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To: abuelita who wrote (135914)	10/5/2017 9:33:51 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) of 217769

In the US with Verizon we'd been paying $31 a month for 700 minutes of talk, free long distance and unlimited text - but no data / internet access. Adding data suddenly adds an extra $55 a month plus $30 a month if you want to activate the WiFi HotSpot on your phone for a total bill with bogus fees and 'alleged taxes' of something like $135 or more each month. In the US I can wait until I'm someplace with free WiFi access to use data rather than pay an extra $100. T-Mobile has brought that $135 a month price down to $30 all-in for 55 age+ set (I think $55 for those under age 55). We're also suddenly paying an additional $12 a phone for theft / breakage insurance because we now have relatively costly phones. So in total we increased our bill by $11 to go from no data to essentially unlimited data (50 GB per month for $42 with insurance vs $31 without insurance for the cheaper phones). So we'll see if my urge to use the internet when I'm not near free WiFi increases. I'm sure how ever much data I use I'll get $11 a month worth of value from it. We've long had GSM smart-phones for travel where you buy a sim locally, but these pre-paid prices are more costly than the 29.95€ + 10€ a month for EU Unlimited. Orange sells a sim for 2 week 10 GB, 120 min, 1,000 texts for 40€ - while a comparable 4 week 5 GB is 20€ from most providers. So the cost is in the data. - boutique.orange.fr It seems Deutsche Telekom has changed their mind about selling T-Mobile, so maybe they'll buy Rogers, Telus or Bell and slash prices in Canada as well. Perhaps T-Mobile saw the same interview I watched with a 105 year old woman. They asked what she liked to do, and she replied, "Older people mostly like to sit or sleep."

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