cell phone bill taxes

[Feva]

Y'know, you guys could just marry a Cingular advertising manager like I did and then you'd get free phones & service like me. 

[mussa]

bullshtein, its all bullshtein.
same deal with me murp, 39.00 plan, always is 55 dollars after taxes.  im about to downgrade minutes, i don't get shtein for reception at my new place, so i had to go and get a landline.  fargin pay 60 for that!  wheres the lube?!? 

[Philly_Crew]

My cell bill is over $100 month with three lines through Verizon.

[fansince61]

Sorry about that bad post..IDT doesn,t have cellular yet

[Wingspan]

after getting financially raped from the cell phone bill shenanigans (8 lines of taxes, and paying for more minutes than i ever used)...i didnt renew my contract....i've been using a pre-pay cell from verizon for the past 3.5 years now.

it's a little higher per minute ($0.30 during the day, $0.10 nights and weekends)...but by pre paying, you only pay a sales tax...nothing else...so on most months my cell phone bill is about $16. on a month where i may use it more frequently, it's $20/25.

i love it, no contract...and it's cheap, it gets calls, and makes calls, and i can use the internet on it...

the prepay makes no sense for someone who uses cells extensively or exclusively, but for me...it's perfect.

[mussa]

i just called cingular to downgrade my account since i don't use all the minutes now especially since i get no signal in my new place.  no they do not offer anything less than the 39.99 plan.  i have no options, they cannot offer me anything less.  i tell u what corporate america is in full effect.  they've got us bent over and taking it.  i can't stand it.  im paying for 450 minutes a month when i only use at most half.  farged in the ASS!

[Cerevant]

i just called cingular to downgrade my account since i don't use all the minutes now especially since i get no signal in my new place.  no they do not offer anything less than the 39.99 plan.  i have no options, they cannot offer me anything less.  i tell u what corporate america is in full effect.  they've got us bent over and taking it.  i can't stand it.  im paying for 450 minutes a month when i only use at most half.  farged in the ASS!

Get a pay-as-you-go plan.  Then you only pay for the minutes you use.

BTW, most of the cell phone taxes are not actually taxes - they are "the government made us do X, so we are going to make you pay" charges.  Things like 911, number portability, etc....they just add a fee instead of raising rates. 

[mussa]

good point.  so what does lets say 200 minutes cost on the pay as you go plans?  anybody have an ballpark idear? 

[Wingspan]

good point.  so what does lets say 200 minutes cost on the pay as you go plans?  anybody have an ballpark idear? 

verizon has a different price for day time, and then nights and weekends. 200 minutes as a pay as you go would probably be less than $30/month.

[mussa]

interesting...thanks

[Cerevant]

Tracfone - I think they are by Verizon
T-Mobile
GO Phone by Cingular