 2003 @06:31PM from the highly-volatile-pricing-markets dept.

scubacuda asks: "What do techies think about the plethora of cell phone plans out there? (While accompanying a friend at the Sprint kiosk, I couldn't help but dissuade several people from signing up with Sprint.) When I told a friend about my new AT&T "minutes w/o limits" plan ($99/mo for unlimited ANYWHERE minutes), he talked to Nextel and had them match the plan. What plans do you consider to be the best, and when have you been successful in negotiating your plan down?" Ask Slashdot did a similar question during November of 2000. It's amazing how fast cell phones have been adopted by people worldwide, and I think it would be interesting to see how much more you can get for your buck now, as opposed to then.

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Like like a son of a bitch by Sentry21 · 2003-01-04 03:34 · Score: 3, Funny

A friend of mine had a cellular plan through whatever Baby-Bell services Florida, and he was getting fed up with what he paid. His solution? He called in, and told them about the offer that AT&T had made him, which included unlimited evenings/weekends, tons of daytime minutes, all sorts of perks (voicemail, etc). The catch? It was all BS. He'd never even spoken to an AT&T rep. The result? He got the best cellular plan I'd heard of (still beats mine, actually, and this was three years ago).

So, if you want good service, find a national carrier, or one with decent roaming agreements anyway, and like like a bastard, and hope they believe you. Keep it realistic though.

--Dan