Saturday, November 17, 2007

Choosing the best voice plan

Network operators constantly change their plans and frequently offer attractive promotions. However, these promotions are generally based on two-year contracts, and the only thing you usually get is the agreement on the price of the phone. If you factor in the Early Termination Fee (ETF), which is usually $ 175 to $ 200, the situation is not very good. It can be difficult to find someone who is delighted with the signing of a two-year contract. As a result, many people break their contracts, opting to pay the ETF so that they can move to an operator who has a more attractive plan or data service.

So, look for a permanent promotion that includes greatly reduced the monthly rates. These plans do exist. When AT & T Wireless launched its GSM service, the $ 39.95 /500 minutes plan, it includes an additional 500 minutes, one of my friends was still active on this package until this day.

Many of these promotion plans disappear eventually, and you should switch to another plan. With regard to which plan to choose, consider a minimum of 1000 minutes package if you are a professional user who is going to use the telephone to a lot of calls during busy work day. If you use the phone for personal use, you can get away with a lot less minutes, between 300 and 600 minutes, especially if your operator promotion package flows into the night hours and weekends free calls.

Each operator has a different definition of the night and on weekends, and these definitions change from time to time. Over the years, operators have defined as nights from 9:00 pm and on weekends starting on Friday at midnight, which gives you only two days of weekend. On the downside, some have defined weekends from Thursday at midnight, and thus include all Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. In this case, a business user may be able to get away with a plan with a low number of minutes, assuming he can schedule all its conference calls on Friday.

Once you have choose a plan, it does not stop there. Keep an eye on the number of minutes you use and plans to move away if necessary. If you switch plans, make sure to know what is the requirement of contract termination.

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