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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? |
| Date | 2017-01-02 10:47 -0800 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <o4e75h$lbu$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <o49bh4$dog$5@news.mixmin.net> <otdg6c1p0n6f13kigmjuv9simv3r1v8gn0@4ax.com> <ecsh6fFqmngU1@mid.individual.net> <o4bfgm$nog$1@news.mixmin.net> <sh2k6cdgu1phsonk8frr7bsf1kl2ubmf1a@4ax.com> |
On 01/02/2017 12:23 AM, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 1 Jan 2017 18:49:58 +0100, Yanis Bernard
> <YanisBernards_jonque@orange.fr> wrote:
>
>>Frank Slootweg said:
>>
>>> Yes, Skype doesn't need a SIM either and it doesn't need a phone
>>> number for Skype-to-Skype calls. For example, I use Skype on my SIM-less
>>> (Android) tablet.
>>
>>Two questions which if yes, may help you a lot.
>>
>>1. Do you have a sim card slot on your Android tablet?
>>2. Are you in the USA?
>>
>>If both are yes, then for $10 or $15 you can get a SIM card from T-Mobile
>>which gives you 200MB/month free for life cellular data on the tablet.
>
> Are there locked tablets like there are locked phones?
>
> This page says it's $20 but $4 with the promocode SIMDEAL.
> https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Prepaid-3-in-1-SIM-Starter-Kit
>
> Also says
> "Works with unlocked, GSM phones. Unlocked, GSM-capable phones that
> support Band II (1900 MHz) or IV (1700/2100 MHz) are compatible with
> T-Mobile’s network. CDMA phones are not compatible with the T-Mobile
> network.
>
> We'll send your ready-to-use SIM card to you in the mail. Keep your
> existing phone number or select a new one. Service required for
> activation. T-Mobile’s prepaid plans feature no annual contracts,
> domestic overages or credit checks.
>
> Works with all T-Mobile phones."
>
> I have, on the old phone, 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
>
> It only gets 2.5 stars out of 5, on only 2 ratings, One guy gives it 4
> (evem though he calls it perfect) and says he can't understand what the
> other guy is complaining about.
>
> But I don't understand what it would do for me, on my old phone. 200MB
> is practically nothing, right? And like anyone, I already get free
> data with wifi, so this would just be for emergencies I guess, but I
> don't know what a data emergency would be. Maybe I'm groggly because
> it's 3AM.
Trying to find the next CHEAP gas station in the middle of the night at
80mph on I-10 somewhere west of El Paso. Thank you, Gas Buddy!
All our traveling life we have tried to game the need for gasoline. We
used to note the best price coming into town and then buy at that price
leaving town, but sometimes we'd get screwed and have to return. This
isn't as important now that we get 35 mpg and a fill-up is 13 gallons
max, but old habits (100 gallons total, 8 mpg at best in the
monsterhome) die hard.
The Garmin has lists of various useful things, but not current prices!
Moreover, it's frequently not up to date with locations. Really annoying
to search frantically for the Costco that's now something else and being
told that Costco moved to the shopping center across the street and up
the block. Or worse. Accordingly, being able to go to the Costco website
(which damn well OUGHT to list current locations) is useful.
>>I have used that plan with HO/GV successfully to use the tablet as a
>>speakerphone while traveling, so I know it works beautifully to bilaterally
>>connect with US "real" phone numbers for free.
>
> I don't have a tablet and it will take me hours of obsessing to decide
> how big it should be and how expensive, so I'm probably not going to get
> one.
>
>>PS: I see the term POTS which I know covers traditional land lines, but
>>what is the word for a real 10-digit phone number which can be:
>>a. POTS (aka land line)
>>b. VOIP (aka Oooma, Vonage, MagickJack, Sideline, etc.)
>>c. Mobile (aka cellular)
>>
>>Does the term POTS cover all three types of 10-digit phone numbers?
>
> No. Only the first. That's what "plain" and "old" mean, b and c are
> not old. I guess "plain" is an intensifier.
>
> I don't know what the word would be. "A numbered line"? Nah, sounds
> too much like a numbered Swiss bank account.
--
Cheers, Bev
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity
is not thus handicapped."
-- Elbert Hubbard, American author
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Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 18:23 -0500
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Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 00:59 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-08 22:32 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2017-01-09 15:23 +0000
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-09 10:30 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-04 04:33 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? Yanis Bernard <YanisBernards_jonque@orange.fr> - 2017-01-03 02:48 +0100
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 18:14 -0800
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-03 20:55 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-03 21:00 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? Yanis Bernard <YanisBernards_jonque@orange.fr> - 2017-01-03 02:48 +0100
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 18:05 -0800
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-03 08:41 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-04 06:01 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-03 21:04 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-03 20:57 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-03 21:00 -0500
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Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2017-01-02 02:34 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-12-31 14:08 -0500
Re: Free texting and calling via WiFi? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2017-01-03 04:17 -0600
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