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Meh. Who doesn't carry a cellphone any more these days?
Oh, nevermind...
i dont ^.^
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i dont ^.^
Wow, I have unlimited long distance calling in north america on my cell phone (which is my only phone) and it costs me $16 a month.I too recall the nickel call and station to station.
Back in the 60s when a teen, when I went on a road trip with friends, my Mom and I worked out a system to beat the station to station versus those expensive person to person long distance calls.
When I arrived at my destination safely, I placed a long distance person to person call to myself at my parents number. Mom would answer and tell the operator, sorry, he's not home. She would then know I was OK and the call was free.
I remember phone bills of $80 or more for long distance calls home to Sask. from SW Ont. in the early 70s just by calling once a week for 15 minutes or so.
For the record BigDL, I will be 63 on the 25th of this month.
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Where do you get a montly plan like that?Wow, I have unlimited long distance calling in north america on my cell phone (which is my only phone) and it costs me $16 a month.
Best I can find is $30.- per month with 1000 minutes NA LD.
I would like to know too.Wow, I have unlimited long distance calling in north america on my cell phone (which is my only phone) and it costs me $16 a month.
As for using pay phones, I buy a $5 phone card from Wally World or from a corner store and use that instead of a credit card. You get a better rate if you use a local tie-in number on the back of the card. I always try to have one in my wallet and you almost never have to find a quarter or two..
Ontario to Newfoundland calls were about 5 cents a minute on a pay phone when I was in Hamilton early May.
http://www.worldline.ca/
Its a dial in to a voip line. I've got it programed on my cell as the first entry and I can then dial and flip through my address book while the ad is playing and then dial the number. Works pretty quickly.
That's pretty cool. Not available in Newfoundland and Labrador yet.:-(
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Oh............
That's $16.- for the long distance portion only. I thought that included your cell phone as well.
I signed up for the Bell $5.00 plan for 1000 minutes Canada and US. But that only works from a landline I think.
For the cell phones I have 100 minutes LD included and I use a dial around service at 2.9 cents per minute between major Canadian centres if I go over that.
All depends on your calling patterns which is best for you
Any one else notice that a lot of young people seem to be calling them "LAN Lines"?Oh............
That's $16.- for the long distance portion only. I thought that included your cell phone as well.
I signed up for the Bell $5.00 plan for 1000 minutes Canada and US. But that only works from a landline I think.
For the cell phones I have 100 minutes LD included and I use a dial around service at 2.9 cents per minute between major Canadian centres if I go over that.
All depends on your calling patterns which is best for you
Totally off topic, but i'm throwing it out there.
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