OT Re: Cell phone opinions/options

[gcmarx at gmail.com (Gordon Marx)]

On 28/11/05, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
> Mike Gorse <mgorse at mgorse.dhs.org> asked:
> The general rule with American-based cellular companies is...to get service in
> the first place, you have to buy a 2-year contract (which usually comes with a
> phone so hideous you'll junk it before 24 months).

I didn't want to sign up for two years when I switched, so I now have
a 1-year contract with Cingular. They don't advertise them, but IIRC
it's the same thing but over a shorter time, and if you buy a new
phone you wouldn't get the "just signed a 2-year contract" discount.

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Gordon Marx
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