This link on the above site was good: http://www.wsj.com/articles/kill-the-wireless-contract-buy-your-own-phone-1424807865
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting episode of On Point discussing modern wireless and now the > carriers are changing. > > http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/06/sprint-verizon-att-project-fi > And not just carriers, but google and facebook. > > My recent change to buying my phone (OnePlus One) and using whichever > plan makes most sense (TMo web-only prepaid $30 5Gb) was a huge winner, > cutting costs by half easily. > > It is interesting too, how diverse people's use cases are. There are a > surprising number of people who use their phone as their primary data. > Nowadays you can easily get videos on your phone and watch them on your TV. > > For many, there is a singly issue making their carrier choice. One was a > plan that included international calling for near-zero from one of the > lesser known reseller companies. Google is looking into pay-as-you-use at a > reasonable price. > > -- Owen > >
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