TNPC #3.10

Cell Phones - Lee

• Important Features
• Which provider?
• Minutes
• Next issue

Important Features

• User Interface (UI)
   
  • Trust your insticts
     
  • Get one you like
     
  • Ericsson KF 788
     
    • terrible!
       
• Voice Memorization
   
  • Speak to make calls
     
  • 20 or more names
     
  • be courteous of bystanders
     
• PC Synchronization
   
  • FoneSynch by Paragon
     

Which provider?

• Phone Inventory
   
• Caller services
   
  • message waiting
     
  • call waiting
     
  • caller id
     
  • voice mail
     
• Consolidated statements
   
  • comingle long distance and cell charges
     
• Paging
   
  • replace your pager?
     
    • Web based messaging center
       
      • nice bonus
         
• Rounding up
   
  • only minutes you use?
     
  • partial minutes count as one?
     
• Contracts
   
  • length
     
    • long term
       
    • month to month
       
  • location
     
    • online only
       
    • retail center
       
• Signing up
   
  • Activiation fees?
     
• Getting out
   
  • termination fees?
     
• Plan details
   
  • regional
     
  • nation wide
     
  • minutes on the plan
     
• fees
   
  • Within Plan fees
     
    • local
       
    • long distance
       
    • roaming
       
  • Over Plan fees
     
    • local
       
    • long distance
       
    • roaming
       

Minutes

• how many to get
   
• two days with a notebook x 15 = rough estimate
   
• consolidate three months of bills
   

Next issue

• How to compare plans
   
• When to change providers
   
• Which accessories to buy
   
• Web resouces
   
• Dealing with obnoxious other users