Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 20:37:00

Hello Rob!

** On Tuesday 23.03.21 - 00:46, you wrote to me:

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

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

OK.. then we are fellow Canadian neighbours (Ontariariaons),  
despite my point node appearing that I might be located in KY.

LOL

Reviewing one of my phone bills, my base before taxes is $29.66  
as well.

When I operated a BBS here, I've had consistent success reaching  
33k consistently when I needed to poll some out of province  
nodes.  Provincial incoming and outgoing calls often reached the  
50k+ level.  But, over time, the landlines deteriorated -  
especially during Spring weather.


 RM> What I am getting lately are offers from Bell..

 RM> To be honest, I'd be almost tempted to take the deal if not
 RM> for that $45 activation fee.

I'm with you with that stoic attitude too!  The activation fee  
is so arbitrary and unnecessary considering that you would be a  
long-time user after that!

Take a look at what Chatr (Rogers) and PublicMobile (Telus) have  
to offer.  They operate much the same as Lucky, *and* you can  
"register" the SIM card yourself.  You might be able to squeeze  
out an extra GB or two with them.

 RM> After all, it would give me an extra gig of Data and at 4G
 RM> speed instead of 3G speed.. But as discussed elsewhere the
 RM> actual speed increase in use is probably hardly noticable.

Not sure where you are located, but in my area of Ontario, my  
Blackberry registers LTE if I allow it.  But I purposefully keep  
my connections at 4G/3G - I get a higher signal level with  
those.   So.. Lucky has 4G, but it operates at 3G speed.

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

Well..  you could think of the $45 fee to be the cost of that  
extra 1GB spread out over the course of your membership.

But, I think you might like the privilege of activating an  
account all by yourself should you try Chatr or Public.


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