National Access plan

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I'm thinking about switching to a national acceses plan so that I
can take advantage of 1X while I'm on the road. On the VZW site, it
states that I can get 400 "monthly home airtime minutes" for $55/month.
This is for voice or data minutes. The plan also includes unlimited
nights and weekends. I need to know if night/weekend 1X data use is
considered free or if it comes out of the 400 minutes. Anyone know the
answer? Thanks

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"I have nights and weekends free and use
the 1XRTT apparently for free. I suppose
that they could charge me somehow if they
wished. Runs on my phone at anywhere from
65 kbs/sec to 100 kb/sec. Regards

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In article <2tinpkF1vib22U1@uni-berlin.de>,
Peter Pan <Marcs1102NOSPAM@HotmailNOSPAM.com> wrote:
>
>"Johnny" <adsfasdf@asdfasdfasdf.com> wrote in message
>news:slrncn88s7.af5.johnny@project-w.com...
>> I'm thinking about switching to a national acceses plan so that I
>> can take advantage of 1X while I'm on the road. On the VZW site, it
>> states that I can get 400 "monthly home airtime minutes" for $55/month.
>> This is for voice or data minutes. The plan also includes unlimited
>> nights and weekends. I need to know if night/weekend 1X data use is
>> considered free or if it comes out of the 400 minutes. Anyone know the
>> answer? Thanks
>>
>>
>
>If you are switching, then do you currently HAVE a plan? If so, you may
>already have the **OPTION** on the plan you already have to allow use by
>minutes as data and voice.
>
>Don't know what you are looking at, Americas choice is only $39.95, can't
>imagine what the extra $15 is for.
>
>To answer your question, I have AC400, tethered to my laptop, and use 1X,
>especially after 9pm and on weekends when it is free.

RED ALERT: National Access is equivalent to Single Rate National (no
roaming charges anywhere in US). Unless they have changed (and the Web
page I am looking at indicates that they have not), National Access does
NOT have either IN-Network (Mobile2Mobile) or unlimited nights/weekends.
ALL data and voice usage come out of that 400 minute bundle.

AFAIK, all America's Choice plans still come with the undocumented,
secret, "National Access" option, which DOES have unlimited Nights /
Weekends / In-Network. Data usage is billed the same as voice usage,
including as weekend/offpeak as appropriate.

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In article <2tj652F1vj7v6U1@uni-berlin.de>, Peter Pan wrote:
>
>> "Johnny" <adsfasdf@asdfasdfasdf.com> wrote in message
>> news:slrncn88s7.af5.johnny@project-w.com...
>>> I'm thinking about switching to a national acceses plan so that I
>>> can take advantage of 1X while I'm on the road. On the VZW site, it
>>> states that I can get 400 "monthly home airtime minutes" for $55/month.
>>> This is for voice or data minutes. The plan also includes unlimited
>>> nights and weekends. I need to know if night/weekend 1X data use is
>>> considered free or if it comes out of the 400 minutes. Anyone know the
>>> answer? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>
> Just checked, and there is an Americas Choice 400 plan for $39.95 that
> includes free nights and weekends, however there is also a national plan
> with no roaming (Called National Singlerate) with 400 minutes for $55 that
> does *NOT* include night and weekend minutes..
>
>
> Where do you go that you would roam? Data/1X is usually only in
> digital/verizon or extended network. I know there must be some roaming 1X
> areas, but dang if I have any idea where it may be.... That's $15/month
> extra for no roaming fees, how often do you actually roam? Depending on your
> location, Maybe spend $15 a month less and get free N&W, roaming may cost 69
> cents a minute, but that's about 21 minutes a month to break even, and I've
> only roamed for 2 minutes in 4 years.

I'm the OP. It sounds like I don't need to switch then. I'm
currently on the America's Choice plan in the NE region. I get free
nights and weekends and free in network. Does that mean that I can use
the 1X data feature of my phone and only use plan minutes? I'd be
connecting via a data cable to a laptop or PDA. It sounds like that is
the case. I would then be able to use the 1X feature for free on nights
and weekends. Is this correct? Thanks.

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In article <1098212946.797530@sj-nntpcache-3>,
"Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

> If it's not there you might try calling *611 to get it enabled.

I believe that the "*" is no longer required. While voice dialing, the
phone kept saying that it didn't understand when I said "star six one
one," but when I said, "six one one" it dialed it and put me through
right away.

