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<p>I'd love to see aero's budget projection. Summaries don't count
:) . I wonna see unit economics, and a painstaking line by line of
from where each dollar comes from, and where it goes. What are
periods that require injection? Does this business make money
during business operation, especially in an asymptotic future,
like in business that lasts decades?</p>
<p>I remember AOL used to give access to internet, overlayed with
ads. This one is an access without wires.</p>
<p>Also, interesting pitch line: "Did you know that student loan
debt is the highest it’s ever been, hitting $1.46 trillion?" Where
do they go with it? <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzlT80jQ3lo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzlT80jQ3lo</a></p>
<p>Oh, its Sunday. We may dwell on this for another second. Phone is
$399. Compare it to Pine at $150. Roughly 400-150=250. How long
does a person stay a student? 3 years? Can you get 80/year service
at volume? And this assumes contract doesn't require pay or lock
after student stops being a student, else, it just adds to student
debt {Who've read those terms and conditions? :) }. Does service
stop being free, after student leaves? When do they plan to
offload this onto your pension fund, like what is their exit,
financed by money that come from your pension funds? Or, am I too
strict of an accountant?<br>
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<div dir="auto">I've had a few students participate in the pilot,
and they say that it's truly unlimited (no limits) too. Not a
bad deal for the price ;-)</div>
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<div>From: Chris Craig <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kwlug.org@ciotog.net"><kwlug.org@ciotog.net></a> </div>
<div>Date: 2021-05-30 07:40 (GMT-05:00) </div>
<div>To: KWLUG discussion <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org"><kwlug-disc@kwlug.org></a> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] cell phone plans </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Very interesting! Cat Coode is on the advisory
panel, so I can't imagine they're going to be too evil...<br>
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Jason Eckert <<a href="mailto:jason.eckert@gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr">If you can wait until next year, you can get
your phones for free: <a href="https://airo.life/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://airo.life/</a>
<div>Of course, this is provided you are OK with them
monetizing your data - it happens anyways, at least this
way you get a free phone and data plan out of it ;-)</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, May 29, 2021 at
3:19 PM Znoteer via kwlug-disc <<a
href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>>
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class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br>
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On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:19:20PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger
wrote:<br>
> It's that time of the decade when I sit down and
decide that I'm paying<br>
> waaaay too much for mine and Wifeski's cellphone
plans.<br>
> <br>
> So I humbly beseech the experts...<br>
> <br>
> What are you guys using for cell phones plans?
What's the coverage like?<br>
> Do you still have money left for food after you pay
your monthly phone bill?<br>
> <br>
<br>
I'm in Montreal, so my experience may not be applicable to
you. I have a<br>
$35/mo plan with Chatr and a $40/mo plan with Lucky.<br>
<br>
The chatr plan ($35) is unlimited Canada-wide calling,
unlimited<br>
International SMS, 2GB data/mo, voicemail. Coverage in my
region is fine.<br>
<br>
The lucky plan ($40) is the same with 4GB data/mo, call
display, conference<br>
calls, and call waiting. Again, no coverage problems.<br>
<br>
But, it sounds like you maybe only need a cell phone plan
for your wife. <br>
You could port your number to <a rel="noreferrer"
href="http://voip.ms" moz-do-not-send="true">voip.ms</a>
and configure the account so that all<br>
calls are forwarded. If you want to continue having a
laugh a cheesy text<br>
spam once a year, you could set up sms on the number.<br>
<br>
It would cost you (even though <a rel="noreferrer"
href="http://voip.ms" moz-do-not-send="true">voip.ms</a>
is canadian they do all their<br>
business in USD so all prices quoted for <a
rel="noreferrer" href="http://voip.ms"
moz-do-not-send="true">voip.ms</a> are in that currency,
not<br>
CAD) I think $0.85/mo to keep the phone number in your
name. After that<br>
it's either $0.009 or $0.0052 per minute for incoming
calls (I can't<br>
remember which fee is incoming and which is outgoing).
SMS cost something<br>
ridiculously low per/unit also.<br>
<br>
If you don't receive or make any calls in a month, your
account will have<br>
costed you US$0.85 and maybe some taxes. Rounding the per
minute price to<br>
$0.01 you could talk for nearly 4 solid hours each day for
20 days (5 work<br>
days x 4 weeks in a month) with your current $45/mo plan
if you switched to<br>
<a rel="noreferrer" href="http://voip.ms"
moz-do-not-send="true">voip.ms</a> (4hrs/day x 60 min/hr
x 20 days x $0.01/min = $48).<br>
<br>
Good deal hunting,<br>
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-- <br>
Znoteer<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true">znoteer@mailbox.org</a><br>
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