Mutley
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Tue Oct-11-05 04:30 PM
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Poll question: How many cell phone minutes do you go through a month? |
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In another thread a poster said they think that many people use their cell phones too much. So, I wonder how much the average DUer spends on the cell phone. I am 200-300 minutes a month.
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Mutley
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:18 PM
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1. No love for mutley today? |
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:18 PM
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2. gosh - i should know this |
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but....i don't.
i think the answer is: a lot.
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Mutley
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:21 PM
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3. It should be on your bill. |
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I only know because I pay for more minutes than I use. x( But I never get around to changing my plan.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:32 PM
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4. I used 950 minutes last month. |
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I am self-employed and I travel a lot!
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:42 PM
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But you have a good reason. I know people who use more than that just chatting it up with their friends.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:34 PM
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5. ~4,200 a month. I have a "phone office" and it's my work/home line |
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I travel a lot so a land line didn't helpand my customers live in all time zones I think.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:43 PM
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7. You, too, have a good reason. |
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But, wow! 4,200 minutes! My ear would kill me at the end of that month. :D
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:47 PM
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8. my head set is starting to grow into the side off my head. |
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I feel like a borg and I look like a crazy person wondering around talking to myself. But I at least don't yell in public. I hate when you are forced to join in other phone conversations in public places.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:50 PM
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9. You have the little hands-free thingy? |
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That makes life much easier, especially while driving a manual transmission. :o
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:51 PM
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10. haven't gone bluetooth yet but looking at it. |
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:54 PM
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12. Now that's that fancy wireless hands-free thingy. |
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New fangled city tech-nol-ogy. Don't mind me, I just had some coffee.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:52 PM
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11. I checked more than 800 minutes, but I have a family share plan |
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with my husband and two teens. The girl teen is responsible for chewing up most of the minutes.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:55 PM
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13. Of course. That's what girl-teens are good for. |
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I spent insane amounts of time on the phone when I was a girl teen. Good thing my parents didn't have a cell phone to share with me or I probably wouldn't be alive today.
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:57 PM
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When I first went to this family share thing about 1 year ago, the bill was supposed to be about $100 per month. Imagine my surprise when I opened the bill and it was for $482????!!!! Well, turns out the princess was text messaging and getting text messages, not knowing that she only got 100 per month.
Solved the problem. Paid $5 per month for her to text message her little heart out. Better than getting a big cell phone bill.
I remember years ago when my husband's cell for work routinely topped $1000. It was awful. Bag in the days of bag phones. Then, he got a Star Tac, which was promptly stolen. Sigh.
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Tue Oct-11-05 06:01 PM
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$1,000? I would die! My biggest bill was $300 once, but the SO was at a class for work for two weeks, so we talked for hours and hours. We thought using the cell would save money on long distance. :eyes: We weren't so smart about it. :D
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Tue Oct-11-05 06:03 PM
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16. I know. It sucked eggs. The company routinely took 90 days to |
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reimburse him, and we were just married with a baby. Not a lot of disposable cash.
Now, I can't imagine a bill that high, not with the unlimited minutes, et al. Most of his charges at that time, 14 years ago, were from roaming. $3-5 bucks a pop.
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:58 AM
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When cell phones first came out their billing practices were ridiculous. They finally figured out people weren't going for that.
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Tue Oct-11-05 06:40 PM
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I'm on a pay-as-you-go plan.
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:58 AM
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21. I did that but I used too many minutes. |
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I was spending three times as much as when I was on a plan, so I just went back to the plan.
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Tue Oct-11-05 06:41 PM
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person in the U.S without a cellphone.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:00 AM
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22. According to the poll three other people don't have cell phones. |
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:D
I often wish I didn't have a cell phone, but then I think about driving around without one and I know it would be my luck that the day I got rid of my cell phone would be the day I break down on the side of the road somewhere. And people in Maryland aren't really the types to stop and help you out on the side of the road.
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:45 PM
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38. My wife keeps threatening to |
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get me one,but it hasn't happened yet.
