New Page Plus Store in Hickory NC Opens Monday, August 20th, 2012

Hickory Wireless- Page Plus, Simple Mobile, TracFone, More! 

PrePaid Cards for All carriers.  Free phones through our recycling program.

Across from Checker's on 127 in Viewmont- Red Brick Building on Corner.

Finally we will open to the public on Monday in Viewmont of Hickory, NC as Home PC Media.  We are owned by our parent company- Vanderbloemen Communications, Inc which is presided over by Mark Vanderblomen who also stands as Corporate Executive Officer. 

Call us at 828-FOR-CELL or 828-212-4817

Ask about our Phone Recycling Program (or click here)

 

Our staff blends the most awesome combination of individual backgrounds, styles, experience, attitudes, motivations, and educational backgrounds which will create a completely friendly environment where no person will ever feel pressured to do anything.  Mr. Vanderbloemen enjoys running the type of business which has customers and clients that tend to linger and talk about the latest item up for discussion or to play with the newest toy Dell or Microsoft has sent out, not to mention Page Plus, as this will be our first marriage with Page Plus Cellular and its systems. 


Pre-paid service is a very self tended option for cellular service, but besides saving 30% to 50% per LINE on your cellular service while keeping your SAME device in most cases, or getting a new on that YOU OWN affordably, you may also keep your cellular number... NOTHING CHANGES!  Oh- but you don't have to give us your Social Security number- or even you name if you don't want to- and we can activate service for you.  Later you may want to go to www.PagePlusCellular.com and setup an online account, but as technology and cyber-crime continue to become more and more intertwined, most people are finding ways to avoid giving a 20 year old their complete personal and financial profile, when the rep could have two weeks of training- leading to a potential disaster.  Reps in the contract stores are forced to cold call daily.  They have thousands of customer files to sift through trying to find a person eligible for a contract renewal- which is what that rep is paid for.

Many people believe it's the high priced phone or anything besides simple lines, more lines- your phone's broken?  Well just get a new line- that will fix the problem... How does getting another phone line fix the problem with your existing one?  It doesn't - but rest assured the rep is praised for maximizing revenue at your expense, over the next two years.... Enjoy your new phone....
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The truth is-  wireless, cellular, broadband/ cell technology isn't simple stuff.  Because page plus is basically offering someone else's product (VERIZON WIRELESS) but is NOT Verizon, many questions are raised that they can't answer and frankly no one in the company might ever be able to, because it's one only Verzon knows and doesn't share publicly or with Page Plus. 

Sometimes phones are difficult to get activated correctly...  No matter what happens- I don't care if a hand comes out of your phone and pulls your hair- Page Plus isn't going to give you any free minutes, reverse anything or throw you any perks- if you don't want their service, they'll be happy to give your number to the next caller in line who does.

Go ahead and expect this over the phone, and I say this only because you can save Boucoups of money by choosing Page Plus, but use your local retailer for service, I promise!  It's not like the other carriers where you find a better deal online- we already give the online prices in the store!

And should you decide you want to stick with Verizon, keep in mind Home PC Media is affiliated with ALL the major carriers and GUARANTEES YOU THE LOWEST PRICE ON YOUR NEW PHONE, NO MATTER WHAT CARRIER IT'S THROUGH!

Of course bring your computer with you- we're going to be fixing coffee and computers 24 hours a day around here!  Now that's where you are GOING to find service.  The people working at Hickory Wireless have over 46 years combined experience servicing computers, PC's, Mac's and Linux systems included.  And there are only two of us currently- so that is some experience.  Mark claims he can smell a computer and tell you what's wrong with it, if it's quiet enough in the room. 

We use the latest tools anyway, after the voodoo diagnosis by Mark, to make sure there are no viruses, malware, spyware, trojan people or bugs in your system.  We will spend hours making sure, but your bill won't reflect it...  We're going with our pledge to simply charge rates as follows:

We charge exactly one half of whatever the Geek Squad would charge to perform the same function- but we don't charge a diagnostic fee, so you start winning as you walk in our door-

Across from Viewmont Baptist, caddy corner across from Checker's in with the Travel Center which has become a landmark in Viewmont.  Come visit us today- please check out our Facebook page for our Recycling program.  You can request a tax deductible receipt with a donation of any functioning computer, but we'll accept the junk too- and we'll get rid of it responsibly.  Furthermore, we wipe ALL media to Department of Defense standards, and NO ONE's going to find information on a drive after that's been done!
Hickory Wireless WNC E-Waste Program Facebook Site: Recycling of phones and computers in Western NC.

http://www.facebook.com/HickoryWireless

Hickory Wireless Home Site for Page Plus, Cricket, TracFone, Simple Mobile and all other Prepaid Cards, Pins, Refills and more...  is our home page, and we ask that you please subscribe to this blog, as we're always giving away free stuff as our vendors give the stuff to us.  Many of our customers got free System Mechanic 12 Professional copies when our affiliate person, James gave us 25 to give away!

