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Hello Rob!

** On Saturday 09.08.25 - 09:10, you wrote to me:

 AA>> I recently needed to test an international text to an
 >> australian visitor at my shop. ... The delay was
 >> several minutes for our messages to exchange.

 RM> That's good to hear it works. I don't think I've ever gotten a
 RM> text from outside of Ontario, although I'm not sure where some
 RM> of the business texts may be coming from. Still probably in
 RM> Canada usually (maybe?), but could be from other Provinces.

And with the ability for the sending party to spoof a number,  
an international message can probably appear to be domestic.

It's a shame that the phone companies can't detect and block  
spoofed numbers - or won't?


 AA>> I've got quite good bonus data by now with Lucky too..

 RM> Yes, technically my plan only came with 10 Gig of data but with
 RM> the added bonuses it brings it up to 16 Gig.

The auto-topup is the biggest chunk of bonus out of my base  
20GB though = 5GB.  Then the 6mo and 12mo add another 2GB  for  
a total 27GB


 AA>> The only thing that bugs me is that with the $29 plan, I now
 >> have a surplus of $1 accumulating each month with my minimum
 >> $30 auto-topup! ...

 RM> I didn't even know there was a $30 minimum, not a problem with
 RM> my $35 plan.. They've given me the odd 'bonus' money at times so
 RM> I have a balance of $7 or so which I doubt I will ever use too..

By minimum I mean "the lowest that will cover the cost of the  
selected plan".  I think there are $15 and $25 picks, but I  
can't use those.


 RM> Too bad they don't apply that against your regular bills..

I can't understand why they can't "automatically" draw any  
partial amount from the balance when required.  Instead, I  
would have to disable auto-topup first which would cancel my  
5GB "auto-topup" bonus!




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