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Get a Free AT&T Cell Phone Plus $100 at LetsTalk: Special Offer
Posted by admin in cell phones on February 22, 2010
Prepaid Cell Phones Guide is usually dedicated to prepaid plans and phones (as you can easily guess by the name), but sometimes a really good deal pops up in the postpaid contract cell phone world that we feel the need to share with out readers.
Currently, with an AT&T plan and phone purchase from LetsTalk.com, customers get a $100 Visa card. The thing that makes this a stellar deal is that most of the AT&T phones on sale at the site are already being offered for free.
So, if you are looking for an AT&T plan and phone, now is the time to strike the fire while the iron is hot as they say. You get a free phone, $100 to spend anywhere you choose, and an affordable cell phone plan. This is a limited time offer that will expire 3/2/2010.
See details and check for availability of this offer at LetsTalk: Get your free phone and $100!
Find the best deals on Straight Talk phones and plans at Wal-Mart.com
Cell Phones for Kids: Questions to Ask Before Buying Your Child a Cell Phone
Posted by admin in cell phones on June 30, 2009
If your child hasn’t already or isn’t old enough yet, the time will come that he or she is going to ask your for a cell phone.
All of their friends have them and they’re going to want to keep in touch with everyone. You might even think it’s a good idea for your child to have a cell phone so you can be in constant contact throughout the day. Cell phones are necessary for emergencies as well.
I came across an article about questions you should ask before you buy your kids cell phones and it offers some good points. Here are a few of them.
- How do you plan to pay for your child’s cell phone?
- Do you want your child to have internet access 24/7?
- Are you prepared for your kids to use their cell phones to send text messages?
- Are you prepared for you child to have unsupervised conversations with anyone?
Cell phone use it something we have become comfortable with–perhaps too much so. The truth is you need to know if your child is ready for a cell phone.
The most important thing you can do is keep up with your kids daily life, know who their friends are, and know what they’re doing with their cell phone. You will get the bill most likely, so this shouldn’t be too difficult. Set some ground rules. Be the one in control.
Remember, if they have a cell phone, your kids are only a phone call away at any time. And that can be very reassuring for a parent.
Taxes, Outdated Laws, and You: IRS wants old cell phone law repealed
Posted by Derek in cell phones on June 18, 2009
Back in the old days (circa 1989 or so), cell phones were a huge luxury and were actually called “car phones”. The government actually passed a law taxing those that used cell phones for business and personal needs, and the law was murky, poorly written and certainly doesn’t fit in with today’s unlimited talk, prepaid cell phones, and ease of access society.
The Obama administration and the IRS wants the law to be repealed/rewritten to be clearer, and to not treat cell phones as luxury items (and be taxed accordingly), and we couldn’t agree more. Several attempts to repeal this law have stalled, but this time there’s a bill that has a chance to pass coming to the Senate.
There are still many laws on the books that forbid fairly common activities that were written many moons ago, when society and the world at large was quite different, and we hope this tax law goes to the antique heap where it belongs.
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