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Article #51Re: No Activation Required at Best Buy?
From: Michael Thaler
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:34
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:34
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SPCS is now the high priced carrier in most areas. T-Mobile and Cingular give you 1000 minutes for $40. You get less than half that w. SPCS. Even the old line A and B carriers (like ATT and Verizon) have better plans that SPCS. Tell us where you are and what plan you have from Sprint and we'll post far better plans from other carriers in your area. ...mike "t.r" wrote: > > well most of the world uses GSM not CDMA so what would u want to do > with a unlocked CDMA phone???? there is no place to insert or remove a > sim card on a cdma phone unlike GSM. u guys r so lost! i was on sprint > now i am on gsm. very useful if u travel alot. but i u r in the usa > most of the time - stick to sprint. although their phones SUCK their > plans are sweet > > On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 19:42:35 -0500, Ronald Kushner <ron@glis.net> > wrote: > > > > > > >noemail wrote: > >> > >> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <nobody@yahoo.com> wrote in message > >> news:3decbcaa$0$4471$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com... > >> > I suspect that for most GSM phones, you are correct. They are much > >> cheaper > >> > to make than CDMA phones. However, with Sprint, Verizon and a few others, > >> I > >> > think subsidization is still a very real concept. > >> > > >> > Tom Veldhouse > >> > > >> > >> Sprint phones are not subsidized. Any customer, whether new or existing, > >> can go to any store and buy a sprint phone for the advertised price. Sprint > >> does offer rebates for new customers tho'. > > > >Sprint does subsidize the phones. They are locked and Sprint generally > >won't give you the MSL unless you social engineer it out of them. > > > >With the software loads on the Sprint phones extra NAMs are disabled and > >the software has been crippled to Sprint's specs. > > > >-Ron
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