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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:u8hi9m$2jid9$2@dont-email.me: 

> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:u8a1rk$1etv2$2@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:u813bf$3m74$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:u7mb17$2h0fa$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.

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In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-28 11:31 +0000
  Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 12:33 +0200
    Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
      Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 14:29 +0200
        Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
          Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-07 23:59 +0200
            Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
              Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 20:22 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 14:08 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 16:19 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 13:34 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 17:39 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 11:41 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-09 12:19 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 00:26 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 15:01 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 21:20 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-29 16:52 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 09:07 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:17 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 15:55 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 17:17 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 21:31 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-03 00:25 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 16:47 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-18 11:55 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 23:27 +0200
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:45 +0100
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-08 13:11 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-20 00:59 +0100
                Re: In other news Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
                Re: In other news BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-26 04:30 +0100

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