Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> 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.
> Can you still get one of those. To use on an old teevee that you buy
> at an antique shop?
> 
I doubt anything would work on a tv that old.

> People without a cable subscription didn't get any, I'll bet.
> 
Probably not. No one is that nice.