On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:55 -0400, George >
wrote:

>If its GSM you would use the activated SIM from your current phone, if
>it is CDMA you would change the ESN on the carriers website.
>
I only know what a sim is (my phone doesn't have one).... all the rest
is greek to me.

>911 is a separate thing. Every cellphone is charged a fee to allow 911
>calling on an unactivated phone.

She's using the other one just for 911? I thought she talks on it
too.



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In article >, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:55 -0400, George >
> wrote:
>
> >If its GSM you would use the activated SIM from your current phone, if
> >it is CDMA you would change the ESN on the carriers website.
> >
> I only know what a sim is (my phone doesn't have one).... all the rest
> is greek to me.
>
> >911 is a separate thing. Every cellphone is charged a fee to allow 911
> >calling on an unactivated phone.
>
> She's using the other one just for 911? I thought she talks on it
> too.

I have two cells.
One with tracfone service, the other is not activated, just charged.

I can call 911 on the inactive phone, but nothing else.

And there is NO monthly fee on a tracfone! It's all pre-paid and you can
control the costs based on how much you use the phone's air time.

After it's activated etc. and you pay for the initiation (which is not
expensive) they end up running you around 10 cents per minute nation
wide.
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:55 -0400, George >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If its GSM you would use the activated SIM from your current phone, if
>>> it is CDMA you would change the ESN on the carriers website.
>>>
>> I only know what a sim is (my phone doesn't have one).... all the rest
>> is greek to me.
>>
>>> 911 is a separate thing. Every cellphone is charged a fee to allow 911
>>> calling on an unactivated phone.
>> She's using the other one just for 911? I thought she talks on it
>> too.
>
> I have two cells.
> One with tracfone service, the other is not activated, just charged.
>
> I can call 911 on the inactive phone, but nothing else.
>
> And there is NO monthly fee on a tracfone! It's all pre-paid and you can
> control the costs based on how much you use the phone's air time.

On a prepay it is prorated as a part of the per minute charge. On post
pay there is an extra monthly fee.

>
> After it's activated etc. and you pay for the initiation (which is not
> expensive) they end up running you around 10 cents per minute nation
> wide.

In article >,
George > wrote:

> On a prepay it is prorated as a part of the per minute charge. On post
> pay there is an extra monthly fee.

No monthly fee for Tracfone.

Every time card I purchase, no matter what the time allowance, it
extends the service by 90 days.

The phone keeps track of the time left on the main screen, along with
the current paid minutes bank.

At the moment, my phone expires 06-28-2009. I originally bought the
phone back in May and with the minutes I use, it's running me under
$20.00 per month over and above the original purchase.

But I don't glue my ear to a cellphone all day like some people do. ;-)

Original investment was $130.00 and if you watch the promos, you can pay
around 10 cents per minute for actual air time.

I'm really sold on pre-paid phones. For those with irresponsible
teenagers, that might be the answer instead of monthly contracts. If
each kid is allowed one $20.00 card per month to use at their
descretion, it might teach them some responsibility.

If they want more time, they can purchase it themselves.

Most convenience stores, many grocery stores and Wal-marts carry
tracfone cards.
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sf wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:55 -0400, George >
> wrote:
>
>> If its GSM you would use the activated SIM from your current phone, if
>> it is CDMA you would change the ESN on the carriers website.
>>
> I only know what a sim is (my phone doesn't have one).... all the rest
> is greek to me.

Sprint and Verizon wireless use CDMA which is basically a different
encoding system. Essentially each phone has an electronic serial number.
If you want to swap phones you log into your account (or call CS) and
pump in the ESN of the phone you want to use on the account you want to
use it on.

>
>> 911 is a separate thing. Every cellphone is charged a fee to allow 911
>> calling on an unactivated phone.
>
> She's using the other one just for 911? I thought she talks on it
> too.
>
>
>