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Say it is not true Virgin Mobile

  I been using Virgin Mobile for my cell phone service.  I started with them when the 300 minute plan a month was $25.00 and when they increased the plan rate to $35.00 a month all of us that were paying $25.00 went on paying the $25.00 a month plus even if we got a new phone we kept paying the $25.00 a month.

  Well Virgin Mobile just sent out a text message to everyone:

 

“New smartphones are any phones launching in May 2012 and thereafter.
To best complete a phone swap, we recommend waiting until your plan month is finished. This will avoid you having to pay for one month of service twice.
The Beyond Talk Plan rates that would apply are as follows:

$35/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: 300 min.

$45/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: 1200 min.

$55/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: Unlimited

All plans include 2.5GB per month of full-speed data. Customers will continue to have data access but maximum speeds may be limited to 256Kbps or below for the remainder of the monthly plan cycle. During this time, customers may experience slower page loads, file downloads, and degraded streaming media. Throughput speeds will be restored when your new monthly plan begins.

2.5GB gets you 400,000 mobile Internet page views, or 91 hours of streaming music, or 20 hours of video clips, or 36,000 emails without attachments. Data usage per activity is based on average. Bandwidth varies by website, video, email and other Internet application.”

 

  I have the $25.00 a month plan, as I said before, so if I keep my current phone I will keep paying $25.00 a month.  But, of course, all of us keep looking at the new phones and will want to upgrade at some point.
  I guess, for me, when that time comes that I am going to get a new phone I may move to MetroPCS or some other phone service.  It does not appear that Virgin Mobile is going to be loyal to old customers and wants to keep old customers.
  By the way.. It is rare for me to use more than 10 minutes of voice time a month and I use almost zero data.  So I do not need a new phone but on the other hand I am not putting any drain on the VM service.  VM should treat me better.

iPhone 4S 16 GB

  I have cell phone service with Virgin Mobile and I pay $25.00 a month for 300 minutes a month and unlimited data.  It is rare for me to use the phone.  It is rare for me to use more than 20 minutes a month and it is very rare that I try and do anything using the data.
  So I do not need a cell phone right?

  I do carry the cell phone all the time.  If I walk over to the mailboxes in the apartment complex here I carry the cell phone.  Hell I carry it when I take out the trash.  It is a safety net for me.  I feel faint and dizzy all the time because of the medications I take.  If I go down I want to have the ability to call 911 or family.  I guess it is not “if” I go down but when I go down. 

  I carry my Canon G12 camera with me all the time.  It is a pocket full.  Is that “your camera or do you like me?”

  I love the Canon G12.  
  When my heart rate went to 25 and I was in the back of an ambulance I pulled out my camera and took a photo and made a short video of me in the ambulance.  I am a true blogger. 

  I have a daughter that has a iPhone and she loves it.  She takes great photos with it.
  I been thinking I should get a iPhone 4S 16 MB.  With Sprint it would cost me about $199.00 and then about $80.00 a month.  I could leave my Canon G12 at home unless I was going out someplace to take photos.
  But $80.00 a month is just to much money for me.  It would be nice to not have the Canon G12 pulling my pants down.  The lump in my pants I don’t mind. 

  My cell phone now is an Android Samsung Intercept with Virgin Mobile service.

EMail from Virgin Mobile about data speed reduction

“Here at Virgin Mobile, our mission is to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Sometimes that
means making difficult choices in order to provide the best possible service to the greatest number of customers.
To make sure we can keep offering our Beyond Talk Plans at such great prices, we're putting a data speed reduction in place for anyone who uses over 2.5GB of data in a month.
How will it work?
Starting March 23, 2012, if you use over 2.5GB of data in a month on your Beyond Talk Plan:

• Data speeds may be reduced to 256Kbps or below for the rest of your month. During this time,
  you may experience slower page loads and file downloads and lags in streaming media.
• If data speeds are reduced, they will return to normal as soon as your next plan month starts.
• If you'd rather not wait for your new month to start, you can restart your plan immediately through
  My Account.

Will it affect me?
Based on your activity for your last plan month ending in December, you shouldn't be affected.
If you continue to use the same amount of data as you did in your last plan month, you should not see
your data speeds reduced. Just to give you an idea, in order to hit 2.5GB, it's about 400,000 Mobile
Internet page views, about 90,000(!) emails (without attachments), 91 hours of streaming music
or 20 hours of video clips*.
This will not affect your ability to text or make calls with your phone.
How will I know if my data speeds have been reduced?
If you reach 2.5GB of data in a month, you will receive a text message letting you know your data speeds
will be reduced for the rest of your plan month.
By putting this data speed reduction in place, we're making sure we can deliver the same quality service
you've come to expect from Virgin Mobile. We hope you understand.
Thank you.
Virgin Mobile”

60 Free Virgin Mobile Minutes

“Hey JAMES,

Congrats! You’ve earned 60 minutes of bonus airtime because you hooked a friend up with Virgin Mobile through the Kickbacks Program.

To keep earning bonus airtime for you and your friends, just go to virginmobileusa.com and send an email from the Kickbacks page. Have them enter your Kickbacks Code when they activate online. Then, when they Top-Up at least $20 to their account, you’ll both earn 60 minutes of bonus airtime.

Have fun!
Virgin Mobile.”

