[vox] cell phone contracts

[Michael Cheselka]

The cheapest is MetroPCS which has the web now.
There is a putty for Nokia phones.
http://s2putty.sourceforge.net/
I use T-Mobile since I can use putty and my Nokia 9500.

On 11/25/06, Ryan <cjg5ehir02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:58 am, p-at-dirac.org \(Peter Jay Salzman\)
> |lugod| wrote:
> > My cellphone contract with Verizon is up, and I'm looking around for new
> > cellphone deals.
> >
> > I'm currently paying $40 (300 min, free calling at 9) for truly bare bones
> > basic service.  That's the cheapest plan, AFAIK, that Verizon has.  It
> > sucks.
> >
> > Went to the Verizon store, and it appears that the very cheapest I can get
> > voice and data for is $80 (I really want to be able to access google and
> > wikipedia from my phone).
> >
> >
> > Just took a look at Sprint.  Their cheapest calling plan is $30 (200 min,
> > free calling at 7) and an astonishing $15 for "unlimited web and data".
> >
> > By the looks of it, Verizon's pricing is just absolutely awful.
> >
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of any other cellphone carriers I might
> want
> > to look at that may be competitive with Sprint or of any contract deals
> > they've heard of that might be interesting.
>
> Take a look at the coverage maps for the data service before commiting to
> anything.  Here in California sprint has the best EVDO coverage.
>
> > I've never had web/data access on a cellphone before.  Is it possible to
> > upload some kind of ssh client onto a phone?
>
> Some phones have SSH clients avaialable on they, yes.  Some phones have
> available SSH clients, but only non-free ones (many phones will only run
> signed software, making it very difficult to give software away, due to the
> signing fee)
>
> Also, do note that cell phones ususaly come connfigured not to function with
> a competing providers SIM card.  It is usualy possbile to get them unlocked.
> (I have done this on motorola and nokia phones)
>
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