Call us at 828-212-4817  or

for Page Plus, please dial 828-MIX-PLUS

Recycling: 828-919-TECH

After Hours: 828-358-6118


Our page plus website is:

http://www.HickoryWireless.com,
where you'll soon be able to see each carrier's coverage map and add your OWN, TRUE experience where they say they are covered!


Cheers!

LTE- The Forever Network


Top secret Verizon Training Material included at bottom of page..

Markus V- to lead must follow, to know must listen, to rule must obey- if you get confused, listen to the music play... (jerry garcia)
In response to someone's comments about the at&t "lte" network??


Yea, LTE stands for Long Term Evolution- "the forever network." Verizon coined that- they own it. GSM carriers - which is the type of network the world besides the US and a few of its protecto rats, assyslum nations and annexed political zones uses seeks Tmobile's HSPA++ 4G network. High Speed Packet Access allows everynoe to grab what they're wanting quickly and get off.. CDMA- Code division multiple access networks like those making up the Forever network rely on many, many towers, repeaters, servers, relays, switches, and stations, not to mention bandwidth, to support. What happened to the ability to stick a coat hanger with tin foil into the back of your TV and watch Green Acres? The Federal Communications Commission sold that spectrum of bandwidth (UFH) to Verizon for billions of dollars. Seen as risky a decade ago, any cell company- any investor who could- would buy that spectrum today, as the 21st Century finally has delivered its promise of connection among all, all the time. The ability to compress and virtualize servers and their contents has made possible the ability to save more information than humans have thus far created or discovered. The available storage to need ratio is summarized as flipping a coin into the Grand Canyon.. That's all we have to offer right now- maybe in 20 years, when Verizon's more like 60% completed, we'll know something new, large and challenging to current banks of data server storage capacicty. Anyway, AT&T and LTE are like orange juice and toothpaste.
Damn I just lost a bunch with this timing out- but Tmobile is the smartest company off all... They pay AT&T to use their network each month, but AT&T doesn't pay Tmobile for the same (around here.. ) They made their 4G network where the most people could benefit from it, realizing their a small company, and those who don't live close into town still get crystal clear, unlimited calling via Wifi Calling, which is a standard, free feature by Tmobile alone. It's a VoIP setup, but you wouldn't know it- It's seemless. mark my words, and that's my name, 10 years- Tmo and LTE will be the top dogs, with the Forever Network fraying at the seems all over the country, as they've only focused on pushing their new, LTE 4G super network along. The dilapidation of some rural, Verizon towers and equipment is appalling- and expensive. Tmobile is competing carrying 1/10th of the load at and equal 4G speed, which is typically 3x the speed of cable Internet....

Mark Vanderbloemen, CEO
Vanderbloemen Communications, Inc
828-212-4817

In Viewmont
1245 2nd St NE
Hickory, NC  28601

Save your money and the Earth- Keep your Phone...

You walk into Verizon and the first synapse that fires in someone's head is, "How can I renew their contract or get them into a completely new one for even more commission?"

See most people don't realize that salespeople don't make money from selling phones- it comes   from contract renewals (upgrades) and new, 2 year commitments for service.  Quickly I'll say that T-Mobile by far is the most forward thinking and helpful regarding contracts and phone subsidy, as T-Mobile tends to be far ahead of the pack in terms of brilliance across all fronts- "Wifi-Calling," having AT&T's network while the opposite is not true, no contract plans if you provide your own device, etc."

The reason they don't need you to commit to them for 2 years is because their rates are cheap as dirt, and in my case- they're the ONLY carrier with 4G service, meaning speeds 10 to 15 times faster than even Verizon's Long Term Evolution Network.  Yes, LTE should be TFN- The Forever Network.  One day they'll have 4G here... one day- you'll see... But salesmen will convince you that even though you're paying twice as much for slower service, their very slow service is quite ubiquitous.  They have towers in so dang many places, that it's near impossible to get away from the forever network.  T-Mobile wasn't going to be that- they pay AT&T each month to use their towers along with the ones they have already. 

This brings to mind what will follow (that the iPhone is God) as I sit and wonder why people have to have a slower phone (iPhones are 3G phones and wouldn't do 4G even if the forever network ever got it here.)  They cost twice as much and perform about 1/4th of the functions of an open sourced Android phone.  And mostover, they can struggle at times with what apps they DO have, because the iPhone isn't a dual core device either!  Their 8 year old technology that's overpriced, yet looks beautifully crafted, is simply like buying a Rolls Royce instead of a VW Passat and a European Vacation or two- and a couple months worth of cell service. 

