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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app |
| Date | 2021-01-15 23:20 -0800 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <rtu44e$vbg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (9 earlier) <0001HW.25B0B9AE010FEB3870000591B38F@news.giganews.com> <rtq6b4$bbj$1@dont-email.me> <3dl6dh-05s.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> <rtre7f$q4c$1@dont-email.me> <i248dh-sk34.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 01/15/2021 01:32 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/14/2021 12:16 PM, Chris Green wrote:
>> > Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
>> >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote
>> >>
>> >> | > I have a prepaid phone where each SMS is 30 cents, last time I looked.
>> >> | >
>> >> | > By the way, Google was trying to push another text messaging system,
>> >> | > universal, improving over SMS, and free. But they need providers to
>> >> | > provide. I forgot the name.
>> >> |
>> >> | 30 cents for an SMS! You are being robbed.
>> >> |
>> >>
>> >> He's in Spain. I'm guessing that's why WA is so
>> >> big in Europe. I have a Tracphone and the one time
>> >> I received a text I think it cost me $4 worth of
>> >> minutes. :) But interestingly, I recently had to switch
>> >> from a fliphone to an Android slab and for some
>> >> reason Tracphone matched my accumulated 3,000
>> >> prepaid minutes with 3,000 texts and 3,000 MB
>> >> of data. It keeps getting cheaper all the time.
>> >>
>> > The whole idea that it could cost *anything* to receive a message or a
>> > phone call is totally foreign to anyone in Europe. It may be the norm
>> > in the USA but, believe it or not, you're not the only country in the
>> > world.
>>
>> We heard something like that a while back but we never really believed
>> it. When we study "foreign languages" we know they're really just
>> obscure English dialects.
>>
> :-)
>
>
>> Yeah, it sucks. What's an average European vs American monthly cost for
>> cell service?
>>
> What's a 'cell service' - we call them mobiles! :-)
>
> Anything from almost nothing to a horrendous (to me anyway) amount.
> Many (most?) contracts here include a handset so comparisons aren't
> easy.
>
> I pay very little because I use a pay-as-you-go SIM only contract, I
> rarely spend more than £10 to £20 per year. Calls cost 3p/min, texts
> cost 2p, data costs 1p/Mb.
Man after my own heart! We pay $10/year for maybe 30 minutes which roll
over if unused. We have several hours banked on two phones. Occasional
users save a LOT of money.
> Heavier users on monthly contracts will get much cheaper per call rates.
--
Cheers, Bev
"You should be glad that bridge fell down -- I was planning
to build thirteen more to the same design."
-- Attributed to I.K. Brunel, addressing the
Directors of the Great Western Railway
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Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-13 02:36 +0000
Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-13 22:41 +0100
Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-13 13:44 -0800
Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-01-13 22:38 +0100
Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 02:51 +0100
Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app Savageduck <savageduck1@removespam.me.com> - 2021-01-13 20:31 -0600
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Re: WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-14 15:35 +0100
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