[kwlug-disc] cell phone plans

[Francisco Dominguez]

If you want to just forward your number, fongo.con charges a porting fee (I think$20 one time) and that’s it.. you can then forward the number to anything that’s on their free footprint.

You can also get the fongo works which gives you an auto attendant / extensions (forwarding / greeting. Etc) extensions etc. For free


Francisco 
fxdoming at gmail.com

> On May 29, 2021, at 3:34 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> A free phone isn't enough for monetizing my data: I want free swag, like an NSA hat or monogrammed FBI handcuff keys...
> 
> 
> On Sat, 29 May 2021 at 15:30, Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you can wait until next year, you can get your phones for free: https://airo.life/ 
>> Of course, this is provided you are OK with them monetizing your data - it happens anyways, at least this way you get a free phone and data plan out of it ;-)
>> 
>> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Znoteer via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:19:20PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>>> > It's that time of the decade when I sit down and decide that I'm paying
>>> > waaaay too much for mine and Wifeski's cellphone plans.
>>> > 
>>> > So I humbly beseech the experts...
>>> > 
>>> > What are you guys using for cell phones plans?  What's the coverage like?
>>> > Do you still have money left for food after you pay your monthly phone bill?
>>> > 
>>> 
>>> I'm in Montreal, so my experience may not be applicable to you.  I have a
>>> $35/mo plan with Chatr and a $40/mo plan with Lucky.
>>> 
>>> The chatr plan ($35) is unlimited Canada-wide calling, unlimited
>>> International SMS, 2GB data/mo, voicemail.  Coverage in my region is fine.
>>> 
>>> The lucky plan ($40) is the same with 4GB data/mo, call display, conference
>>> calls, and call waiting.  Again, no coverage problems.
>>> 
>>> But, it sounds like you maybe only need a cell phone plan for your wife. 
>>> You could port your number to voip.ms and configure the account so that all
>>> calls are forwarded.  If you want to continue having a laugh a cheesy text
>>> spam once a year, you could set up sms on the number.
>>> 
>>> It would cost you (even though voip.ms is canadian they do all their
>>> business in USD so all prices quoted for voip.ms are in that currency, not
>>> CAD) I think $0.85/mo to keep the phone number in your name.  After that
>>> it's either $0.009 or $0.0052 per minute for incoming calls (I can't
>>> remember which fee is incoming and which is outgoing).  SMS cost something
>>> ridiculously low per/unit also.
>>> 
>>> If you don't receive or make any calls in a month, your account will have
>>> costed you US$0.85 and maybe some taxes.  Rounding the per minute price to
>>> $0.01 you could talk for nearly 4 solid hours each day for 20 days (5 work
>>> days x 4 weeks in a month) with your current $45/mo plan if you switched to
>>> voip.ms (4hrs/day x 60 min/hr x 20 days x $0.01/min = $48).
>>> 
>>> Good deal hunting,
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Znoteer
>>> znoteer at mailbox.org
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