Mark my words, in five years less than 50% of the US will be renewing contracts just to get a percieved discount on a new device.  I used to have customers come in  and sign 2 years to get a $50 phone that you could get new on ebay for $45- and have NO contract.  You could hook that phone up with Page Plus (initially Verizon's Pre-paid department that didn't work out, but still has complete network access at 3G/ 4G speeds).  Then that $45 slider phone would be unlimited at $39.99 per month, meaning you would be saving around $600 per year- $1,200 per contract term by paying $5 LESS for the same phone from anyone but Verizon.  An LG is an LG- Samsungs are Samsungs...---(My figures assume an unlimited, one line plan for the same device over 24 months with Verizon as opposed to Page Plus (http://homePCmedia.com)  I am a Page plus dealer, though I don't do much with it- you can ask me questions if you'd like, but they don't pay me anything to get you to sign up for their service- they can't afford to... I have Page Plus for my Droid X2 and most of my close friends save $30 - $100 a month by using Page Plus now, but I don't fly the flag outside of my office on 127.  

The iPhone is hitting the prepaid market in a big way with Cricket and Virgin Mobile offering Apple's marquee device. But can anyone afford it?
The key dilemma for a prepaid iPhone is exactly what makes the market so strong: the lack of a service contract. Consumers love the ability to jump in and out of a service, but that freedom comes at a price in the form of a higher upfront cost for the phone.
For the iPhone, that's a particularly tough pill to swallow. Cricket, owned by Leap Wireless, is charging $500 and $400 for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, respectively. Virgin Mobile isn't even bothering to give any discounts, offering the two models for $649 and $549.

Related stories

• Sprint confirms iPhone heading to Virgin Mobile
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Now, for anyone willing to pay for a prepaid iPhone, the savings are tremendous. At Virgin Mobile, where the cheapest plan is $30 a month, the total cost over two years would be $1,369. At Leap, it's $1,868.99 (its plan offers unlimited calling). In comparison, AT&T and Verizon's closest comparable plans would cost $2,359.75 over the life of the service contract (they both offer slightly more minutes than Virgin).
So if you're not much of a talker, the Virgin plan is a nice bargain.
Still, the cost of the phone will still be a barrier of entry to many in the prepaid world. Most prepaid customers typically fall into lower income brackets, suffer from credit issues, or both. An expensive iPhone probably isn't the wisest purchase to make for many of these customers.
"The $399 and $499 price points have historically been nearly irrelevant in the prepaid landscape," J.P. Morgan analyst Philip Cusick said in a note issued last week. "Customers will need to come up with the full price on the day of sale. This is not something that traditional prepaid customers can usually do."
Prepaid executives have said in the past that their customers have been increasingly willing to pay more for phones, particularly flashier Android devices. Some are willing to forgo other necessities for a flashier mobile device.
The prepaid carriers like it because it creates a bit of buzz to draw in customers. Given the price tag, it would likely keep customers locked in despite the lack of a contract. No one is going to give up the service after shelling out $500 for a phone. Still, the iPhone is pricier than anything else in the prepaid world. The most expensive phone in Virgin's current lineup is the HTC Evo V 4G, a rebranded version of last year's Evo 3D that costs $299.99. At Leap, the most expensive phone is the Samsung Vitality for $199.99, which is discounted by another $100 if ordered online.
You get what you pay for with Virgin's plans. Despite being a unit of Sprint, it doesn't get the same access to unlimited data. Customers get 2.5GB of data before Virgin throttles, or slows down, the wireless connection.
While most of the other carriers have had the iPhone 4S for a few months, the prepaid players are just getting the iPhone now. Presumably, this will be the first time that prepaid customers will have access to the iPhone. But why buy one now when the next iPhone is right around the corner? It may be better to wait a few months to see what options are available.
Fortunately for iPhone users, there's a healthy resale market. A used iPhone 4S fetches for $389.48, while a used iPhone 4 sells for $245, according to listings found on eBay.
So if you can stomach the large upfront cost, there are some excellent benefits down the line. But shelling out as much as $649 would make anyone -- prepaid or in a contract -- reconsider whether an iPhone is really worth it.

And if you are STUCK on an iPhone and have a better reason than- my mom and sister both have one, then do me a huge favor- GET AN IPHONE! They are made for people just like you.  But don't waste your money on the 4S that talks to you (Androids have been doing so for about 7 years now), because the technology in those iThings has been the same for about 4 years.  When they release a dual core phone, with a 4G chipset- go get you one.  But you might have to do a contract to subsidize that one- My guess is $945 brand new, retail price and all over the Internet too... If you find one for much less, don't buy it......

But all technology, my friends, is going open sourced  (Android, Linux, Ubuntu, .....)  Microsoft and Apple are in real trouble when people can make software that does the same thing as the version selling for $400, $600, $1,800... And because ANYONE can contribute, it's going to grow faster than companies that have to pay their employees to work for them....

REDUCE, REUSE.... Waste not, Want not.... And when you do get a new phone, drop you old one off here to be refurbished and given to the battered women's shelter and to military programs.....

Bridge to the Never Ending 2yr Agreement

Mark Vanderbloemen, CEO

Vanderbloemen Comunications, Inc

Hickory, NC

828-212-4817

dba: Viewmont Computer Recycling

dba Home PC Media (Home automation for decreasing energy consumption, entertainment and connectivity, security camera installation and other things George Jetson invented. )

http://homePCmedia.com