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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Saturday 16.08.25 - 15:26, you wrote to me:   
      
    RM> I used to get more of them, and lately they usually were not a   
    RM> fantastic deal but this one is the best I've seen.   
      
   I got this one a couple days ago..   
      
   433222   
      
   "Lucky: Here's an exclusive offer from our friends at Bell who   
   have monthly plans on Canada's fastest 5G+ network. Get 40 GB   
   at 5G+ speeds, unlimited Canada-wide talk/text & U.S. calling   
   from Canada for $30/mo. with your own phone (price includes   
   $10/mo. Autopay credit). Call 1 866 820-5230 with code 7JFRHAM   
   or visit a Bell store by September 7. ( luckym.ca/msgprefs ) (   
   bell.ca/messagesettings )"   
      
   2025-08-14 11:58:38   
      
   I don't like the way Bell uses "credit" to make it look like     
   you're "saving" $omething.  The $10/mo credit means that they     
   bill you at at $40, you get taxed on that, and then they deduct     
   $10.   And.. they probably reserve the right to remove the     
   credit at any time, thus avoiding blame for "changing the plan"     
   when the core plan is $40.  It is sick marketing strategy.   
      
      
    AA>> The 5G is the big draw, but obviously you will only get   
    AA>> what the nearby towers (and our phone) can support.   
      
    RM> Yes, my phone is 6+ years old so doesn't support 5G and being   
    RM> out here in the middle of nowhere, I doubt any of the towers   
    RM> near here have 5G built into them, but I could be wrong. Maybe   
    RM> Bell Mobility has upgraded more frequentlt than the Bell Land   
    RM> Lines have.   
      
   My main phone is a Blackberry Q10, circa 2012!  :D  Works fine     
   on the Lucky LTE network.   
      
      
    RM> ..with a good deal like this one it would probably be   
    RM> prone to price increases once they get you sucked in..   
      
   I would bet that they *do* increase the prices. That is Bell's     
   way.   :(   
      
      
    AA>> BTW...  your SLMR..   ...cuts the subject line short:   
      
    RM> The joys of using 30 year old programs on your computer..   B)   
    RM> (I have to run this in Dos Box..)   
      
   You might like to look into OpenXP.  It would make your     
   connection operate as a point, and you benefit from having all     
   messages stored into a database for easy search and lookup     
   later.  I built https://openxp.kolico.ca to help promote it.     
   See the screenshots there.   
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