Cell phone plan discussion?

Post by **toxicavenger** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:55 pm

you mtf'ers drop serious bank every month on a cell phone bill. f-ck that

Post by **toxicavenger** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:55 pm

you mtf'ers drop serious bank every month on a cell phone bill. f-ck that, that is almost half of a car payment

ericf4 · Post by **ericf4** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:02 pm

Lol its all relative.
I don't think that it's all that crazy compared to the usefulness derived.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:05 pm

i guess i am not "connected" so i don't understand. for me if you cant' disconnect sometime then your missing what is in front of you.

dukerules · Post by **dukerules** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:13 pm

Oh, I'd love to disconnect, and do it on occasion. It's just that my life doesn't allow me to do so easily, unfortunately.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:30 pm

dukerules wrote:Oh, I'd love to disconnect, and do it on occasion. It's just that my life doesn't allow me to do so easily, unfortunately.

my bad not trying to piss on anyone's parade i just know that is an indicator for me to back away

hoppyjr · Post by **hoppyjr** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:51 pm

dukerules wrote:Oh, I'd love to disconnect, and do it on occasion. It's just that my life doesn't allow me to do so easily, unfortunately.

I'm sure Rufus wants all his man-whores to answer on the second ring. At least he doesn't make you wear a beeper.

fastward · Post by **fastward** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:52 am

toxicavenger wrote:
dukerules wrote:Oh, I'd love to disconnect, and do it on occasion. It's just that my life doesn't allow me to do so easily, unfortunately.
my bad not trying to piss on anyone's parade i just know that is an indicator for me to back away

Disconnecting is not an option for me anymore.

ericf4 · Post by **ericf4** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:43 am

I don't want to be disconnected .....

braeburn · Post by **braeburn** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 1:04 pm

Yeah, I struggle with the disconnect option. I usually take business calls up to around 6:30 but not before 7:45 unless it's a sub-contractor, partner, or employee.

I use so many online services and apps that cross populate across all my devices and partners to run my two companies I need data all the time.

I just dropped ATT and am on Google's FI project. I went from $140 to $94 and Google will credit back money on any unused data under the 8GB I chose.

The coolest is it sets up a VPN network for me auotmagically on an any public or open WiFi.

Basic phone and text is $50 and you use both sprint and TMO but you gotta have a nexus 6 to use service.

lilhoody · Post by **lilhoody** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:09 pm

braeburn wrote:Yeah, I struggle with the disconnect option. I usually take business calls up to around 6:30 but not before 7:45 unless it's a sub-contractor, partner, or employee.

I use so many online services and apps that cross populate across all my devices and partners to run my two companies I need data all the time.

I just dropped ATT and am on Google's FI project. I went from $140 to $94 and Google will credit back money on any unused data under the 8GB I chose.

The coolest is it sets up a VPN network for me auotmagically on an any public or open WiFi.

Basic phone and text is $50 and you use both sprint and TMO but you gotta have a nexus 6 to use service.

Balance is key, IMO. I don't need or desire to be connected all the time personally. Work is another matter and I need to be connected, even at night. So, I have to balance it by having coverage from my peers, when I choose to unplug; whether it be certain time periods in the evening or weekends, or full weeks of vacation. Being without a phone or internet is glorious.

braeburn · Post by **braeburn** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:12 pm

lilhoody wrote:
braeburn wrote:Yeah, I struggle with the disconnect option. I usually take business calls up to around 6:30 but not before 7:45 unless it's a sub-contractor, partner, or employee.

I use so many online services and apps that cross populate across all my devices and partners to run my two companies I need data all the time.

I just dropped ATT and am on Google's FI project. I went from $140 to $94 and Google will credit back money on any unused data under the 8GB I chose.

The coolest is it sets up a VPN network for me auotmagically on an any public or open WiFi.

Basic phone and text is $50 and you use both sprint and TMO but you gotta have a nexus 6 to use service.
Balance is key, IMO. I don't need or desire to be connected all the time personally. Work is another matter and I need to be connected, even at night. So, I have to balance it by having coverage from my peers, when I choose to unplug; whether it be certain time periods in the evening or weekends, or full weeks of vacation. Being without a phone or internet is glorious.

All this and a great perspective.

I don't want to be connected all the time and strive not to be even in always plugged in and more so in my personal life.

I took on a partner (same partner from other alliances, we just merged business's to one). Much trepidation for this since my only previous partner was my wife.

Shortcutting a lot of shit on that story....having that allowed me to turn my phone off on vacation or the occasional day off. That is indeed glorious.

I'm still the everday go to guy in the company. I have people that call me at 7am and 8pm and leave me VM wondering why I don't answer.

Some days I just turn it all off at 2 on a Friday, Tuesday, or whatever day. The death of my dad at 70 and all I've put in and missed at nearly 50 made me pull the plug on the worldwidewebIV. I can now put it in airplane mode for hours and go do something else and not worry until the next day.

I see more and more people doing the same. I applaud that.

Truthfully, no one I know has ever been on their deathbed and wished they had worked more.

J.

HapaHapa · Post by **HapaHapa** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:32 pm

There's nothing that can't wait a little while, and if I can't call back right away there's three other people who probably know the answer. Don't be in a rush to answer that stupid little ringing doodad.

Grahamcombat · Post by **Grahamcombat** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:59 pm

I disconnect frequently, wholly.

On the other hand my connectivity needs to be absolute, so I pay well to have it. The amount of data I use is obscene: my cell is 60GB a month and my home is allocated at 1TB.

What can I say, I don't want to miss anything on DWC.

HapaHapa · Post by **HapaHapa** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:11 pm

60GB a month? Damn. Putting your phone through marathon duty.

hoppyjr · Post by **hoppyjr** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:13 pm

Holy cow! I've used 18gb in a month but I can't even wrap my head around 60. That's a lot of YouPorn!

tattoo chef · Post by **tattoo chef** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:57 am

I do sprint. Its not the greatest coverage but does me well 90% of the time. Reason I keep it is because of unlimited data. I pay about $100 a month for unlimited everything. Will be switching to iPhone for life plan in a few weeks which is essentially lease program but will allow me to have the new iPhone whenever one comes out, all for same $20 a month for phone and $60 a month service.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:47 am

my wife uses around 1gb a month for work and that is all. if I don't have time to get on my laptop then it can wait. i fear that if I get "connected" then I will take away time from my wife/daughter and life in general

marchone · Post by **marchone** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:06 am

I use my iPhone 5 for everything these days. My AT&T plan costs about $80 a month. It used to be twice that with grandfathered unlimited data but since I paid the phone off and told them I could get a cheaper plan from T-Mobile they lowered it and recently gave me more GBs for free.

Competition is good these days. I can't wait to dump Cable TV soon.

HapaHapa · Post by **HapaHapa** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 12:14 pm

Made some changes to my Vzw account yesterday. Will see next month if the savings are real or not.

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