Re: In other news

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.