what the heck are you talking about? where are there better deals? what country are you in?
most countries I have seen don't come close to how cheap U.S. plans are! i don't know where you are, but I'm going to use Europe as an example. i have never ever seen a plan in Europe where you can call to or from anywhere in Europe for unlimited minutes per month with no roaming and no long distance charges for 50 Euros. not to mention color flip phones for as cheap as 6 Euros with no contract or rental fee.
now maybe im wrong about that and there are deals like that out there. so i'm very interested to hear from you about any such cheaper plans...
I'm resided in Sweden where these kinds of plans have been available for years and years. All major providers have €50 or €60 flatrate plans. Heck, some of them will even throw in a decent handset or let you choose from any available phone on the market (unlocked) with a €50-100 discount if you sign up for 12 months or more.
Example: €50 flatrate plan for 18 months will grant you a €100 discount on an unlocked N95 8GB.
After that you can call, message and surf with 7,2mbit hdspa till your head drops.
With the dollar taking a free fall 50 or 60 Euros equate to roughly $77 to $94 good ole US dollars. So who wins the argument? I see a draw here. Subsidizes for phone prices feels just like home. I do like the 18 months contracts though...
Considering salary generally is higher in Sweden, who wins the argument? It’s not like a weak dollar due to crappy economy is a strong argument. Sure our government are tax hogs, and every €50 includes €10 in government taxes. Still… I wouldn’t consider your new and ”awesome” plan (I love you britts for not using that word excessively) the dogs bollocks.
Then again, the Swedish market has always been a hard one to figure and competition has been fierce with a lot of weird deals. For example, I’m currently using a prepaid service from my carrier. As I want to buy a new phone I just signed up for a 12 months contract, €10 á month and I can use the entire fee to make calls, send messages and send/receive data on their network. That’s a total €120 which I can use, no hidden fees. Sure, it’s not the cheapest minute price around but the funny part is this. When signing up for this my provider will pay €120 on any new (unlocked) handset available on the Swedish market.
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So... this kind of plan is considered news material over in the states?
what the heck are you talking about?
where are there better deals?
what country are you in?
most countries I have seen don't come close to how cheap U.S. plans are! i don't know where you are, but I'm going to use Europe as an example. i have never ever seen a plan in Europe where you can call to or from anywhere in Europe for unlimited minutes per month with no roaming and no long distance charges for 50 Euros. not to mention color flip phones for as cheap as 6 Euros with no contract or rental fee.
now maybe im wrong about that and there are deals like that out there. so i'm very interested to hear from you about any such cheaper plans...
I'm resided in Sweden where these kinds of plans have been available for years and years. All major providers have €50 or €60 flatrate plans. Heck, some of them will even throw in a decent handset or let you choose from any available phone on the market (unlocked) with a €50-100 discount if you sign up for 12 months or more.
Example: €50 flatrate plan for 18 months will grant you a €100 discount on an unlocked N95 8GB.
After that you can call, message and surf with 7,2mbit hdspa till your head drops.
With the dollar taking a free fall 50 or 60 Euros equate to roughly $77 to $94 good ole US dollars. So who wins the argument? I see a draw here. Subsidizes for phone prices feels just like home. I do like the 18 months contracts though...
Considering salary generally is higher in Sweden, who wins the argument?
It’s not like a weak dollar due to crappy economy is a strong argument.
Sure our government are tax hogs, and every €50 includes €10 in government taxes. Still… I wouldn’t consider your new and ”awesome” plan (I love you britts for not using that word excessively) the dogs bollocks.
Then again, the Swedish market has always been a hard one to figure and competition has been fierce with a lot of weird deals.
For example, I’m currently using a prepaid service from my carrier. As I want to buy a new phone I just signed up for a 12 months contract, €10 á month and I can use the entire fee to make calls, send messages and send/receive data on their network. That’s a total €120 which I can use, no hidden fees. Sure, it’s not the cheapest minute price around but the funny part is this.
When signing up for this my provider will pay €120 on any new (unlocked) handset available on the Swedish market.