Advice on Rollover Minutes
I am in the process of looking for a new provider and am curious about rollover minutes. Can anyone out there who has this give me any feedback as to whether or not it is worth it? Some of my friends have them and say that they never use them. Any help is appreciated.
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i get people in my store all the time who would have paid dearly if they didnt have them. my advice is to start one plan higher than you think you'll use, then if you are below the plan you were going to choose originally, then drop the plan down one. You'll keep the extra rollover mins and have a little more peace of mind.
a friend of mine actually goes over his mins every OTHER month for some reason, so in his case, it's a lifesaver. it's like fiber, it keeps his bill regular. 😉
a friend of mine actually goes over his mins every OTHER month for some reason, so in his case, it's a lifesaver. it's like fiber, it keeps his bill regular. 😉
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Its simple really . You GET ALL THE MINUTES YOU PAY FOR! Unlike other Carriers where you pay a relative different amount for minutes. More per minute if you use less and you LOOSE what minutes you paid for and did not use.
Roll over is the best plan for those who have an avg per month and have light months and heavy use months. Travelers who use the phone OTR and not much at home. I fall to that category. I may use 300 AT minutes at home and 800 AT minutes OTR. The 150 RO minute add up quickly over my 450 plan.
Sprint has a similar plan in 'reverse' with fair and flexible: another nice plan for erratic users.
Roll over is the best plan for those who have an avg per month and have light months and heavy use months. Travelers who use the phone OTR and not much at home. I fall to that category. I may use 300 AT minutes at home and 800 AT minutes OTR. The 150 RO minute add up quickly over my 450 plan.
Sprint has a similar plan in 'reverse' with fair and flexible: another nice plan for erratic users.
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The best benefit of rollover minutes would be if you fluxuate month by month on the ammnt of minutes that you use...say you have a 400 minute calling plan...one month you only use 150 then the next month you use 600...if you trend like this over the past year then rollover would be good...if you're finding that you are using around the same ammnt give or take 50 minutes...then rollover really wouldn't be a great benefit
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Just a fair warning: if my unrestanding of Cingular policies is correct, you actualy DO LOSE the roll-over minutes that you've earned if you ever change to a plan that does not have them.
For example, if you were on the $39.99 Nation 450 plan, accumulated 400 minutes and decided that that plan is too much for you, you will lose your minutes right away if you change to, say, $29.99 Nation 250 plan or, for example, to the $19.99 Region 50 plan.
As long as you stay within the plans that are in the $40+/month range, I think you can roll your minutes over all you want. To me, personally, roll-over minutes are a mutt point because my usage of the phone is quite consistent month-to-month, so I don't see any benefit of having the roll-over min...
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For example, if you were on the $39.99 Nation 450 plan, accumulated 400 minutes and decided that that plan is too much for you, you will lose your minutes right away if you change to, say, $29.99 Nation 250 plan or, for example, to the $19.99 Region 50 plan.
As long as you stay within the plans that are in the $40+/month range, I think you can roll your minutes over all you want. To me, personally, roll-over minutes are a mutt point because my usage of the phone is quite consistent month-to-month, so I don't see any benefit of having the roll-over min...
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You only lose rollover minutes if you switch to a plan that does not include rollover. For example, if you switch from a GSM Nation plan to say and GSM North America plan which does not include rollover. In this case you loose all accrued rollover minutes. If, however you say switch from the GSM Nation 850 to the GSM Nation 600 you'll still have all the rollover minutes that you racked up on the 850 plan.
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