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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Saturday 09.08.25 - 09:10, you wrote to me:   
      
    RM> I was just on the web site checking out their plans and there's   
    RM> nothing there worth changing over to. ...   
      
   Yep.. plan offerings seem to have remained the same for a while     
   now.   
      
    RM> Actually, I don't think they even offer my plan anymore,   
    RM> nothing much under $50 that gives everything I have that   
    RM> isn't just for new customers.   
      
   Correct.  I have a $15/mo plan (which was originally voice +     
   500MB data) ..but then they offered an option to switch     
   entirely to DATA and get double the data, which I did.  Now,     
   the 15$/mo plan and any option to go 100% data is long gone for     
   new customers.   
      
      
    AA>> Good to hear that they threw in the USA calling.  It's not   
    >> available like that anymore.  Now, it's a special add-on.   
      
    RM> Yes, I looked for that as well tonight and, you're right, no   
    RM> plans offer it as part of the basic.   
      
   The usa-calling can be handy when some contacts inherit phones     
   from outside the country. That can be the case especially when     
   people travel during the summer.  I have one contact that     
   recently moved from usa to canada.  They are still operating     
   with T-Mobile. 1-410-845-XXXX (probably no roaming charges?)     
   ..and that's a call to the states that I can't do.   
      
      
    AA>> 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. ...   
      
    RM> Yes, you see those $19 signs in the stores all the time.   
    RM> It looks like a great deal - I was tempted to switch but hate   
    RM> changing from something that's working well for me for a couple   
    RM> of dollars a month - but I never checked into it far enough   
    RM> to find out what you did.   
      
   A friend of mine is encouring to me call Nonamemobile (I will     
   reach a PCmobile rep, btw) .. nd cry foul for false advertising     
   and insisting that they give me the USA-calling as advertised.   
      
      
    AA>> For me, the situation simply started getting worse and worse.   
    >> I have an underground feed from a pole on the property but ..   
      
    RM> I'm surprised I don't have more problems.. The phone line is above   
    RM> ground and looks to be in terrible condition and I'm probably   
    RM> close to 2 miles from the Bell Box. To clarify, only the line to   
    RM> my house is ratty.   
      
   It's probably getting a good chance to dry out faster than if     
   it were underground.  I have a friend in the Muskokas who also     
   had a land line for a while, and Bell simply left the run from     
   the road to the house just laying on the ground beside the     
   driveway.  Worked well.  Rarely a problem.  The landline     
   service is long gone based on some dispute with charges years     
   ago though.   
      
      
    RM> The main line is in that heavy phone cable that   
    RM> they run. Seems to me a while back when they worked on mine it had   
    RM> to do with ground wires at my house. If I recall, there were two of   
    RM> them and he ended up cutting one of them to fix things.   
      
   I think one cable like that has 4 pairs (tip-ring) to work with     
   as substitutes before they have to replace the whole cable.   
      
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