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Poll: Per-minute Or per-second billing?

Per minute: 11% (5 votes)
Per second: 88% (39 votes)
This poll has ended

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GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by Seun(m): 12:45pm On Jan 04, 2008
Do you use your mobile phone service provider's per minute tariff plan or the per second tariff plan? The per second plan favors short calls while the per minute plan favors long calls.

They have their relative advantages and disadvantages, but which one do you find most useful? Do you make a lot of calls that are less than 50 seconds long? Or between 60 and 100 seconds long? Or between 120 and 150 seconds long (based on Glo charges)?

Which one do you use, and why? Don't forget to vote in the poll.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by DualCore1: 1:01pm On Jan 04, 2008
per second is safer for me cuz i might decide to make short calls or long calls, i cant say i make more of short calls or i make more of long calls. i just make calls.

Question:
is the 60 seconds on per second equivalent to the one minute of per minute, in terms of price?
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by TheSly: 1:05pm On Jan 04, 2008
In both cases, either long calls or short calls! Per second is way better! cool
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by dragnet: 1:06pm On Jan 04, 2008
I use the per second billing because one can't be sure how long the call would take. So it's safer to be on the lower plan.

@Dual Core: per minute costs less
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by carpenter(m): 1:39pm On Jan 04, 2008
I love per minute 'cause I talk a lot on the phone. Unfortunately, there are those times I make short calls or when the network is pretty bad and several calls end in the 1st ten secs and I still get billed per min: I feel really bad that I use per min.

Personally, I will vote per min but me knows Per sec will win the vote anytime anyday!
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by ndubest(m): 1:49pm On Jan 04, 2008
per second billing anytime anyday

have heard about drop calls

thats money well earned by the gsm providers and poorly spent by you cheesy cheesy cheesy
which is not even your fault grin grin

per second billing is better
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topeteadr(m): 1:55pm On Jan 04, 2008
I do switch once in a while. Both hv their disadvantages.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by t0kunb0(m): 3:35pm On Jan 04, 2008
per second billin plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

cos service drops by the second & not by the minte grin grin grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by deeteeneey(f): 3:55pm On Jan 04, 2008
per seconds.its gud 4 me.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by DualCore1: 4:26pm On Jan 04, 2008
deeteeneey:

per seconds.its good 4 me.

hmmm, flasher?
grin grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topeteadr(m): 4:33pm On Jan 04, 2008
Per second is gud 4 those flashers, but per min is gud 4 people like me **** make i prove ajebuta small*** that call back the flashers.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by DualCore1: 4:42pm On Jan 04, 2008
@Tope
08038138483, flash me 3 times, i'll recharge ya phone.
grin

only tope o!
lets see if u dont flash at all
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by honsule(m): 4:49pm On Jan 04, 2008
Guys,it's not even a subject of adjudication.Per second billing is the ratio decidendi any time any day.I rest my case.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topeteadr(m): 5:02pm On Jan 04, 2008
Dual core, . . ' that can only happen if that no u, . . . , . posted even exists at all. . . . . .
*** dual core, so how 'bout that credit . . . . . , how am i gonna get it. . . *
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by carpenter(m): 5:03pm On Jan 04, 2008
Guys common. one more vote for per minute plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by MrInfo1(m): 5:11pm On Jan 04, 2008
60 Second makes a minute  kiss 25 seconds don't make a minute. Vote per Second billing for second term  wink
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topeteadr(m): 5:26pm On Jan 04, 2008
Infobaba, . . . . , per sec na governor b4.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by MrInfo1(m): 5:44pm On Jan 04, 2008
Per Second Billing na moderator grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by Carlosein(m): 6:18pm On Jan 04, 2008
per sec for me anyday anytime grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topeteadr(m): 6:35pm On Jan 04, 2008
Per sec rules ** abi ná ''per hour rules"**. . . .
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by JosBoy4Lif(m): 7:47pm On Jan 04, 2008
Who would ever use per minute? They must be balling out of control grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by topkin(m): 8:32pm On Jan 04, 2008
Per seconds may be better for personal use but when it comes to commercial use, some people prefer that per minute. For example
Glo business line charges:

25k/secs to glo lines (on the per seconds billing plan) - which amounts to N15/min
while it charges N12/min flat (on the per min billing plan) to same glo lines

To other networks it charges
37k/secs - which amounts to N22.20/min
as against N18/min flat (on the per minute billing plan) to other networks

Can't say bout oda networks but I bliv its almost the same. Anyways dou, in the long run, Per secs billing is better when u consider dropped calls, background noise, not hearing the other person, fluctuating network signals etc where u av to cut the line and redail again. PSB it is for me!
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by nikegolden(f): 10:15pm On Jan 04, 2008
Definitely per second.
quite economical
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by joshjosh(m): 12:05am On Jan 05, 2008
seun sorry to say this. people flash me here to call them back but i noticed they do same when i am back home. what really pisses me off is people not find anything wrong in picking my phone to call their friends. apart from the cost this gives out my number to everyone they call. i am on the 6th sim card it is no longer funny.

do they cut you off when you go over the 1minute call when you register for the per second tarrif? that will help me a lot
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by tobs(m): 12:32am On Jan 05, 2008
per sec rules,as in na him bi ko, per min no be for poor people like us.like me wey be sey na 39 or 40 sec i dey use call.for per min,i wont even try it on MTN.u fit dey tlk,make network faill.no bbe say fit.e go everly faill.menh,dats waist of money. lipsrsealed
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by 9ja4eva: 4:23am On Jan 05, 2008
Per Second
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by Iranoladun(f): 7:30am On Jan 05, 2008
Vote for Per second billing anytime, anyday!
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by kelvin(m): 8:50am On Jan 05, 2008
Yeah, they both have their advantages, but I'll vote for per second anytime.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by Sweetaura1(f): 6:58pm On Jan 05, 2008
Per second on GSM and per minute on PTO, 'cos per second on PTO is more expensive.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by cuteNhot(f): 9:52pm On Jan 05, 2008
seem to me a big ripoff angry angry angry
you pay more if you talk less isn't that what it is?
Here, its one flat per minute rate billed by the second.
that is. $6/min or 10c/sec
so if you talk for 1min 1sec, you pay $6.10, no more.
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by DualCore1: 10:01pm On Jan 05, 2008
$6 = N780 tops
so u're saying u pay about N780 per minute for calls?
kai if na so, i no go yankee again, i dey go cancel the visa grin grin
Re: GSM Billing: 'Per Minute' Versus 'Per Second'? by U1(m): 4:31pm On Jan 06, 2008
Per second does it for me, because I only like to make short calls on my phone, while I make the expected lengthy ones at the call centre. No be my fault now, na Naija we dey.

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