 

If you sign up ANY phone with Virgin Mobile please use my kickback code and we will both get 60 extra minutes of voice minutes:  eJ7W7Tnn

Walking and talking on 10/24/2011

  Made this video today.  I was walking to the bank. Then to Braums for breakfast and then home.
  I mention in the video that I might get a new cell phone.  I was thinking about getting the Motorola Triumph.
  But you know after thinking about it I do not use my cell phone that much.  I do use my camera all the time.
  I would lover a Canon G12 camera.  I been reading about it and watching YouTube reviews of it. 
  What do you think?  New Motorola Triumph or Canon G12 camera?

Virgin Mobile price increase

  I have been using Virgin Mobile service and I have a Samsung Intercept.  I pay $25.00 a month for their unlimited data and 300 minutes.
  If I can come up with the $300.00 for the new phone they have I will get it.  BUT I see they now have increased the price of plans.  The 300 minute plan is now $35.00 a month.
So they still charge me the $25.00 rate but I bet you that if I switch to a new phone it will kick me into the $35.00 a month plan.  I sure like only paying $25.00 a month.
  Oh the new phone I want is the Motorola Triumph.

OH NO - Virgin Mobile is selling the Motorola Triumph

  I use the Virgin Mobile phone service and I am happy with the service and the price and I been happy with my cell phone until now.   VM is now selling the Motorola Triumph.  It is an android phone with a 1 gHz processor and a 4.1 inch screen and a 5 MP camera on the black and a front-facing VGA.  It is a 720 p HD camcorder! 
  OH bummer.  I am playing $25.00 a month for unlimited data and 300 minutes.  I see the price they have listed for this phone is $35.00 a month.  I do not know if I want to pay that extra $10.00 a month.
  The price of the phone is $300.00.  I want the phone but I would have to sell some of my blood to come up with $300.00 for the phone right now.  I am getting, next month,  a little over $100.00 from Google AdSense commissions. 

 

The above is part 1 of her review.  Here is the link for part 2. 

300 Minutes with a virgin

  I use Virgin Mobile for my cell phone service.  I pay $25.00 a month and I get 300 minutes.  it has been rare for me to use even 30 minutes a month because I use Skype service for my home phone service.
  Well this month I did not have Skype running as much and my ex-wife has had a lot of medical stuff going on and she has been calling me a lot to talk about her medical problems… Well this is the 24th of the month and my service date is the 2nd of the month with Virgin Mobile and I have used 295 of my 300 minutes.
  I refuse to go over 300 minutes this month …
 
  I am not even sure how much Virgin Mobile charges in a month if you go over your minutes.

  I plan to buy a new ham radio in a few days and I do not want to be giving extra money to Virgin Mobile.
  I do know that they have a $40.00 a month plan and you get 1200 minutes.  But I love this $25.00 a month plan.
  They do allow you to “restart your plan” so I could today pay the $25.00 and my minutes should go to 300. That might be an option except, I think, that it would have my payment be do on the 24th of each month instead of the 2nd.  I like the 2nd as the payment day but I might restart on the 1st of the month.

  I installed WeatherBug on my computer a few hours ago and I see that the NWS has issued a Tornado Watch for me until 10:00 PM CDT.

  If we do have bad weather and some sort of problems I would go ahead and restart my Virgin Mobile minutes.
  I wish I had that new ham radio that I want to get incase we have severe weather problems.

Charter update

  I posted about Charter Cable here and they read it and contacted me and they took steps to make me happy with their service. 
  One thing they took care of for me was the problem with me having returned their cable modem and still be charged for it.  They fixed the problem and are giving me a credit for the two months I paid.
  So I am happy with the service.  
 
  I will now be paying $54.98 a month for service from Charter.  That is for Basic TV service and for high speed Internet service (18Mbps down/2Mbps up). 

  I just cancelled my Plus Service with Hulu.  I am trying to save a few dollars and now that I have cable TV I decided to cancel the Hulu Plus service.
  Let me tell you that Hulu makes it super easy to cancel their service.  They are not like many other Internet services that hid how you can cancel their service AND on top of the when I cancelled they refunded some of my money.  Very few if any sites do that.  So Hulu is an excellent service and an excellent company to do business with.

  Back to Charter for a minute.  If you have Charter Internet service you get free excellent software to protect your computer.  Also you can access all the Epix movies for free.  So they give you some extras in addition to Internet and TV services.  They like other services offer telephone service.  I am using Skype and a cell phone.  I also have a Google phone number which I still do not know what to do with it. 
  I have Skype set up so if I do not answer the phone it kicks over to my cell phone.
  I am happy with my Virgin Mobile phone service.  I only pay $25.00 a month for 300 minutes and unlimited data.  Plus they should be happy with me.  I use almost none of the 300 minutes each month and it is very rare for me to use any data.

  I may get my new mouse today.  It is coming UPS and it made it to DFW airport.  I am not sure if I will get it today or tomorrow.  I will get a text message on my cell phone when it is out for delivery. 

Installing Android 2.2 on a Samsung Intercept

This is a video on how to install Android 2.2 on a Samsung Intercept. I installed in on my phone and on my son's phone.
You install it at your own risk. You should wait for Virgin Mobile to roll it out to you but I could not wait. Again doing this install and by passing VM has risks.

How to Update to VM Android 2.2 Froyo Release
http://goo.gl/jvbTX
Here is the Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ngogdjf7e7yv7np
Again there is danger in not waiting for VM to release the install to you.

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