--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EAZ00000 Date: 06/29/97 From: BILL SHRYOCK Time: 02:04am \/To: SCOTT CURRIER (Read 2 times) Subj: ESN Number conversion -> It's real easy. When going from hex to decimal, convert the prefix first, -> the prefix is the first two digits. For Mitsubishi it's 86 which converts to Scott, Thanks for the input. I will try and code something from your information. Lazy I suppose but I was hoping to find a routine in QB so I wouldn't have to do that. I'm not much of a math expert, but I suppose if I put the old grey matter to work I can come up with something. Anyway thanks again, Bill --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: The Ether Net Amateur Radio BBS (1:3821/7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EAZ00001 Date: 06/29/97 From: TOM MARKS Time: 12:01am \/To: JOHN SUMMERS (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks -=> Quoting John Summers to Tom Marks <=- JS> Tom Marks wrote in a message to John Summers: JS> There was a lot of ECHO! Hmm... That usually isn't a problem with the actual phone, it could have been a software problem because the actual transmission and reception is delayed to prevent that. ... Monotheism is a gift from the gods! ~~~ ReneWave v2.00+ --- Renegade * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EAZ00002 Date: 06/29/97 From: TOM MARKS Time: 12:01am \/To: SCOTT CURRIER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks -=> Quoting Scott Currier to Tom Marks <=- SC> The unlimited offpeak first appeared on a permanent basis with BANM in SC> Feb of this year. 29.98 a month. At the beginning of June they made it SC> so that you can add unlimited offpeak to most rate plans for an SC> additional 9.99 a month. They haven't redone their literature yet but SC> unlimited offpeak is available to anyone who wants it and they can SC> keep it for as long as they want. SC> The competition finally took notice this month and is now offering a SC> similar plan, 30 a month, unlimited offpeak. Their service area is SC> smaller and they charge a land line charge of 5 cents per minute which SC> BANM does not. SC> BTW, just looked at the two cell bills 4799 minutes with BANM and 1732 SC> with Cell 1. The unlmitied offpeak here has been available for close to three 3 years, but it's always been 15. ON digital Cell 1, it replaced the free weekends which were $15, and the same for GTE on digital. The Analog rate plans fail to offer that, and it's a shame because I'd rather use Analog than digital truthfully. Can you get unlimited offpeak on Analog? I had it as a special promotion for a year but after that went bye-bye I had to go up to digital. ... Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. ~~~ ReneWave v2.00+ --- Renegade * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EAZ00003 Date: 06/29/97 From: TOM MARKS Time: 12:01am \/To: GEORGE ERDNER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks -=> Quoting George Erdner to Tom Marks <=- GE> Actually, most "normal" people CAN get the same rates as any business. GE> For example, Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile has a plan that gives 1,000 GE> included minutes for $199 per month, with first incoming minutes free. GE> I've sold two of those plans, both to individuals. GE> Granted, one was a lawyer and the other a sales rep, and both used GE> their phones for their business. But the plans were in the person's GE> name -- not a corporate name. GE> I've also sold lots of phones to families on what's called the GE> "Corporate Value Pack". The only requirement to get the "corporate" GE> rate was having two phones. We sell lots of two-phone packages to GE> "corporations" that consist of a husband and a wife. I haven't checked the company rates for 5+ lines lately, but I know before they were a ripoff where I live. Cellular one didn't even have a small business setup when I tried calling, but that must have been over a year ago. A while back GTE offered a plan where if you got one phone on a Simplified 1 yr contract they would pay your montly access on the second phone for a full year, that is $29 a month savings, pretty good if you ask me. ... Think carefully before wishing, it might just come true. ~~~ ReneWave v2.00+ --- Renegade * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00000 Date: 06/28/97 From: TOM MITCHELL Time: 05:18pm \/To: SCOTT CURRIER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: NO: FREE PHONES 8:00 or 9:00, off peak starts at 7:00 in Ca. on cell 1 and GTE Mobilnet. * SPITFIRE v3.51 Email @ JBOYER01@JUNO.COM 707-792-0880 9600/33600 bps --- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (#10000) * Origin: StarBase 515 * Rohnert Park, CA * 707-792-0880 (1:161/199) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00001 Date: 07/07/97 From: TOM MARKS Time: 12:01am \/To: T (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks -=> Quoting Brian Lingard to Tom Marks <=- BL> In Bell Mobility Cellular land in Canada, evenings and weekends BL> is $25 a month extra 6 pm to 8 am on some plans, 8 pm to 7 am BL> others these hours are for week nights, weekends are the full BL> day. BL> I have to check but may switch to one of their plans with the 6 BL> pm to 8 am off peak. Unless i switch to Can-tel our a band BL> carrier if they offer a better deal. That's pretty good if it's 6pm to 8am, that's two extra hours to play with , Icould really use that. ... A programmer and his mind are soon parted ~~~ ReneWave v2.00+ --- Renegade * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00002 Date: 07/07/97 From: CHARLES HUNTER Time: 06:33am \/To: TOM MARKS (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks TM>Business cellular phone users can get rates like 8c off peak and 16c peak >though, I'd liek to see a regular consumer pick up one of those :) With what carrier? Charles * 1st 2.00 ~ Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0671 * Origin: AirPower Information Services 610-259-2193 (1:273/408) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00003 Date: 07/02/97 From: BRIAN LINGARD Time: 12:05am \/To: TOM MARKS (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks 2 July 1997 Ottawa Canada In Bell Mobility Cellular land in Canada, evenings and weekends is $25 a month extra 6 pm to 8 am on some plans, 8 pm to 7 am others these hours are for week nights, weekends are the full day. I have to check but may switch to one of their plans with the 6 pm to 8 am off peak. Unless i switch to Can-tel our a band carrier if they offer a better deal. I like bell mobility in many ways but sometimes wonder which rocket scientist made up the rate plans. ... He's got Blue Wave fever and it's spreading through the message bases! --- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00004 Date: 07/02/97 From: BRIAN LINGARD Time: 12:09am \/To: TOM MARKS (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks 2 July, 1997 Ottawa Canada The corporate rates Bell cellular offers in Ontario and Quebec have roughly the same monthly rate, usually include no air time but offer say 20 or 25 cents a minute for peak time and a 25 percent discount on add ons like message center, evenings and weekends and such. Their rates were dirt cheap on some things last year but are back to about where they were when I first signed up in 1990. The per minute rate tens to be lower though. Their corporate rate plans are for 10 or more phones billed to one customer. I supose a family could negotiate something but they won't let say a church congregation or lodge get a corporate rate for its members unless all phones are billed to one person and few lodges would do that. ... Danger, Tom Marks! Off-topic messages! Danger! --- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR] * Origin: Vision Information Systems (1:163/266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 223 CELLULAR Ref: EBC00005 Date: 07/03/97 From: TOM MARKS Time: 12:01am \/To: CHARLES HUNTER (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks -=> Quoting Charles Hunter to Tom Marks <=- TM>I don't think people should post about what their "business" accounts can ge >normale people can't get those rates, it's ridiculous and irrelevant. CH> I think Sprint will let anyone have that rate; and they also have a CH> 10 cents per minute anytime rate for personal. Business cellular phone users can get rates like 8c off peak and 16c peak though, I'd liek to see a regular consumer pick up one of those :) ... Behind an able man, there are always other able men. ~~~ ReneWave v2.00+ --- Renegade * Origin: LOTL/2 * 412 746 3592 * lotl2.slip.lm.com * USofA (1:129/230)