I'm somewhat amused that while I was reading this thread the text that I'd reached 50% of my data limit came through.
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Quoth Aragarthiel View PostHe has a prepaid phone and his calls are regularly interrupted with an automated message stating how much of each he has, then it hangs up the call.1129. I will refrain from casting Dimension Jump and Magnificent Mansion on every police box we pass.
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Quoth RootedPhoenix View PostGood grief. How do I make sure I never sign up with those guys?The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.
You would have to be incredibly dense for the world to revolve around you.
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Quoth mathnerd View PostI'm somewhat amused that while I was reading this thread the text that I'd reached 50% of my data limit came through.I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!
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Quoth Aragarthiel View PostWhile I agree with sending texts at certain percentages of call/text/data usage, my husband's provider takes it overboard. He has a prepaid phone and his calls are regularly interrupted with an automated message stating how much of each he has, then it hangs up the call.
A PROPER implementation would be to "flag" during a call that they're due for a warning message, then when they try to make their NEXT call look up the actual numbers (call might be long enough to take them past another warning threshold) and give the message before dialing the number they requested.Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Funny you should mention ST -- Mom and I both use that. I just helped her set up a wi-fi hotspot from them earlier today (found a refurb unit for $15 instead of the customary 70-80!). She so happyyyyyyy ^_^ She's been trying for months to get internet access from her house; her landlord's been jerking her around for months and finally decided not to do it, and Death Star and/or satellite even came out to do an install, saying that her location would work just fine...then they gave up because she's back in a rear apartment behind the LL's house, far enough into the woods that she can't get a proper signal at all. And yet, ST's signal is 4-5 bars consistently x.x
Plus, it's $15 a month for 1GB data...which she is not likely to ever even get close to using. About a third of what she had expected to pay."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Quoth Mikkel View PostHere my phone company will let me go over data limit free BUT when my limit is reached they cut the speed way down.
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Hmm. I have T Mobile, with unlimited data on their system, limited if I'm roaming. I get one, unobstrusive text letting me know how much data I have left when I'm about to hit my limit if I'm outside their service area.
Never occurred to me to tell the csr that I don't want to pay extra for data on someone else's network, and to just take that charge off my bill.
Oh, wait! I'm not a Sucky Customer!They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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I probably would've just shut off his data. The overage charge would still be there, but that's later. Oh, I wouldn't tell him I cleared it, just that he wouldn't be incurring any more overages.Supporting the idiots charged with protecting your personal information.
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Quoth Sapphire Silk View PostHmm. I have T Mobile, with unlimited data on their system, limited if I'm roaming. I get one, unobstrusive text letting me know how much data I have left when I'm about to hit my limit if I'm outside their service area.
Never occurred to me to tell the csr that I don't want to pay extra for data on someone else's network, and to just take that charge off my bill.
Oh, wait! I'm not a Sucky Customer!
I'm paying 101 and some change every month for 2 smartphones w/unlimited talk/text and 3 GBs data (IIRC, it was just doubled a few months back w/rollover.) I think for all that I get the most bang for my buck, so I'm not going to complain.
When I'm at home, I'm connected to my home wifi . . . so far I've not went over and gotten a text from Death Star that I'm about to go over my data (used to back when I had a small per minute plan . . . just about every month. And if it wasn't the data, it was the minutes.)
So I did this trick: checked my account online and talked w/a customer service rep about a mobile share plan that fit both my needs and budget. Took only a few minutes and I don't have to worry any more about going over on minutes or data or anything else.Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)
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