-=PCTechTalk=- Re: our cell phones & a bit of OT.

Seems that there are many different principles applied to cell phone 
contracts in different parts of the world. In NZ we seem to have three 
basic types...Prepay, which says what it is, and some companies require 
an annual 'top-up' of at least $10 or $20 and one here none. Contracr - 
pay a set monthly fee and have 1-200mins free off peak,  and more 
extensive contracts negotiated to meet the callers needs, and, needless 
to say, the phone company's!!!

Mine costs me $20p.a., but have to top up if funds get used up. Last 
Xmas, Vodafone offered a dollar for dollar bonus, so I hopped in with a 
lump sum which they doubled!

As a pensioner I have to watch what I/we spend, but the cellphone is 
very handy in any sort of emergency.

Off topic, I bought a watch recently that has a ten year battery life - 
I'll be 81 next month, so I thought I had better buy a couple of spare 
batteries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ripley? Believe it or not. LOL

Rick H

Tech Rose - LoveBytes wrote:
> I too was appalled when I first got a cell phone and found out that I had to 
> pay for incoming calls as well as outgoing calls.  What a racket.  And the 
> phones and charges were higher then.  I had purchased the phone as I drove 
> 40 miles each way to work
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