XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:32:52 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   >  I ALWAYS think of the total cost.   
      
   So do I.   
   There's nothing wrong with thinking about *total cost*, where, in fact, the   
   total cost, with or without the "free" iPhone 7 is the same for the next   
   two years (excepting the sales tax).   
      
   >> 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'm ignoring nothing, I keep rubbing your stupid nose in the fact   
   > that you are paying a stupid price for your cellphone services.   
      
   There is no plan from the big three in the USA that is better than mine.   
   And pay-as-you-go doesn't cut it (I've been there and done that).   
      
   Pay-as-you-go would drive the other 3 people nuts, in fact.   
   So they'd drive me nuts (since some are women!).   
      
   >> 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,   
   >   
   > THAT¢S WHERE YOU ARE FUCKING UP, FUCKWIT.   
   >   
   > IT IS STUPID TO ONLY CONSIDER THE CARRIER THEMSELVES   
   > AND NOT RESELLERS OF THOSE CARRIERS.   
      
   I have had Verizon.   
   I have had AT&T.   
   I have had T-Mobile.   
      
   They're all good and bad but if you know of a monthly plan by a "reseller"   
   for my 4 phones, that is *better* than mine, what *is* that plan?   
      
   Simply give me a company name that has a phone number that I can call as   
   soon as I get your response.   
      
   Just one word - a company name that has a phone number that I can call to   
   ask them what they'd offer to me to compete with my current T-Mobile plan   
   of 4 phones, unlimited talk & text, 3.5GB/month, and European goodies such   
   as unlimited data and 20 cents a minute.   
      
   Note: The kids text like fiends, and the wife sends only about 50 or so   
   text a day, while I probably send only about five a day on average (if   
   that).   
      
   The kids are on the phone 24/7 making calls to their friends, and they use   
   the data but the wife and I could do just as well with 200 MB of data or   
   less a month.   
      
   Only one kid bumps up against the data limits though (because she doesn't   
   have the sense to turn off sync of unnecessary stuff, mostly). The other   
   kid is a smarter kid and has data under control.   
      
   I'm sick of the pay-as-you-go restrictions, so, that's not an option (been   
   burned too many times as I don't keep up with expiry dates).   
      
   My point in explaining my needs is that I don't have to exactly match my   
   current T-Mobile plan - but I have to match the *needs* of the 4 members of   
   the plan.   
      
   Me? I could do just fine with something like 10 calls a day and 10 texts a   
   day and 500KB a day - but there are others involved some of whom are kids,   
   and half of whom are not technically astute (which makes life difficult   
   technically). (The boys know far more than the girls, in almost everything,   
   except makeup and clothes and fashion and cooking, etc.).   
      
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