Posted on 03/11/2013 6:23:26 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
It had been nearly two decades since I owned a cell phone when I decided recently to purchase an ATT cell phone, using their GoPhone program. The idea was/is to have a device to reach others via speech from a semi-remote location in case of emergency, and do so with minimum hassle or expense. I'm sure there are millions who seek the same.Now that I have the phone and have successfully disabled any texting and web applications (not without first being dinged for any and all fumbling with the buttons), I receive bogus phone calls from god-knows-who spammeisters, with each disconnected call costing $0.10. My cell number has not been published to anyone other than my wife, and she probably forgot the number anyway.
This leads me to wonder whether it would not be in the interest of a company like ATT to employ folks to make these bogus calls. I’m on the hook for this dough, and no one else. Sure, I can call ATT, bitch about it and let them make an adjustment to my account, which I’m sure they will gladly do. But how many other people just let this stuff go at $0.10 a pop? Why should I go through this hassle to keep my dimes?
There was a school district from a neighboring state (OH) whose text notification system is on steroids. It was like getting a phone call for every snowflake that threatened to hit the ground (Okay, I hyperbolize) until I emailed their IT guy and those calls stopped pretty much the same day, but why should I have to go through that just to own a phone?
As of now, I am of a mind to toss the whole notion once the 3-month bath of minutes expires, but if someone out there has better experiences for pure and simple mobile voice without all this bogus BS, I’d like to hear about it. It is my firm opinion that, by law, cell phone billing for voice calls ought only be attached to the outbound party.
Ha! I bet you had something else come to mind to rhyme with “Schlitz.”
I use straight talk from walmart at $45 per month unlimited talk, text, internet.
Ask for another phone number. I got a new phone number once that had belonged to pet babysitting service. You would not believe the amount of phone calls I received. I even found that this number was all over the internet. I asked for another phone number. Problem solved.
It’s too late to rhyme but, yes, your refill lasts 90 days and longer as long as you spend part of it. You could, in theory, refill $25 every 90 days and last a whole year on $100 total as long as you use some of it each quarter and not so much that you need another refill.
I have a tmobile cell with unlimited calling, and in two years have not received a single telemarketing call.
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