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| Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 03:55 PM EDT |
Nokia would have to get the minutes from somewhere.
It might work for travelers but many US phones are subsidized by the carriers so
they are locked to a particular network, not sure that would give you much of a
market. And you can't take the sim out of an iPhone.
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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.
"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
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| Authored by: complex_number on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 05:58 PM EDT |
I'm in the US on Business in the San Diego area. I have my unlocked UK HTC
Sensation with me so I thought, 'lets get a local number so that the people I'm
working with don't have to make an international call to reach me'.
I was astounded at the cost of some of the so called PAYG plans offered to me.
Eventually 'T-Mobile' offered me a $2 per day deal with the promise I could top
it up if needed.
Well, I neded to top it up. you can't use the automated system because you don't
have a US Zip code... So eventually you get an operator. Ok, the deal goes
through and I think I have put $15.00 credit on my phone.
I can even see the charge on my Credit Card.
Do I have any credit on my phone? Nope. none at all.
I call their support and after getting passed around in circles from one
operator 'Yes I can see the $15 credit' to another 'Sorry Sir you don't have any
credit let me pass you back to the people who will let you do that' in a never
ending circle, I gave up.
Frankly, what I think of the US Phone system goes well beyond what is considered
bad language on thie forum.
The deals you are offered even for normal phones are really expensive when
compared to the UK. Your PAYG plans are more expensive then some 'phone
included' ones from home.
When I told the assistant that I'm on a $15/month Sim only rolling 1 onth
contract that gives me 300 minutes + 2Gb of data he went white in the face. Then
I told him about my $23/month for 15Gb of data that I also have for my laptop.
He almost keeled over.
About the only thing that is cheaper here is 'Gas'.
Oh, I've tossed the US Simm and gone back to my UK one. I made sure that the
people here Text me if they need to reach me from now on.
I'll be back for a couple of weeks in August so if anyone can suggest a better
solution then I'd gladly like to know it.
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Ubuntu & 'apt-get' are not the answer to Life, The Universe & Everything which
is of course, "42" or is it 1.618?
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