Burning Question: What do YOU do with unlimited phone time?

So, as mobile companies rush to offer unlimited call plans, I wanted to ask my readers what creative and zany things they have done or seen others do when they are invited to a buffet by the Duke of Decibels...

My 3 stories:

a) Back when we had airphones in planes, GTE (now Verizon) ran a $ 20 promotion - one rate per call, no time limit. Usually it cost around $ 4 a minute. This fellow spoke non-stop for 3 hours. He switched between English and his native tongue (I think Nigerian). He screamed into the phone, then would sing in to it. All of us around laughed, cringed with his cadence...all the way.

b) In the UK when they had a similar unlimited mobile minutes promotion a few years ago, a man told me he used his and his wife's cell phones as a baby monitor - all night and every time the baby had a nap.

c) I heard about a gentleman who on the road calls his wife on Skype and they keep the call on all night long (Skype to Skype calls are free). It's comforting to both, apparently.

Readers, other stories?

Comments

[Jeff Nolan]

I would call their customer support line, the unlimited free minutes might actually be useful while one is waiting on hold for as long as it typically takes.

Seriously, I may be the exception but I just don't look at unlimited plans with that much enthusiasm. For $100 a month I am already getting more capacity than I can use.

[Krishna]

I wouldn't take it. So long as I am conscious about my talktime being metered, I am tempted to take more calls than make. Use more economic email,sms for the rest. And that's most convenient. It frees up a lot more time to think, reflect and then to use calculated vocal reactions selectively. That rarity I've noticed yields maximum effect :)

[Chris Yeh]

I'm too cheap to buy an iPod, so I use TribalShout to listen to podcasts on the phone.

[Paul]

On a trip with my family, I forgot to pack the baby monitor. The babies were in another bed room at the hotel. The hotel did not charge for incomming calls and I have unlimited nights and weekends on my cell phone, so I call my hotel room from my cell. Both phones were on speaker and I muted the hotel phone... instant travel baby monitor.

[ve3nu]

Assuming, people are on all the time like that Nigerian on a plane, what is the additional cost to the carrier? do they have to pay more electric bills or add more switches etc? On the other hand, it is clear that they will spend less on customer support for billing disputes.

Though I am not a Telephony expert, I thought switches optimize voice data like when there is silence in between words, it switches the bandwidth to another caller and such.