[olug] [OT] Cell phone carrier questions...

[Rob Townley]

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?