Mar. 12th, 2009
I'm thinking about getting a cell phone (and getting rid of my land line), IF I can find a plan that is cheaper then my current phone bill.
The problem is, I don't understand what a lot of the crap listed in the plans I'm looking at mean. (I'm looking at Sprint/Nextel, btw, because I get a discount through work for their line of phones/plans.)

Okay... no roaming charges means that no matter where I am with the phone, I don't get charged extra, right? I'm pretty sure that's what it means.
But talk nights and weekends.... so if it's not on a night/weekend, then it would come off of my anytime minutes, right?
And unless it's some exceptionally weird plan, I should be able to call both other cell phones and land lines, right? (The only reason I ask is I saw something on a couple other plans that seemed to differentiate between unlimited talk and unlimited 'mobile to mobile'.)
The problem is, I don't understand what a lot of the crap listed in the plans I'm looking at mean. (I'm looking at Sprint/Nextel, btw, because I get a discount through work for their line of phones/plans.)

Okay... no roaming charges means that no matter where I am with the phone, I don't get charged extra, right? I'm pretty sure that's what it means.
But talk nights and weekends.... so if it's not on a night/weekend, then it would come off of my anytime minutes, right?
And unless it's some exceptionally weird plan, I should be able to call both other cell phones and land lines, right? (The only reason I ask is I saw something on a couple other plans that seemed to differentiate between unlimited talk and unlimited 'mobile to mobile'.)