From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 12/7/2022 19:44, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> On 12/7/22 3:08 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
      
   >   
   > I have a traditional AT&T land line in Ohio (former Ameritech).  It's   
   > now $45/mo after tax for basic unlimited local calling, no long   
   > distance, no features.  The price increases are starting to get out of   
   > control.  I don't trust VoIP services like MagicJack or Ooma.   
      
   I got rid of the ATT landline about 5 years ago for the same cost   
   reason.  ATT kept going up in cost and when it hit $65 for basic service   
   I had it turned off.  I have a Verizon flip phone with unlimited USA   
   voice calling.  Txt, video, picture is unlimited free.  It can connect   
   via wifi for free so it also has free email but I rarely use that.  Data   
   has a 500 meg free limit per month and my usage is 5 megs per month.  I   
   had everything else turned off.  My cost is $35 per month including tax.   
     Calling foreign countries is 10 cents / min so I call friends around   
   the world for $2 for 20 min each at Christmas.  My job requires me to be   
   on the phone every day for about 3000 minutes per month so the cell   
   phone is invaluable.  I also travel North America for work and when in   
   Canada or places that don't have cell or wifi I use a small satellite to   
   wifi to my phone or to the laptop device.   
      
      
   > I don't have a smart phone.  I'm still milking an ancient Nokia 3395, on   
   > the barely-functional T-Mobile 2G network.   
   >   
   > There are a number of people with the old "Gold Rewards" legacy T-mobile   
   > plan on this website, myself (occasionally) included:   
   >   
   > https://howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/343-T-Mobile-prepaid   
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