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Mike Rofone wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>>> It needn't be a capped plan. I'd like to see the $60 (or whatever
>>> your budget may be) cover a set number of minutes or calls, with
>>> each message reducing that by 25/50 cents or whatever the
>>> providers charge for SMS and MMS messages.

>> Thats what any post paid plan does. Or maybe you mean that
>> it wont let you make any more calls once the $60 is gone.
>> Thats what prepaid does.

> I have a $60 plan which I bought my HTC Desire through Telstra.
> For that $60 I get $50 of included calls. When that $50 is used
> up I start getting charged extra.

What matters is how much they charge for those calls.

> So, if I make $60 worth of calls I'll get a bill for $60 plus $10 for
> the extra calls made outside of the $50 call "credit".

> SMSes, MMSes and some calls which aren't on the included calls
> segment will also be charged extra (although I do get 50 free SMSes).
> So, if I send 60 SMSes I'll see a charge for 10 SMSes ($2.50?) on the bill.

> MMSes aren't included in any bonuses so they actually make up the
> bulk of what I pay over the $60 a month.

You clearly didnt think thru whether that plan suits your use when you signed up for it.

> So, $60 for the plan, $10 for extra calls, $2.50 for extra SMSes and
> say, $15 for MMSes can calls to some numbers (overseas, premium)
> would give me a bill for the month of $87.50.

> When this plan expires I'll move onto a suitable cap plan.

Why didnt you do that before signing up for it in the first place ?

> Not sure what will be available when that occurs. Or, if the phone's fucked
> by then I'll look at something different, perhaps with Optus. Who knows?

I'm not stupid enough to buy mobile phones that way myself.