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Sprint Cell Phone Plans: Basic Plan for $29.99

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Sprint Nextel Corp.

Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Monthly Price:

$29.99

Anytime Minutes:

200

Cost for Additional Anytime Minutes:

45 cents per minute

Night & Weekend Hours:

  • Night calling starting at 9 p.m. is included
  • Night calling starting at 7 p.m. costs $5 extra per month
  • Night calling starting at 6 p.m. costs $10 extra per month
  • Roaming:

    No roaming charges

    Data:

    Not included

    Messaging:

    Not included

    Included Standard Features:

  • Domestic long distance
  • Voicemail
  • Call waiting
  • Caller ID
  • Caller ID block
  • Three-way calling
  • Call forwarding
  • Numeric paging
  • Emergency 911 calls
  • Non-emergency calls to report motorist problems, etc. (such as #77 or 311)
  • Extra Rates & Fees:

  • Taxes (more details can be found here)
  • Sprint 411 ($1.79 per call plus airtime charges)
  • Sprint surcharges (including a USF charge of up to 11.4 percent)
  • Administrative charge (up to $1.99 per line per month)
  • Regulatory charge (20 cents per line per month)
  • State and local fees by area
  • Published On:

    Oct. 10, 2008
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