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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Thursday 07.08.25 - 07:47, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>> Yep.. the full enchilada.  Actually, the $29/mo plan was only   
    >> intended for new customers, and they had accidentally included   
    >> it for existing customers to pick.   
      
    RM> I think I remember seeing that one listed but saw that it was   
    RM> for new customers only. It seems to me I looked into new plans   
    RM> offered a while after you did, after you told me about them,   
    RM> and by then it wasn't offered to existing customers.   
      
   Yep.. you probably checked too late.  :(   
      
      
    AA>> Yep.. Lucky still seems to disfavour existing (long-time)   
    >> customers!   
      
    RM> Yes, I feel the same way about Satellite TV service, they should   
    RM> add bonus channels or lower prices to customers who stay with   
    RM> them for years. If you threaten to quit they often give you a   
    RM> super deal for several months or a year, but you shouldn't have   
    RM> to go through that when paying $100 for a fairly basic package.   
      
   Right, I don't understand this non-favoring towards existing     
   (long-time) customers.   
      
      
    RM> Lucky bugs me a bit because they never tell you when they bring   
    RM> out better deals, you have to find them yourself and I rarely   
    RM> go to their site. If things are working I just pay the bill.   
      
   I find the app more responsive and easier to check and see if     
   there is an alternative plan available.  I don't check for     
   other plans regularly either.  But when the $29/mo plan rolled     
   out that was fluke timing when I decided to casually check for     
   plan prices in general.   
      
      
    AA>> Lucky recently dropped and USA calling from their base plans.   
    >> Now, USA calling is an "extra" minimum $10/mo.   
      
    RM> Oh, I hadn't heard that yet either. I currently have no need for   
    RM> USA calling but it was a cheap bonus to upgrade from my $35 plan   
    RM> to the $40 plan which gave something like 80 Gig of data plus   
    RM> unlimited USA.   
      
   Good to hear that they threw in the USA calling.  It's not     
   available like that anymore.  Now, it's a special add-on.   
      
   Speaking of USA-calling, I recently looked to sign up a senior     
   friend to NonameMobile.  They advertised (and still do) a $19/    
   mo that includes USA-calling.  So, I purchased the NonameMobile     
   SIM.  But upon registration, the process sent me to PCMobile,     
   and there was *no* $19/mo plan!  And.. and the lowest plan that     
   did include USA-calling as $29/mo!  I felt very disappointed.      
   It's basically a bait 'n' switch - which is illegal, no?   
      
      
    RM> Yes, it's amazing when you think back. Back in the 90's   
    RM> when I had to call long distance to access a Global BBS it   
    RM> was always a rush to do the exchange and get off because I   
    RM> was paying about 45c a minute for the call.   
      
   I had a 3rd-party phone plan that offered unlimited LD minutes     
   for $20/mo.   I polled a hub in Montreal from Ontario that way     
   to deliver and pick up email + echomail.   
      
      
    RM> In the past 5 years I've had Bell in twice because of noisy   
    RM> lines so it's not quite as bad as yours. Back when I was using   
    RM> dial-up that was a real problem though.   
      
   For me, the situation simply started getting worse and worse.      
   I have an underground feed from a pole on the property but then     
   it continues a fair distance (about 50ft) under the driveway to     
   the house and demarcation point.   
   --    
     ../|ug   
      
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