[TRaymond]

Hello all,

I am on the 79.99/mth Blackberry Minutes and Mail package offered by T-Mobile. It includes everything unlimited with 1500 minutes (unlimited GPRS, unlimited email, unlimited SMS, etc).

1500 minutes is the most that they offer for this type of a package deal. They have no add on's for unlimited SMS, but they do have add-ons from unlimited GPRS, Email for 19.99.

So my best option is 5000 minutes for 129.00 with free nights and weekends + 19.99 for the GRPS and Email (I use verichat so no need for SMS) which brings me to a total of 149.99/mth.

My issue is that even at 5000 minutes, figuring 20 days (weekdays) a month, that gives you 4 hours of talk time per day. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm on my phone typically for 8-10 hours a day. I know that's extreme, but that's my reality. So they need larger minute plans.

Also for Blackberry plans, the largest number of minutes is 1500. Don't know about the rest of you but typically Blackbery users are more of power users and I don't think that 1500 minutes cuts it for power users.

Just my $.02


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TRaymond

[EGottlieb]

What do you use right now for a voice plan? Have you looked into the corporate enterprise series of plans? Maybe not appropriate if you are a self-employed consultant, but our users are all on an Enterprise 20 with 20K pooled minutes, 300 SMS each, unlimited weekends, and unlimited mobile to mobile (so calls between employees don't cost minutes). I know they have even larger plans than that, and they probably have some smaller ones as well.

Then the Blackberry is a $20 add on per user per month.

[aristobrat]

As we're rolling out BlackBerry's, it's interesting to see that the users who become "power BlackBerry users" almost always *dramatically* decrease the number of voice minutes they use. We had lots of 2000 minute/month folks drop down to between 600-900. Weird.

If 5000 minutes isn't enough for you on T-Mobile, you do have a few other alternatives.

Verizon:
$299 - 6000 minutes
$045 - unlimited BlackBerry

Cingular:
$249 - 6000 minutes
$045 - unlimited BlackBerry

Nextel:
$199 - unlimited minutes (Nextel National Unlimited NDC Plus Plan)
$??? - not sure of their BlackBerry prices

Looks like Nextel might be your best choice.

[manualmaxima]

dear lord you spend that long on your phone!!! you shold of hit up at&t when they had unlimited for $99.99 a month.

[TRaymond]

Originally Posted by manualmaxima

dear lord you spend that long on your phone!!! you shold of hit up at&t when they had unlimited for $99.99 a month.

Yeah, I know. What I am trying to do now is get my company to switch our service over to T-Mobile from Sprint. We're unhappy with sprint anyway and if I get the "Pooled" minutes (say 2000/line of service) then I can piggy back off those who don't use their phone as much. Example: My CEO uses between 5000-8000 minutes a month but he only gets 2000 minutes for his line but since their pooled minutes, we have some in the company that only use 300 minutes out of their 2000, so it all works out.

But still, individual consultants that live on thier phone should be able to use their blackberry the same as they would use a regular cell phone. So why the cap on blackberry minutes at 1500 for their package deals. I want the Blackberry Minutes and More EXTREME plan

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TRaymond

[adamg187]

My friend Shannon works for t-mobile corporate. If you are looking to setup an enterprise account with pooled minutes or just discuss what options your company may have, i would give her a call. She is very helpful.

Her number is 213-523-4281.

I recently purchased a blackberry from her and found that it was cheaper than going through a store or the t-mobile website.