Cingular Refreshes, Renames Prepaid Plans

As a Cingular Salesman, I have to say what all the salespeople who gossip on this site are thinking: Who Cares about prepay? Customer service sure doesn't. Carriers make some money on these customers, but not that much. not many have the M2M or N+W's, b/c that's only on the $69.99 plan. if u spend that much, sign a contract + get the same thing 4 $20 bucks cheaper. No credit? Get ur Uncle Julio to sign for u or something - Get outta my store!

Does anybody know what network the phones will be associated with? I suspect it will be whatever is already deployed where they're sold (e.g. DCS/Carolinas will be -150). This would mean I could pick up a goPhone and have a "cheap" spare phone if I wanted.

As for the general apathy toward pre-pay, I think you're missing the potential appeal for travelers. Every forum I've read praises the Europeans for having pre-paid SIMs available almost everywhere. If Cingular and the others offered SIMs in addition to just minutes they might have something...

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25 cents per minute flat fee? That's kind of a joke isn't it? Virgin Mobile beats that pretty handily (25 cents a min for the 1st 10 minutes in a day, 10 cents/min after that), so does T-Mobile To Go... and by an especially larger margin if you stick to purchasing minute cards in the larger sizes (as low as 10 cents a minute).

I guess the other option is better (10 cents a minute plus a dollar a day during days you make calls), but only if you don't make calls every day.

I guess Virgin doesn't have much to worry about.