--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Vote for John Kerry.

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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:38:10 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
<jcopelan@columbus.rr.aol.com> wrote:

>Last week on the Extended Network in Minnesota, "611" would not
>function, but "*611" answered with "Welcome to SprintPCS".
>So perhaps the "*" is optional only on Verizon's own network.

Its carrier dependent.

Actually for Sprint PCS, dial *2 for customer service instead of *611
or 611.

Dave

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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:22:02 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
<jcopelan@columbus.rr.aol.com> wrote:

>True, of course, but "611" works perfectly well on my Sprint phones.
>The point was that on a 'Verizon Extended Network',
>"611" didn't work from a Verizon phone, where "*611" did.

And the point is that Sprint PCS is an Extended Network partner and
when on Sprint PCS, you can use *2 instead of 611/*611, though 611
does work most of the time.

Dave

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In article <2tmgpvF21cur7U1@uni-berlin.de>, Peter Pan wrote:
>
> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1098212946.797530@sj-nntpcache-3...
>> Johnny wrote:
>>> In article <2tj652F1vj7v6U1@uni-berlin.de>, Peter Pan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Johnny" <adsfasdf@asdfasdfasdf.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:slrncn88s7.af5.johnny@project-w.com...
>>>>>> I'm thinking about switching to a national acceses plan so that I
>>>>>> can take advantage of 1X while I'm on the road. On the VZW site,
>>>>>> it states that I can get 400 "monthly home airtime minutes" for
>>>>>> $55/month. This is for voice or data minutes. The plan also
>>>>>> includes unlimited nights and weekends. I need to know if
>>>>>> night/weekend 1X data use is considered free or if it comes out of
>>>>>> the 400 minutes. Anyone know the answer? Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just checked, and there is an Americas Choice 400 plan for $39.95
>>>> that includes free nights and weekends, however there is also a
>>>> national plan with no roaming (Called National Singlerate) with 400
>>>> minutes for $55 that does *NOT* include night and weekend minutes..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where do you go that you would roam? Data/1X is usually only in
>>>> digital/verizon or extended network. I know there must be some
>>>> roaming 1X areas, but dang if I have any idea where it may be....
>>>> That's $15/month extra for no roaming fees, how often do you
>>>> actually roam? Depending on your location, Maybe spend $15 a month
>>>> less and get free N&W, roaming may cost 69 cents a minute, but
>>>> that's about 21 minutes a month to break even, and I've only roamed
>>>> for 2 minutes in 4 years.
>>>
>>> I'm the OP. It sounds like I don't need to switch then. I'm
>>> currently on the America's Choice plan in the NE region. I get free
>>> nights and weekends and free in network. Does that mean that I can
>>> use the 1X data feature of my phone and only use plan minutes? I'd be
>>> connecting via a data cable to a laptop or PDA. It sounds like that
>>> is the case. I would then be able to use the 1X feature for free on
>>> nights and weekends. Is this correct? Thanks.
>>
>> What sort of phone do you have? Does it have an "1X" icon up by the
>> signal indicator (as opposed to "D" or "A" )? The feature is enabled or
>> not enabled on your account. You can 1) just try it. 2) look at your
>> account online. Select "Statements" then "Service Profile" and look
>> in the Enhanced Services section. You are looking for "National Access".
>> If it's there then you're good to go.
>>
>> I think VZW wanted to charge for the feature. They pretty much had
>> to enable it for the Picture messaging. They used to ask what kind of
>> phone you had if you called to request to have it enabled. About the
>> time the picture messaging came out they were automatically enabling
>> it on most all new AC plans. If it's not there you might try calling *611
>> to get it enabled. Try something like "I'm going to activate a camera
>> phone to try it out"... If enabled as a feature like this on an AC (or
>> other)
>> plan you simply use minutes exactly as if you were making a phone call.
>>
>> -Quick
>>
>>
>
> Quicks reply was pretty accurate. Things seem to work different between East
> and West. I am out of Baltimore MD (almost the NE, but not N enuf .. But
> my friend in the West (Idaho), doesn't have it on his account and they tell
> him there is no such thing..
> I would suggest doing the online/look at your bill thing for sure, my phone
> model doesn't have the 1X indicator (just D or A).

