*Cries* I know nothing of cell phone plans...

cry I have a good friend down in Florida that I'd like to talk to but I don't know if It'd cost anything to use my Dad's cell phone. I have NO clue what cell phone plan he uses and I don't know if I want to risk it because I don't want to see Dad's reaction when he gets that bill and It's jacked up majorly, he'll look straight at me. He doesn't even know I have this friend down in Florida so that'd make it worse. 🙁 I really want to talk to him though.

All cell phones are crazy long distance wise, mine's like 50 cents a minute and I talk long 😬 Unless it's covered by your plan.
I use my house phone to call long distance, we have a plan.

I phoned Ken the other day and it was horrible to find that the amount of credit I had lasted such a short time. Whereas if I had called one of my mates I could have talked for ages!

Precisely, the best way I find if I'm not home is to get a phone card and use a payphone.

😐

I have no idea... I may be getting a cell phone.. but i dont know what plan is the best. I'm guessing Verizon Wireless

Originally posted by silver_tears
All cell phones are crazy long distance wise, mine's like 50 cents a minute and I talk long 😬 Unless it's covered by your plan.
I use my house phone to call long distance, we have a plan.

Originally posted by Devalion
I phoned Ken the other day and it was horrible to find that the amount of credit I had lasted such a short time. Whereas if I had called one of my mates I could have talked for ages!

Originally posted by silver_tears
Precisely, the best way I find if I'm not home is to get a phone card and use a payphone.

*Is the first male to post here* w00t

Originally posted by silver_tears
All cell phones are crazy long distance wise, mine's like 50 cents a minute and I talk long 😬 Unless it's covered by your plan.
I use my house phone to call long distance, we have a plan.

Man, really?

I can call anywhere in the US and Canada on my cell and it uses the same amount of minutes as it would for me to call my friend down the street.

I'm trying to get my mom to put international calls on my plan...$4 a month and 3 cents a minute = waaaaaay better than $1.50 a minute.

Either ask your dad or go buy a phone card. I've discovered that calls made with a card don't come up on the bill if you use your home phone (landline, not cell).

I think I'll go call Dusty. Long-distance has no extra charge for me.

Originally posted by Lana
Man, really?

I can call anywhere in the US and Canada on my cell and it uses the same amount of minutes as it would for me to call my friend down the street.

I'm trying to get my mom to put international calls on my plan...$4 a month and 3 cents a minute = waaaaaay better than $1.50 a minute.

Either ask your dad or go buy a phone card. I've discovered that calls made with a card don't come up on the bill if you use your home phone (landline, not cell).

I've been dreaming
Of the things I've learnt
About a boy who's bleeding
celebrate to elevate
The joy is not the same without the pain
Oooh

Ipso facto
Using up your oxygen
You know I'm shallow
Calling out for extra help
You've got to let me in
Or let me out

Oooh something to talk about
Oooh something to talk about
Oooh Oooh Oooh

I've been dreaming
Of the things I learnt
About a boy who's leaving
Nothing else to chance again
You've got to let me in
Or let me out
Oooh something to talk about
Yeah something to talk about
Oooh Oooh Oooh

Originally posted by Lana
Man, really?

I can call anywhere in the US and Canada on my cell and it uses the same amount of minutes as it would for me to call my friend down the street.

I'm trying to get my mom to put international calls on my plan...$4 a month and 3 cents a minute = waaaaaay better than $1.50 a minute.

Either ask your dad or go buy a phone card. I've discovered that calls made with a card don't come up on the bill if you use your home phone (landline, not cell).

Exactly, the landline idea is the best with a phone card, it's used like cell credit this way and doesn't show up.

And I may be exaggerating about the 50 cents, but it is long distance me thinks, it doesn't cost minutes off my plan though, whole other charge on top of my monthly.

Like even texts are 5 cents more expensive internationally than just in Canada.

Originally posted by Kelly_LS
Oh lord, but he'd know when he saw that "Total" sign because nobody uses the phone because I'm always on the internet, lol. He'd automatically look at me and say "Why the f*** is the bill so high?"

You didn't read what I said about phone cards, did you.

Buy a phone card...they cost like $10. Use that to make your call. The call uses up the time on the card, thus it's not charged to your phone bill, it won't come up, and the total won't be any different then it normally is. You paid for the calls already when you bought the card.

Yea, and some cards have awesome deals, like half a cent a minute 😑

Originally posted by Lana
You didn't read what I said about phone cards, did you.

Buy a phone card...they cost like $10. Use that to make your call. The call uses up the time on the card, thus it's not charged to your phone bill, it won't come up, and the total won't be any different then it normally is. You paid for the calls already when you bought the card.

If you can get ones that are for a monetary value, as opposed to a number of minutes, it's much better.

I bought a $10 card a while back (cost the same as a 100 minute one), and it was good for about 4 and a half hours of talk-time...to England.

Originally posted by Kelly_LS
I don't have any money. I mean wouldn't the actual phone card cost more than the phone call itself, from Florida??

$10 is not a lot.

And you can use the cards more than once.

Four and a half hours? Damn! I have to scrounge up $10.00.

Originally posted by Kelly_LS
Four and a half hours? Damn! I have to scrounge up $10.00.

Well, it depends on the type of card you get. They sell ones that are good for a certain number of minutes, and then ones where it costs a few cents per minute (depending on where you call) and is good for a certain amount of money. The one I had was like 75 cents to connect and then was 2 or 3 cents a minute, and this was using it to call England.

Originally posted by Lana
Well, it depends on the type of card you get. They sell ones that are good for a certain number of minutes, and then ones where it costs a few cents per minute (depending on where you call) and is good for a certain amount of money. The one I had was like 75 cents to connect and then was 2 or 3 cents a minute, and this was using it to call England.

England w00t