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Cell Phones Part 3 – Plans and Promotions

We’ve talked about coverage; we’ve talked about phones, now it’s time for the next important decision. Your service plan you use with the phone. Plans. What plan to pick? There are so many! That depends on your usage and what company you decide chose. To simplify this for an example we will make up three plans: Local, Regional and National. Imagine that the Local plan covers my state of Pennsylvania, the Regional will cover the East Coast, and National the fifty states of the union. This leads us to roaming. In the past anytime you were using the cell phone … Continue reading →

Cell Phones Part 2 – Phones

Phones! Phones! Phones! Earlier I explained a bit the difference between coverage and service. Now we can talk about the next deciding factor, the actual phone! You need to be happy with your phone. To many people your cell phone is a status symbol or one of your accessories so you need to have a selection of phones that will provide you with the features you want. I remind you though without service, your phone is just a fancy piece of plastic. You can buy your service and phone online but many people like to actually feel it and see … Continue reading →

Cell Phones Part 1 – Service

Cell Phones. Sometimes it’s hard for us to understand how much we come to rely on them. Being the techno-nerd I’ve had a cell phone for almost 12 years now, back then there were no free weekends and your phone weighed as much as a gallon of milk! But phones have come along way and so have the plans and companies that offer them. I still get questions to this day from friends about their phones and how to save money with them. If it is your first phone you will need to decide what carrier you will want to … Continue reading →