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   AA>I got this one a couple days ago..   
   AA>"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 )"   
      
   Yes, that's the same offer I got. I figured you would probably   
   get the same one..   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I hadn't thought of that (the Credit setup). The rest of it was   
   what had me wondering about the whole idea..   
      
   AA> 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   
      
   AA>My main phone is a Blackberry Q10, circa 2012!  :D  Works fine   
     >on the Lucky LTE network.   
      
   Wow.. and I thought I was bad..   B)   
   I assume you've changed the battery a few times?   
   I'm still using the original battery and, although it claims   
   100% charge, I think it really only lasts 75% or so as long   
   as when it was new, but isn't bad enough to try to find a   
   replacemnt battery if they are still available. I saw one   
   on Amazon a while back for just $18, but buyers wrote back   
   saying the new battery didn't last as long and the old one   
   they were replacing because it was worn out so I didn't look   
   into that any further at the time.   
      
   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..)   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I briefly had a look at that. I access this board by having   
   QWK files eMailed to me.. Is that how you use OpenXP ?   
   I didn't see any reference to QWK in the PDF Manual, and   
   the help file won't open in Windows 7, although possibly   
   I can DL the software to fix that.   
      
   My main issue that brought this on was an inability to copy   
   and paste into SLMR with the setup I have. Is OpenXP Windows   
   software, as opposed to DOS and does it support that ?   
      
   Looking at the screen shots it doesn't look a whole lot   
   easier to deal with than SLMR otherwise..   
      
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