Comments on: Details emerge on T-mobile's new Family Allowance Service

By: Mom of teens

Mom of teens — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:32:00 +0000

Question though, if I set timers on my kids phones so they can’t txt or call anyone during a certain time slot (other than on their allowed list) will they get any msgs sent to them during that black out time when the time allowed starts? Example: I have a time set that no calls or txt are allowed from 9pm-6am, a friend sends them a txt at 11pm (right in the middle of the blackout time) will they get that msg when they turn their phone back on at 6am that was sent while the txts were blocked?

By: Juan Jump

Juan Jump — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:03:22 +0000

It only goes to show where there’s will there’s a way. Keep on trying.

By: tete c babiii

tete c babiii — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:13:47 +0000

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By: Enlargement

Enlargement — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:40:40 +0000

I am amazed with it. It is a good thing for my research. Thanks

By: AlexM

AlexM — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:01:56 +0000

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By: Koen Dotson

Koen Dotson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:28:43 +0000

something to look at (:

By: J-Nic

J-Nic — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:33:13 +0000

It’s up and “running”. There seems to be quite a few glitches with the Allowance online. It’s taking forever to set allowances and then my changes disappear. Will try again tomorrow after they figure it out.

Seems like once it’s working properly it will be a great application!

jen

By: Matthew Stevens

Matthew Stevens — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:16:58 +0000

This is something people have been asking for a long time, I know I was asking for this at least 5 years ago. Better late than never I guess. sigh

By: PT

PT — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:53:14 +0000

Sounds good, although what would be great (and should have existed even before this add on idea was hatched) are alerts that could be sent out to the parents phone when certain conditions are met.

For example, when 80% (or whatever percentage you pick) of the shared minutes have been used for the month, a warning alert would go out. My 14 year old daughter has been pretty responsible with her phone but one month she ran the minutes way over at an additional cost of about $100 to the account. Had I received an alert when, for example, 500 of the 700 shared minutes had been used up, I would have shut her down long before the +$100 hit the account.

Same sort of alerts could be provided for limited messaging plans, calls to internation numbers, etc.

By: Krubuntu

Krubuntu — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:15:36 +0000

This is a godsend for parents and I’m sure most T-Mobile reps as well. Two bucks a month seems well worth that kind of control especially if you have teenagers or even a “black-sheep-bad-credit” relative on your plan. Plus it sounds easier to use than the Fixed Dialing Number List on most GSM handsets. (Which you need the SIM PIN 2 to activate and most reps won’t give it to you let alone know what it is but based on the default PIN 1 it’s not too hard to figure out!)
Props T-Mobile! :)
Now release some 3G smart phones!! ;)