Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> I got a new phone and a better plan.
>>>>>> Why are cell plans so much more expensive in my country vs the
>>>>>> US? 
>>>>>
>>>>> CAPITALISM! It's always capitalism. We've been over this.
>>>> Sure. Are you sure that it's not related to population base?
>>> If you pay the same country-wide and you the same coverage in
>>> sparsely populated areas (I know you have some of those), then
>>> maybe. But most likely capitalism.
>>>
>> Ugh!
>>>>>> I got a new S21 and 20GB of data for $47/month taxes in.
>>>>> I pay a base fee of ~$4/month (deducted from consumption) with
>>>>> slightly higher per-minute charge and no free data. But then I
>>>>> only use data in emergency (which haven't happened yet) and make
>>>>> maybe two calls and two texts/month.
>>>> I used to have a prepaid cell for like $10 a month back in 2003
>>>> when it was my emergency phone.
>>>> Once I started using it all the time, it was more cost-efficient to
>>>> have a plan with unlimited talk and text. I would say that I am
>>>> most frequently contacted by text than by other modes i.e. voice
>>>> call or email. 
>>>>> On the other hand I still pay for a landline (IP) even though it
>>>>> hasn't made a sound (or call) in several years.
>>>>>
>>>> I also have a landline. My Dad calls it and a few places where I
>>>> keep forgetting to change my contact info to my cell. I think the
>>>> landline isn't VOIP it's whatever came before that but after rotary
>>>> dial phones. 
>>>
>>> Analog... (rotary dials relied on counting the impulses - one for
>>> each digit passed on return; pushbutton 'dialing' relied on the
>>> frequency of the tone correspondig to each digit/button)
>>>
>>>> They will probably phase it out eventually.
>>> Like they did with teevee signals, thus making everyone get new
>>> teevees... 
>> 
>> I thought I got a new tv because the old one stopped working.
> That may be, but lots of people got new tvs because their old one
> couldn't receive/decode the digital signal.
> 

The cable company gave out digital conversion boxes to people.