MacFett
Android Expert
Me too. I too hardly use any phone minutes. Last month I had 237 minutes remaining. This month is almost over and I have 176 yet to use.
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$25/Month Plan
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thefabfive
Lurker
Hardly ever use for than 100 minutes in a month. The wife uses quite a bit more but we have MagicJack for that. 300 a month is plenty for "away from home" phone calls.
I'm on the $25 plan, and making the same calculation. When I was with Sprint, I averaged about 600 min/mo.
Was thinking that GrooVe IP would be the solution for those minutes between 300 & 600 on the $25 plan (it's the relatively new app that uses Google Voice +voip over your 3G or wifi connection, without use of VM plan minutes); the app wasn't expensive and the developer is incredibly responsive to user issues, but the 3G isn't reliable enough on my OV to make the app work consistently when not on wifi.
I'm thinking I'll upgrade to the $40 plan before it goes up to $45. That's what I was paying for a feature phone on Sprint, and they made it clear they weren't going to let me get a smartphone on my old plan. I figure I'm still coming out ahead.
Was thinking that GrooVe IP would be the solution for those minutes between 300 & 600 on the $25 plan (it's the relatively new app that uses Google Voice +voip over your 3G or wifi connection, without use of VM plan minutes); the app wasn't expensive and the developer is incredibly responsive to user issues, but the 3G isn't reliable enough on my OV to make the app work consistently when not on wifi.
I'm thinking I'll upgrade to the $40 plan before it goes up to $45. That's what I was paying for a feature phone on Sprint, and they made it clear they weren't going to let me get a smartphone on my old plan. I figure I'm still coming out ahead.
Forwarding calls to any number you want on any schedule you specify, beautiful visual voicemail for free on providers other than VM, getting voicemails on your computer or phone or whatever. I ditched my business land line in favor of Gvoice.
I do have Groove IP for free minutes but I bought it to use when I'm overseas to use on wifi. I rarely use more than 100 minutes a month so I don't bother with it here.
Petrah
Psychotic Female
My phone is used for two things really. 1 - To text message with my kids. 2 - It's a toy... I love playing with gadgets. 
Since I work from home, I'm always near my land-line so I never use more than 20 minutes of my VM talk time.... unless Comcast gets stupid and knocks me offline for a few hours.
When I'm not working, my comp is my gaming rig. With a dual monitor setup my cell is worthless for surfing the net. My eyes are old... I gotta have that big text with my Firefox browser hehe.
Since I work from home, I'm always near my land-line so I never use more than 20 minutes of my VM talk time.... unless Comcast gets stupid and knocks me offline for a few hours.
When I'm not working, my comp is my gaming rig. With a dual monitor setup my cell is worthless for surfing the net. My eyes are old... I gotta have that big text with my Firefox browser hehe.