Comments | annekate: I am at all times sleeping

annekate

I am at all times sleeping

Mar 10, 2004 11:52

Hooray! I finally slept through the night last night, and felt okay when I woke up! I'm tired now, but that's just because I'm still sleep-deprived on account of it being midterm hell week, but that's okay. Only two left to go!

( Anne's Midterm Progress Report! )

Comments 6

elspazz0 March 10 2004, 11:05:44 UTC

most cell phones support those things these days, if not all of them. the important thing is to get a good plan.

annekate March 10 2004, 12:18:44 UTC

Should I go with verizon or stay far far away from them? It's probably the easiest, but you have had bad experiences there so I dunno.

elspazz0 March 10 2004, 13:46:47 UTC

eh, i guess it's fine. i would do research if i were you, look at tmobile and sprintpcs as well.

ishiyakazuo March 10 2004, 12:37:13 UTC

You may want to go with a prepaid phone plan if you just want real basic services like that. I'm not sure which plans support text messaging and e-mail, but I think mine has text messaging and I pay about $20 every 3 months. My plan is Virgin Mobile's, and it supports web SMS (so people who are at a computer can message your phone, at the very least). It's a very inexpensive service if you don't plan on using it much. I only use it maybe about a minute a day (and since $20 buys you about 80 minutes of service, that works, cuz I refill it every 90 days).
Unfortunately, I don't think Virgin Mobile phones can be bought in C-U. However, you can go to the Chicagoland area and pick up a phone, and then bring it back and it'll still work (but it'll have a 630/847/etc. area code). Still, nice for me :) There are other services which are more popular, but they also require quicker recharges (30-60 days) and generally just cost more.

annekate March 10 2004, 13:53:21 UTC

I think I've decided to go with SBC, actually. It's a good plan and you get a free phone, which I'm all about. And since we don't have long distance service on our landline I want some minutes to call my mom and dad and sister once in a while.

ishiyakazuo March 10 2004, 16:44:19 UTC

Yeah... here's what I do for that:
Pay $25 for local service landline
Bought my phone for $60 (including an initial $10 for 3 months, which I added $20 to later)
Pay $7 a month for cell phone
Pay about $5 a month for the 3 cent a minute phonecards from Sam's club (which make it so I don't need a long distance provider, and I get sweet rates). So I figure I'm paying about 40 bucks total, and I get all I need in that. And the cell phone stuff rolls over if I don't use all of it in 3 months (which I never have, but I might actually this time... even though I had like $35 stored up)