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The Telecom Digest for July 14, 2011
Volume 30 : Issue 173 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Calling America: phone zones as alternate states(John Mayson)
Re: Metro PCS type service in UK(1506)

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:53:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CALLING AMERICA: PHONE ZONES AS ALTERNATE STATES 
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107122052070.3641@john-maysons-macbook.local>

This is rather silly and the article doesn't explain it very well.  They 
analyzed data to see where certain counties call the most.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39249

-- 
John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA




Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:28:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: 1506 <e27002@gmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Metro PCS type Service in UK 
Message-ID: <0ec0f396-c2d7-475a-93d7-697a6b63132c@h12g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>

On Jul 8, 4:52 pm, "John Levine" <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a UK eqivalent of the US Metro PCS cellphone
> >service? Metro PCS offer unlimited use for a monthly flat fee,
> >USD40.00 [in the] US, and USD50.00 International.
>
> US carriers tend to have lower cost high volume plans than UK
> carriers. Also, there's no UK carrier with coverage as limited and
> spotty as Metro PCS so it's hard to make a direct comparison.
>
> O2 offers unlimited talk and text for £46.00 month to month, £41.00 on
> a 12 month contract if you bring your own phone. Most carriers offer
> unlimited texts or unlimited calls to landlines as an option in their
> £20 and up plans.
>
> Note that the UK prices are the real prices, while the US prices
> invariably also charge a variety of taxes and fake surcharges.

Thank you,

That is a real help.  I will check out their international rates for
calling back to the US.  If they are reasonable, o2 will fit my needs.





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