On 04/09/2010 08:29, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Steven Schveighoffer"<schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> And OMG, you've never bought a cell phone? Why are you punishing yourself
> ;) I suppose with the attitude you have towards them it would just raise
> your blood pressure carrying it around...
>
It would :) But I have other reasons for not having one. One of them is that
I just don't do anywhere near enough yapping (outside of NG text, of course
;) ) for it to be worthwhile. Cell companies don't even have a plan that
would be small enough to be appropriate for me. But the landlines do, and
with the tiny amount of talking I do, waiting until I get home to use the
phone is a complete non-issue (especially since I'd be the only cell owner
in the world to that would refuse to use it while driving). And I don't even
*want* to be reachable 24/7. Unlimited minutes? Forget it. Back when pay
phones still existed, my away-from-home phone usage never totaled more than
$5/yr. Try finding a cell plan that competes with that.
Are there no pay-as-you-go plans where you live? In Portugal (and the UK
as well) there are pay-as-you-go plans with no required top-ups, thus
they would cost you 0/yr if you made no calls. (you just had to receive
a call every 3 months to ensure you SIM remained active, but still no cost)
There must be something like that in the US.
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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer
