offtopic. ATT provides alternative to cell phones

[Guest guest]

Hi guys:

my name is sreedhar mallepaddi. I have been reading the CI forum

once in a while when i get time. not as often .I wish i could.

I was born deaf with a sensorineural deafness. have not gotten a CI

yet. I am waiting for the right time. *sigh*. who knows when.

hahaha. I wear impact BTEs. I moved out from the east coast to the

west coast 2 years back(US).

I was looking for a cell phone for weeks, the one that let me IM r

send SMS. I could not interprete voices on the phone and so i think

it doesnot make sense having a voice plan. none of the cell phone

providers provide SMS services without a voice plan. i tried all the

carriers, ATT, singular, tmobile, sprint, verizon. I asked them if

it is possible to have SMS without a voice plan for deaf. the sales

men said, it is not possible. I almost bought a verizon voice plan

with unlimited text messaging, when ATT launched ogo recently.

http://www.attwireless.com/cell-phone-service/ogo/index.jhtml

That really solved my problems. thought i can share it with you. we

can make TTy calls using aim. whew.

do any of you have cell phones with text messaging only?

, I am sorry to hear about you having a near missed. But I am

glad to hear that u r ok.

take care and have a nice time.

hasta la vista

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry...I don't know your name but thank you for your kind e-mail! I'm

feeling much better this evening. <smile> I wish I could answer your

question but I haven't a clue about cell phone technology -- let alone

computers. LOL! Hope you find the answers you're looking for!

[Guest guest]

yeah i have a sidekick pager with unlimited text message. The plan is, if i use

the phone then they charge me 10 cent a mintue, but if i dont use it at all, i

dont get charged for it at all. Just 30 a month.

mallepaddi <mallepaddi@...> wrote:

Hi guys:

my name is sreedhar mallepaddi. I have been reading the CI forum

once in a while when i get time. not as often .I wish i could.

I was born deaf with a sensorineural deafness. have not gotten a CI

yet. I am waiting for the right time. *sigh*. who knows when.

hahaha. I wear impact BTEs. I moved out from the east coast to the

west coast 2 years back(US).

I was looking for a cell phone for weeks, the one that let me IM r

send SMS. I could not interprete voices on the phone and so i think

it doesnot make sense having a voice plan. none of the cell phone

providers provide SMS services without a voice plan. i tried all the

carriers, ATT, singular, tmobile, sprint, verizon. I asked them if

it is possible to have SMS without a voice plan for deaf. the sales

men said, it is not possible. I almost bought a verizon voice plan

with unlimited text messaging, when ATT launched ogo recently.

http://www.attwireless.com/cell-phone-service/ogo/index.jhtml

That really solved my problems. thought i can share it with you. we

can make TTy calls using aim. whew.

do any of you have cell phones with text messaging only?

, I am sorry to hear about you having a near missed. But I am

glad to hear that u r ok.

take care and have a nice time.

hasta la vista