Subj : Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Jul 09 2021 02:32:03

  Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Thu Jul 08 2021 10:34 am

 >   Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
 >   By: Arelor to Andeddu on Thu Jul 08 2021 06:22 am
 > 
 > Ar> That is a very firstworldler-like declaration to make.
 > 
 > Ar> A lot of people on this ball of mud we call Earth does not even have a data plan at all. The
 > Ar> just can't afford it. I have heard a lot of people in India has smartphones without dataplan
 > Ar> at all and they get their Internet fix using public wifis or whatever.
 > 
 > 2600 magazine has a regular column called "Telecom Insider" written by a guy who travels the wor
 > contracting for telcos. He does a good job of documenting the telco conditions in the countries 
 > visits.
 > 
 > He described a China a few years back where "regular joes" did most of their commerce with a
 > feature phone bought with a pre-paid plan, and using SMS to pay bills and conduct business. I'd
 > almost prefer that to the State-Of-The-Art people are pushing.

That sounds fine.

How do you pay a bill using SMS?

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