<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:52 PM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Bob Jonkman wrote, On 08/23/2009 3:33 PM:<div class="im"><br>
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There is plenty of interest. On-list discussion would be welcomed by me, as would a presentation.<br>
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My cell phone contract expires in September, and I had been hoping to sign up with one of the new cellular carriers like Globalive (now Wind<br>
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FWIW, if you're not hung up on carriers, or data ... Rogers Pay As You Go with a $100 card will last a year. Coming out to $8.33/month. Assuming data you do happens via local bluetooth/wi-fi link rather than over the carrier. No contract. And, being GSM, you should be able to use whatever phone you choose, purchased elsewhere.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>That is exactly what I have. And that is exactly what I do. It is the most economical. Also any unused balance will get carried indefinitely if you renew before it expires with $100.<br><br>The downside is that if you use a smartphone and use the "full internet" (e.g. Opera browser),<br>
they charge exorbitant rates. Make sure you configure the WAP proxies correctly to avoid that. I have had so so success with them (web would work, but Google's Gmail application will not or vice versa).<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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There's a $0.01/minutes plan > 8:00 PM & weekends.<br>
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