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Default OT - cell phone advice

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:44:59 -0400, Brandon McCombs
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If unused minutes are rolled over then why do you have to add minutes
after 90 days?


When you add a Tracfone card, you get (for example) 60 minutes and 90
days. These are treated as entirely different things. Minutes is
airtime (deducted only when you use the phone). Days are the time
period your service is active, regardless of use. When that (Days)
expires, you have to renew. You keep the unused minutes.

Other companies are different. With my Alltel service, you just add
money. Day and usage charges are both taken from a common pool (it's
75 cents/day and 10 cents/minute).

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