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Hi. I have Vonage Basic 500 (500 minutes in/out) for $14.99/month and since phone calls takes place from home most of the time, I went with Vonage Basic as I don't talk a lot. That's great for me, as I can save minutes by not using my AT&T GoPhone (200 minutes for $29.99). Plus, I can use WebCapTel with Vonage (I do have a TTY and it worked very well before I cancel Vonage, but my TTY is collecting dust, so I didn't use it anymore).
Okay, I have a problem: AT&T denied me twice for a new phone: First I ordered AT&T Tilt, but have to pay $500 deposit! Ouch... That's 6 months ago. Last weekend, I tried to order Blackjack II directly from AT&T's website (the $50 after a discount), but I wasn't eligible for that. AT&T's website told me I'm eligible for GoPhone, but GoPhoe for deaf??? Crap... I got very dissappointed and scraped/stroke my GoPhone and felt like injuring myself (but gladly, I didn't). Thus, I got upset and felt better the next day. (And no, I don't have any medications; neither conseling, so I just got a hold of myself. Life is quite hard for me and I'm trying to make the most of it if not for credit-driven society.) I just felt like throwing away my GoPhone and get away from the hearing community. *sigh*
However, my knowledge of ASL is a bit lacking... Oh well. It'd be nice to have a phone regardless of my credit. I just don't like living in a credit-driven society. During that day when I've been denied the second time, I just felt like I wanted a credit score of 450, even if I always submit payments in-time. Well, I've just established my credit by applying for a secured credit card since April... I've just submitted payments in-time and pay my balance on-full consectivily.
Okay, so the reason I went with AT&T GoPhone is to worry less about coverage in Florida. I am hoping to switch over to Pay As You Go, but had trouble getting through. I first tried to call AT&T GoPhone automated system from my Vonage phone, but that won't work as it said something that it does not recognize my phone number and instead, call AT&T GoPhone service from my cell phone. A couple of months ago, they have the option of customer service, so once I say that, that nicely sounding woman said "sorry, I don't get that." It frustrated me. I just don't want to bring my phone that's already been scraped/dented or anything to the AT&T store, telling them I want to switch over to Pay As You Go Unlimited (10 cents a minute, $1 for a day to use my cell phone).
So, I discovered some alternative. Garth Wireless once told me that Sprint can sign me that I can sign up for a service for a deposit of $150. That's great for me, as my mom will give me that for Christmas. So I found Samsung Ace for $99 as opposed to $49 from AT&T. It's nice to have GPS in a mobile device; unfortunately, Samsung Ace lacks that. Plus, the screen is smaller than Blackjack II. This makes it a bit harder as a visually impaired. So then, I'd just go with the Samsung Ace for the time being.
But the problem is I don't want to spend $40 for more than 50 minutes that I'll not use during the college days. That's because I don't have friends in Tallahassee and I don't talk a lot on the phone. All I go out is college unless I go out to walk. So if I must make phone calls while on-the-go when necessary, I'd use WebCapTel, as I feel it's better than just typing in a QWERTY phone when instant messaging with the relay service.
What I saw in Sprint Relay Store is they only sell Blackberry devices with a data plan. Is that all?
I'm running out of options.
I want to have WebCapTel on the go, but that won't work with my AT&T GoPhone (Nokia but not sure the model number). I just want to be able to use the cab service if text messaging is not available in Tallahassee and Orlando. I'm planning to move to Orlando, so it looks like Sprint has good coverage down there.
Okay, I have a problem: AT&T denied me twice for a new phone: First I ordered AT&T Tilt, but have to pay $500 deposit! Ouch... That's 6 months ago. Last weekend, I tried to order Blackjack II directly from AT&T's website (the $50 after a discount), but I wasn't eligible for that. AT&T's website told me I'm eligible for GoPhone, but GoPhoe for deaf??? Crap... I got very dissappointed and scraped/stroke my GoPhone and felt like injuring myself (but gladly, I didn't). Thus, I got upset and felt better the next day. (And no, I don't have any medications; neither conseling, so I just got a hold of myself. Life is quite hard for me and I'm trying to make the most of it if not for credit-driven society.) I just felt like throwing away my GoPhone and get away from the hearing community. *sigh*
However, my knowledge of ASL is a bit lacking... Oh well. It'd be nice to have a phone regardless of my credit. I just don't like living in a credit-driven society. During that day when I've been denied the second time, I just felt like I wanted a credit score of 450, even if I always submit payments in-time. Well, I've just established my credit by applying for a secured credit card since April... I've just submitted payments in-time and pay my balance on-full consectivily.Okay, so the reason I went with AT&T GoPhone is to worry less about coverage in Florida. I am hoping to switch over to Pay As You Go, but had trouble getting through. I first tried to call AT&T GoPhone automated system from my Vonage phone, but that won't work as it said something that it does not recognize my phone number and instead, call AT&T GoPhone service from my cell phone. A couple of months ago, they have the option of customer service, so once I say that, that nicely sounding woman said "sorry, I don't get that." It frustrated me. I just don't want to bring my phone that's already been scraped/dented or anything to the AT&T store, telling them I want to switch over to Pay As You Go Unlimited (10 cents a minute, $1 for a day to use my cell phone).
So, I discovered some alternative. Garth Wireless once told me that Sprint can sign me that I can sign up for a service for a deposit of $150. That's great for me, as my mom will give me that for Christmas. So I found Samsung Ace for $99 as opposed to $49 from AT&T. It's nice to have GPS in a mobile device; unfortunately, Samsung Ace lacks that. Plus, the screen is smaller than Blackjack II. This makes it a bit harder as a visually impaired. So then, I'd just go with the Samsung Ace for the time being.
But the problem is I don't want to spend $40 for more than 50 minutes that I'll not use during the college days. That's because I don't have friends in Tallahassee and I don't talk a lot on the phone. All I go out is college unless I go out to walk. So if I must make phone calls while on-the-go when necessary, I'd use WebCapTel, as I feel it's better than just typing in a QWERTY phone when instant messaging with the relay service.
What I saw in Sprint Relay Store is they only sell Blackberry devices with a data plan. Is that all?
I'm running out of options.
I want to have WebCapTel on the go, but that won't work with my AT&T GoPhone (Nokia but not sure the model number). I just want to be able to use the cab service if text messaging is not available in Tallahassee and Orlando. I'm planning to move to Orlando, so it looks like Sprint has good coverage down there.
