XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 05:05:21 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   > Those who care what they pay for a cellphone service do.   
      
   Rod,   
      
   You don't think in terms of "additional costs".   
      
   You keep ignoring the simple fact which is that I'm gonna stay with   
   T-mobile for the next two years, whether or not a "free" phone is involved.   
      
   I already *asked* and nobody here knows of a *better* service plan than   
   what I'm on now anyway, for the big three in the US, which is:   
   - $100 for 4 phones with unlim talk & text   
   - 3.5GB data (currently) per phone   
   - Special goodies when traveling overseas (which is why I moved off the   
   $60/month plan and now they won't let me back on that plan)   
      
   Plus, I've had all three, and I *like* T-Mobile, simply because they're far   
   more "consumer friendly" than are the other big two.   
      
   Therefore, the fact that you keep *saying* that the cost is in the service   
   is fine - because it is - but - you keep forgetting that I'm gonna *stay*   
   on the service anyway - and that there is no known ;ess-expsnsive   
   comparable service plan anyway on any of the big three in the US.   
      
   So there are no *additional* costs, whether I get the "free" phone or not   
   (other than the initial tax on the iPhone 7).   
      
   Do you concur?   
      
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