---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8jlk343tmi7m$.pspscmbor2zg.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:44:57 -0400 From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> Subject: Re: cellular telco region with lowest "911" and other gov't fees? On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:09:21 -0400, danny burstein wrote: > Any one know of any publicly available list that keeps track > of all these fees? Fee listings I do not know, but prepaid services like those Page Plus provides, when paid for with a PIN code such as those CallingMart offers, seemingly *do not* collect such fees, taxes, offsets, or similar charges. Under the Page Plus $10-refill-at-least-every-120-days plan, for example, each text, in or out, is 5 cents, each month sees a 50 cent keep-alive charge, and each domestic airtime minute, in or out, costs 10 cents. Remaining balances, if any, at refill time, are usable the next 120-days. I keep two such lines open, each has accumulated multiple dozens of dollars in credits over the years. Other outfits probably offer similar deals. HTH. -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170428180227.58409.qmail@ary.lan> Date: 28 Apr 2017 18:02:27 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: cellular telco region with lowest "911" and other gov't fees? In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1704271708090.26471@panix5.panix.com> you write: >cell phone that's NOT my or my wife's "real" one [a], >I figured I'd get a Tracfone or similar prepaid cheapie. If you just want a number to get texts, sign up for Google Voice. The numbers are textable, the texts show up in the linked inbox or the hangouts app. Works great. For mine I set up a Google account tied to a non-google address so the texts show up there. R's, John PS: I also have a Tracfone, for which the 911 fees seem to be added on at the time I buy credit, making it hard to compare to anything else. But at $18+tax per 90 days, Tracfones can be very cheap, particularly now that you can use pretty much any AT&T, T-Mo, or Verizon phone. ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 30 Apr 2017