tokyojimu

I always appreciated that T-Mobile‘s prices included everything so there were no surprises. Now they’ve gone to the scammy “plus taxes and fees“ model that the other carriers use. That’s too bad. 

mtlion2020 said:

ATT will do away with service for older phones were that can't receive or makes calls anymore.

This is because they plan to shut down their 3G service in 2022. After this happens only phones supporting 4G and Voice over LTE will be able to make voice calls.

I recently had to upgrade my service from 3G to 4G in China because I was finding it increasingly difficult to get a 3G signal. Apparently most 3G towers there have been turned off.

larryjw said:

You should be aware that the perks of "elite" cards are paid by someone -- in particular, the retailer whose product you purchased with the card

This is the reason the U.S. is so behind other countries in cashless acceptance. Elsewhere, it costs the merchants nothing (China) or close to nothing (Europe) to accept debit cards. But most US merchants balk at paying a 50¢ transaction fee plus 3% for you to buy your $2 taco. 

Rayz2016 said:

Over a hundred grand’s worth of phones sitting in a car. 

Why do I get the feeling that a crime was already in progress when the phones were stolen?

Well, this was in Oregon, where most buyers go who plan to buy phones to be sold overseas, due to the lack of sales tax there. So she was probably just buying these for resale. But to leave so many unattended... sheesh. 

I remember when flying Air India their maps don’t show any borders. That gets them out of the Kashmir debate among others.