Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 00:46:00

RM> I could use it
RM> more and dump my land line but I'm so far out in the
RM> boonies that my land line is fairly cheap, just under $30,
RM> so I'm putting up with the extra cost for now. For 'talking
RM> on the phone' at home I prefer the land line over the cell
RM> phone.

AA>Under $30 USD?   Mine is about $35 CDN after tax.

Sorry, I'm located in Canada although I access the BBS system through an
American supplier so it may appear I'm American.
My monthly landline is $29.66 +tax Cdn. I find mine is about $8 cheaper than
the average, mostly because the lines and boxes in my area are so old. Back
when I had Dial-up the best I could get was about 26k instead of 52k.
(You never get the supposed maximum 56k on dial-up.)


AA>Recently I got a SIM card in the mail from the phone company
  >offering to "convert" my land-line phone number to a cell
  >service. The minimum monthly would be $60 CDN (plus a one-time
  >activation fee of $45)   All I would have to do was slip the
  >card into my existing phone, send a special text message, and
  >xPOOFx, I'd be ready to use my existing landline number with the
  >phone. Oh.. plus they throw in about 10GB of mobile data. Not
  >sure if that is a great idea.

That sounds slightly pricey to me..

What I am getting lately are offers from Bell at $40 Cdn with unlimited Canada
wide talk and text plus 6 gig of data, usually with the option of a medium
decent phone ($450?) for an extra $10 a month over 2 years.
(Other offers have been the same but with 8 gig of data for $50 a month.)

To be honest, I'd be almost tempted to take the deal if not for that $45
activation fee. After all, it would give me an extra gig of Data and at 4G
speed instead of 3G speed..   But as discussed elsewhere the actual speed
increase in use is probably hardly noticable.

I think it's more that I am already a Bell customer through Lucky, and I got
rooked into paying $45 activatiom when I got that SIM card, so I sort of
resent the idea of paying it again rather than any problem affording it.
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