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Posted on 12-30-10 09:31:26 PM

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I use Net10 with an ancient 2005 phone. Battery life sitting at standby is 3 weeks. New batteries can be had for $4. $30 for 3 months of service.

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Posted on 12-30-10 09:39:20 PM

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Originally posted by Metal_Man88
I use Net10 with an ancient 2005 phone. Battery life sitting at standby is 3 weeks. New batteries can be had for $4. $30 for 3 months of service.

That is pretty nice, actually. I use TracFone, which works for me since I do not text nor call people all that often.

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Posted on 12-30-10 09:41:15 PM

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I'm on Tracfone also. I discovered that it's kind of a pain in the ass to call Canada with it

I don't use the phone often either, so something like Tracfone is better for me than a monthly plan.

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Posted on 12-30-10 09:52:40 PM

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I also got a phone that gets double mins per purchase, so I am spending like 40 dollars every 2-3 months. Which is nice.

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Posted on 12-30-10 10:16:04 PM

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Yep, mine is like that too

Those things pay off after you buy just a few hundred minutes.

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Posted on 12-30-10 11:18:42 PM

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Before I got my phone I would just use Skype with the option to call phones ... I'd pay about 9/month for unlimited calls and a phone number.

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Posted on 12-31-10 01:52:27 AM

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I don't even need to call other people's phones on Skype. It's kind of nice, but I guess I just happened to luck out.

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Posted on 12-31-10 02:26:21 AM

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	Originally posted by FieryIce I just came back from a rather touristy town (no not San Juan) nearby, though we just ate at Wendy's xP Just has Wendy's for dinner. None of that for 2011. Going back on my diet that worked well for me in 2009. I think I'm going to do it every other year until I get to a weight that I'm happy with. Even though I wasn't on a strict diet (and no soda) this year, I still lost weight. ____________________

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Posted on 12-31-10 02:42:50 AM

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Originally posted by Terra
I'm on Tracfone also. I discovered that it's kind of a pain in the ass to call Canada with it

I don't use the phone often either, so something like Tracfone is better for me than a monthly plan.

My understanding is that basically anything with cell-phones and foreign countries (even Canada) tends to be bad, unless you specifically buy a special plan in advance...

As for skype, I've never actually used it...

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Posted on 12-31-10 02:47:45 AM

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Yep, I got a cell phone in Germany (my normal one was CDMA, so it didn't work in Europe) and I couldn't call North American numbers from it. Once I put a few euro into a pay phone to call my mom about something important.

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Posted on 12-31-10 03:40:40 AM

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Originally posted by Terra
Yep, I got a cell phone in Germany (my normal one was CDMA, so it didn't work in Europe) and I couldn't call North American numbers from it. Once I put a few euro into a pay phone to call my mom about something important.

So I suppose pay phones do still have a use after all, then.

I remember when we went to London we briefly looked into international cell phone options with Verizon (who is CDMA, but they're part owned by Vodafone), and quickly decided that we could just deal with being cut off from people for a week.

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Posted on 12-31-10 03:46:10 AM

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Yep, pay phones are nice when your cell phone is out of battery or you forgot it or it was stolen or whatever. People seem to forget that not everyone has their cell phone with them all the time

They're more for emergencies than anything else, but they're still useful.

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Posted on 12-31-10 05:19:18 AM

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Having looked at a few plans... it's easy enough to add unlimited calling to the US from Canada if you need that. Good luck with international calling without spending an arm and a leg.

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Posted on 12-31-10 06:24:02 AM

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Originally posted by Terra
Yep, pay phones are nice when your cell phone is out of battery or you forgot it or it was stolen or whatever. People seem to forget that not everyone has their cell phone with them all the time They're more for emergencies than anything else, but they're still useful.

I remember hearing a few years back that pay phones were being replaced with cell phone booths, where you payed to get boosted coverage or something and a quick charge. Anyone know what happened to that?

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Posted on 12-31-10 11:39:10 AM

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Originally posted by Anya
Originally posted by FieryIce
I just came back from a rather touristy town (no not San Juan) nearby, though we just ate at Wendy's xP

Just has Wendy's for dinner.

None of that for 2011. Going back on my diet that worked well for me in 2009. I think I'm going to do it every other year until I get to a weight that I'm happy with.

Even though I wasn't on a strict diet (and no soda) this year, I still lost weight.

Same here. I don't plan to lose weight though, but rather gain muscle, so I'll have to work out more regularly.

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Posted on 12-31-10 11:41:45 AM

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I plan on losing a lot of weight before summer. That way, I won't melt as fast.

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Posted on 12-31-10 03:30:44 PM

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Originally posted by Arp1033
Originally posted by Terra
Yep, pay phones are nice when your cell phone is out of battery or you forgot it or it was stolen or whatever. People seem to forget that not everyone has their cell phone with them all the time They're more for emergencies than anything else, but they're still useful.

I remember hearing a few years back that pay phones were being replaced with cell phone booths, where you payed to get boosted coverage or something and a quick charge. Anyone know what happened to that?

I haven't heard that... most of the removed pay phones I've seen are just conspicuously empty phone boxes.

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I remember hearing it because people were wondering where Superman was going to change his clothes in an emergency. Such a stupid thing is the reason it stuck to me, I guess...

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