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:48 PM
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41. You could always get a pre-paid one in case of emergency. |
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Just buy 10 minutes for it or something and keep it in your glovebox.
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:55 PM
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:56 PM
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I'm used to stubborn men. :7
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Wed Oct-12-05 06:54 PM
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stubborn can be a goodthing sometimes.It does take a special kind of lady to live with us though.
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Thu Oct-13-05 04:58 AM
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It takes a patient lady, for sure.
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Tue Oct-11-05 06:43 PM
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19. I dont know. I never see my cell phone bill. |
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I get an account through work and it's taken out of my paycheck each week. I currently have no freaking clue how many minutes I go through!
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:01 AM
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23. Most phones have a timer in it you can reset every month. |
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Then you can see how many minutes you use.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:02 AM
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But I GET 900...I have Cingular, so I don't lose my unused minutes and right now...I have over 3900 rollover minutes! :woohoo: I'll NEVER pay overage charges again!
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:05 AM
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26. LOL! That happened when I had Cingular. |
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I NEVER managed to use any of the rollover minutes and when I left them I think I had over 5000. :rofl: It would probably take me two years to use that many minutes.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:08 AM
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29. Yes, they just keep piling on don't they! |
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I KNOW I need to go down a plan, but if I do, I'd lose the unlimited mobile to mobile and other things...so I guess I'll just keep what I have.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:23 AM
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Rollover minutes were the only good thing about Cingular, IMO.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:03 AM
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Although I do have a cell phone. It just gets used for a few text messages to my brother.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:06 AM
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27. It's convenient to have around, though, eh? |
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:08 AM
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28. Yep. It's for emergencies |
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If I was stuck in traffic and going to be late for something important. That sort of thing.
By the way, :hi: mutley!
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:23 AM
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:14 AM
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30. I have unlimited service ... |
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my time on the cell phone is increasing greatly ...
I'll look at my next bill for the actual usage ...
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:24 AM
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33. You like to talk on the phone, eh? |
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I've hated talking on the phone since I left my teenie bopper years behind.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:34 AM
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but it's - talk on the phone, send emails, PMs & IMs or be totally cut off from my friends ...
I wear hearing-aids so talking on the phone is always challenging.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:37 AM
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36. Ah, that makes sense. |
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I'm pretty anti-social in real life, so thats why I hate talking on the phone.
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:35 AM
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Edited on Wed Oct-12-05 05:37 AM by Joan_Alpern
dupe ...
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:37 AM
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37. I did this a couple weeks ago. |
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But there were four of them! :blush:
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:46 PM
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Of those, nearly 1,900 minutes are when it's free night calls with my SO :P
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:49 PM
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42. Talking to the SO will do it... |
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The only time I ever went over 500 minutes was when my SO was out of town for two weeks. :D
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:48 PM
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40. I used 769 last month |
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:49 PM
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43. Thats a lot of talking. |
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:52 PM
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Some people in this thread have used a lot more. My celly doesn't get good reception in my house so I rarely use it at home. I have free state to state long distance on my house phone so I just use that when I'm home.
Hey--are you trying to say I'm a blabber mouth?!?!?! :)
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:53 PM
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45. I would never say such a thing about you! |
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:55 PM
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47. Are you calling me mean? |
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Edited on Wed Oct-12-05 04:55 PM by mutley_r_us
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edit: Look how much you're enjoying that spanking!
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:10 PM
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50. I do enjoy my spankings. |
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:11 PM
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51. Usually less than one hundred minutes |
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Wed Oct-12-05 05:15 PM
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I had a cell phone once for about 3-4 days. I chucked it into a barrel of glue at work after a few aggravating calls at work. Why the hell do i want to own an electronic leash?
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Thu Oct-13-05 07:51 AM
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but thanks to free weekends, free nights (I pay an extra $7 a month so they go from 7 pm to 7 am unlike the usually 9 pm to 6 am. That little bit of time makes a big difference for me.), and free cell phone to cell phone calling I only use about 100 peak minutes per month so I still get an insane amount of roll over minutes. I don't think I talk on the phone alot but there are a few people that I tend to get into long conversations with.
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