SMS wrote:

> The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> I've got 900 minutes left. In February I'll buy $10 (35 minutes) more
>> and be good for another year. I'll probably die with unused minutes
>> :-( The phone itself sucks, though.
>
> Fortunately there's almost a limitless supply of non-sucky GSM phones on
> craigslist and even on freecycle.
>
> For some unknown reason my mom dropped her T-Mobile prepaid which was
> perfect for her usage when AT&T convinced her to sign up for a package
> deal of TV, landline, postpaid wireless, and DSL which was far more
> expensive than what she had before, or needed.

<sigh> They keep sending out those SIGN UP NOW bargains as if they actually
WERE bargains.

> Then she switched to AT&T
> prepaid which was still ridiculously expensive. Now she's on PagePlus
> and paying about $5 a month instead of $40 a month and using the same
> number of minutes she used before. We also surreptitiously got her a DSL
> modem/wireless router from AT&T to replace her DSL modem so we can at
> least use her DSL when visiting. At least AT&T was kind enough to send
> it at no cost.

Those are common yardsale items, although not as common as nice wired routers.
There are even wireless routers. All for $1 or $2 each. If Charter ever
stops the "special" rate, I can quit and get AT&T DSL service for a while.
Much slower, but still better than dialup.

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Cheers, Bev
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