Subj : Your cell phone bill?
To   : deon
From : TassieBob
Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 16:20:00

 de> But I dont understand why on a mobile/cell device. When I first got a
 de> mobile, all those decades ago, it was possible to have multiple
 de> numbers on it

For a while I had a mobile with 2 SIM slots - I had my work issued SIM in one slot, and my personal one in the other. Only did that to save carrying around two phones.

These days I use my personal phone for everything and my current employer just reimburses me the monthly costs.  Back then though, my (previous) employer would only cover the cost of mobiles if they were on /their/ account, and to put your personal mobile on the company account you had to waive any rights to your personal number - so when you left, your number stayed with them.  I'd had that number for around 25 years, so that was a hard no.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20220504
 * Origin: TassieBob's BBS (21:3/169)

.