I have an Audiovox 9900 with the 1X indicator. I just switched
plans so I don't have a bill to look at to see if it has National Access
enabled. I guess I'll just try it out and see if it deducts the minutes
from my peak/off-peak allotment or adds data charges. It sounds like my
current plan will do what I want. Thanks for the responses.

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Johnny wrote:
> In article <2tmgpvF21cur7U1@uni-berlin.de>, Peter Pan wrote:
>>
>> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1098212946.797530@sj-nntpcache-3...
>>> Johnny wrote:
>>>> In article <2tj652F1vj7v6U1@uni-berlin.de>, Peter Pan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Johnny" <adsfasdf@asdfasdfasdf.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:slrncn88s7.af5.johnny@project-w.com...
>>>>>>> I'm thinking about switching to a national acceses plan so that
>>>>>>> I can take advantage of 1X while I'm on the road. On the VZW
>>>>>>> site, it states that I can get 400 "monthly home airtime
>>>>>>> minutes" for $55/month. This is for voice or data minutes. The
>>>>>>> plan also includes unlimited nights and weekends. I need to
>>>>>>> know if night/weekend 1X data use is considered free or if it
>>>>>>> comes out of the 400 minutes. Anyone know the answer? Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just checked, and there is an Americas Choice 400 plan for $39.95
>>>>> that includes free nights and weekends, however there is also a
>>>>> national plan with no roaming (Called National Singlerate) with
>>>>> 400 minutes for $55 that does *NOT* include night and weekend
>>>>> minutes..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do you go that you would roam? Data/1X is usually only in
>>>>> digital/verizon or extended network. I know there must be some
>>>>> roaming 1X areas, but dang if I have any idea where it may be....
>>>>> That's $15/month extra for no roaming fees, how often do you
>>>>> actually roam? Depending on your location, Maybe spend $15 a month
>>>>> less and get free N&W, roaming may cost 69 cents a minute, but
>>>>> that's about 21 minutes a month to break even, and I've only
>>>>> roamed for 2 minutes in 4 years.
>>>>
>>>> I'm the OP. It sounds like I don't need to switch then. I'm
>>>> currently on the America's Choice plan in the NE region. I get
>>>> free nights and weekends and free in network. Does that mean that
>>>> I can use the 1X data feature of my phone and only use plan
>>>> minutes? I'd be connecting via a data cable to a laptop or PDA.
>>>> It sounds like that is the case. I would then be able to use the
>>>> 1X feature for free on nights and weekends. Is this correct?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> What sort of phone do you have? Does it have an "1X" icon up by the
>>> signal indicator (as opposed to "D" or "A" )? The feature is
>>> enabled or not enabled on your account. You can 1) just try it. 2)
>>> look at your account online. Select "Statements" then "Service
>>> Profile" and look
>>> in the Enhanced Services section. You are looking for "National
>>> Access". If it's there then you're good to go.
>>>
>>> I think VZW wanted to charge for the feature. They pretty much had
>>> to enable it for the Picture messaging. They used to ask what kind
>>> of phone you had if you called to request to have it enabled.
>>> About the time the picture messaging came out they were
>>> automatically enabling
>>> it on most all new AC plans. If it's not there you might try
>>> calling *611 to get it enabled. Try something like "I'm going to
>>> activate a camera phone to try it out"... If enabled as a feature
>>> like this on an AC (or other)
>>> plan you simply use minutes exactly as if you were making a phone
>>> call.
>>>
>>> -Quick
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Quicks reply was pretty accurate. Things seem to work different
>> between East and West. I am out of Baltimore MD (almost the NE, but
>> not N enuf .. But my friend in the West (Idaho), doesn't have it
>> on his account and they tell him there is no such thing..
>> I would suggest doing the online/look at your bill thing for sure,
>> my phone model doesn't have the 1X indicator (just D or A).
>
> I have an Audiovox 9900 with the 1X indicator. I just switched
> plans so I don't have a bill to look at to see if it has National
> Access enabled. I guess I'll just try it out and see if it deducts
> the minutes from my peak/off-peak allotment or adds data charges. It
> sounds like my current plan will do what I want. Thanks for the
> responses.

If you have not specifically signed up for a data plan you will
not incur data charges. It will either work if enabled or it won't
if not enabled. It's not like txt messaging where you have it
available by default and get charged for usage.

-Quick