Earn cell minutes by watching ads

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With the cost of mobile phone calls dropping, Virgin Mobile USA has a plan to let people talk for no money at all.
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too expensive

by TV James May 30, 2006 8:20 AM PDT

One 30 second ad for 1 minute of talk time? Should be at least 3 or 4 minutes. How much time is wasted connecting and disconnecting?

What does Virgin (Sprint, right?) round to when connecting and disconnecting cell calls?

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SCAM
by paulsecic May 30, 2006 10:22 AM PDT: Just that.q; Like this

too expensive

by TV James May 30, 2006 8:20 AM PDT

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SCAM
by paulsecic May 30, 2006 10:22 AM PDT: Just that.q; Like this

No Thanks
by amigabill May 30, 2006 12:07 PM PDT: Sorry dudes, but I believe my time is more valuable than that. So I'd be expected to watch a 30 second advertizement and then take a quiz on it? How much total of my time is involved here? I just don't believe that 1 minute of talking on the phone is enough to even begin to motivate me to spend this much time with your advertizers.; Like this Reply to this comment

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by amigabill May 30, 2006 12:07 PM PDT: Sorry dudes, but I believe my time is more valuable than that. So I'd be expected to watch a 30 second advertizement and then take a quiz on it? How much total of my time is involved here? I just don't believe that 1 minute of talking on the phone is enough to even begin to motivate me to spend this much time with your advertizers.; Like this Reply to this comment

Not really worth anyone's time...
by Roman12 June 1, 2006 3:37 PM PDT: Maybe if they raise it to 5 free minutes, then it would be more reasonable... You can't have a meaningful 1 minute long conversation anyway, plus the first 20 seconds is connecting and ringing anyway...
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Not really worth anyone's time...
by Roman12 June 1, 2006 3:37 PM PDT: Maybe if they raise it to 5 free minutes, then it would be more reasonable... You can't have a meaningful 1 minute long conversation anyway, plus the first 20 seconds is connecting and ringing anyway...
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