On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:44:40PM +0100, Ken Brown wrote: > Slightly off-topic, but credit eligibility isn't the main reason for > prepay. A lot of well-off people like it because it is easier to > administer. I know people with jobs and credit ratings who chose to move > to prepay, but I can't think of anyone who went the other way. You > walk into the shop and buy airtime, which many people find easier than > having yet another "relationship" with yet another boring company.
But from what I saw it was around 4x more expensive. A SIM with a years contract (all paid up front) is pretty easy to obtain for 10 - 50 pounds depending on number of free minutes included. > And some people even like anonymity. Yes other things being equal I would find the anonymity aspects of buying SIM without contract etc quite cool if there was not such a price disparity. Adam
