How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
09-27-2016, 11:52 AM
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IMO there aren't any good unlimited plans out there. Most drop you to slower speeds.
I'm on a grandfathered verizon unlimited plan. Unlimited 4g data. When we moved into our house and didnt have internet for a month I used over 80gb of data tethering.
I'm on a grandfathered verizon unlimited plan. Unlimited 4g data. When we moved into our house and didnt have internet for a month I used over 80gb of data tethering.
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09-27-2016, 12:04 PM
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Total phone cost for two phones was $629. Total two year cost is $2189, or $1094.50 per phone. If I was on my own plan, I'd be paying $45/mo for 5GB, making my total cost for the Galaxy S6 is $1380 for two years.
At $65/mo on your plan it's $1560 for two years.
Then again, I'm on prepaid and no data roaming.
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09-27-2016, 05:56 PM
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I am currently on a two-phone plan. $65/mo for unlimited calling and texting and two phones with 10GB data each. That's just for the service, I bought the phones lightly used. (Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6).
Total phone cost for two phones was $629. Total two year cost is $2189, or $1094.50 per phone. If I was on my own plan, I'd be paying $45/mo for 5GB, making my total cost for the Galaxy S6 is $1380 for two years.
At $65/mo on your plan it's $1560 for two years.
Then again, I'm on prepaid and no data roaming.
Total phone cost for two phones was $629. Total two year cost is $2189, or $1094.50 per phone. If I was on my own plan, I'd be paying $45/mo for 5GB, making my total cost for the Galaxy S6 is $1380 for two years.
At $65/mo on your plan it's $1560 for two years.
Then again, I'm on prepaid and no data roaming.
Damn near a grand for a phone around here.
Taxes.
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09-27-2016, 06:18 PM
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Holy smokes, right, taxes. ****.
Anytime people rationalize tax hikes by saying "It's only a little bit, you won't feel it" I think of countries who have been saying that for years and now have just... ridiculous taxes on goods. it hurts.
Anytime people rationalize tax hikes by saying "It's only a little bit, you won't feel it" I think of countries who have been saying that for years and now have just... ridiculous taxes on goods. it hurts.
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09-27-2016, 06:38 PM
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Having been exposed to the central European model, in which the purchase of the phone is typically a separate transaction from the purchase of the service plan, I find the US model annoying.
That said, the true, un-subsidized cost of a higher-end, current-gen smartphone in the US is fairly high. If you buy an S7 or an i7 outright from Verizon, for instance, you'll pay $700-900, depending upon the specific model.
That said, the true, un-subsidized cost of a higher-end, current-gen smartphone in the US is fairly high. If you buy an S7 or an i7 outright from Verizon, for instance, you'll pay $700-900, depending upon the specific model.
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09-27-2016, 07:06 PM
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The US model exists for historical reasons, but I agree, it's stupid and outlived whatever usefulness it once had.
This is why I now use T-mobile, they were the first US carrier to embrace the "Buy a phone, bring it here, buy the service you want without messing around with subsidies" model.
My Nexus 5 is starting to fail -- awaiting the Google announcement next week.
--Ian
This is why I now use T-mobile, they were the first US carrier to embrace the "Buy a phone, bring it here, buy the service you want without messing around with subsidies" model.
My Nexus 5 is starting to fail -- awaiting the Google announcement next week.
--Ian
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09-27-2016, 09:08 PM
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Following up on a post from a little while back...
That moment when you realize that the electrical burning smell is, in fact, coming from your own car.
No damage of any kind that I can see, but I have utterly no idea yet what root cause was. That displeases me.
No damage of any kind that I can see, but I have utterly no idea yet what root cause was. That displeases me.
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09-27-2016, 09:41 PM
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I really want another nexus 5, loved my old one. Glad to hear a new one will be announced soon. My lg g3 is getting kinda beat and the camera lens is cracked.
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09-27-2016, 10:16 PM
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I've come to accept that this is just a thing I have to live with. Cars that I own occasionally catch fire for no adequate reason, then subsequently extinguish and continue on. Hopefully I'm not jinxing anything, but I haven't lost one to self-immolation yet.
EDIT: I just realized that I forgot to create a "the journey west" thread for the most recent move. My apologies to everyone for that. It was a flat and boring drive during which I found myself routinely cursing the fact that the NB2 is geared exactly the same as a 1.6 NA but praising the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the fact that it has both cruise control and aircon (two amenities which are entirely new to me, and made me feel like I was driving an extremely uncomfortable, under-powered, cramped, noisy Rolls-Royce), there was a conspicuous absence of corn, I didn't stop anywhere interesting, the hotel was unremarkable and featured no unusual breakfast-manufacturing machines, I ate at McDonald's three times (discovering in the process that not all locations serve the Quarter Pounder Deluxe), the GPS didn't display anything surprising or counter-intuitive, there were no live fish trucks or blizzards, I averaged around 31 MPG, and didn't have slice the top off of an empty water bottle and then **** into it while driving. The end.
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09-28-2016, 09:33 AM
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Headlights weren't on at the time. Radio wasn't on. HVAC fan wasn't on.
I've come to accept that this is just a thing I have to live with. Cars that I own occasionally catch fire for no adequate reason, then subsequently extinguish and continue on. Hopefully I'm not jinxing anything, but I haven't lost one to self-immolation yet.
EDIT: I just realized that I forgot to create a "the journey west" thread for the most recent move. My apologies to everyone for that. It was a flat and boring drive during which I found myself routinely cursing the fact that the NB2 is geared exactly the same as a 1.6 NA but praising the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the fact that it has both cruise control and aircon (two amenities which are entirely new to me, and made me feel like I was driving an extremely uncomfortable, under-powered, cramped, noisy Rolls-Royce), there was a conspicuous absence of corn, I didn't stop anywhere interesting, the hotel was unremarkable and featured no unusual breakfast-manufacturing machines, I ate at McDonald's three times (discovering in the process that not all locations serve the Quarter Pounder Deluxe), the GPS didn't display anything surprising or counter-intuitive, there were no live fish trucks or blizzards, I averaged around 31 MPG, and didn't have slice the top off of an empty water bottle and then **** into it while driving. The end.
I've come to accept that this is just a thing I have to live with. Cars that I own occasionally catch fire for no adequate reason, then subsequently extinguish and continue on. Hopefully I'm not jinxing anything, but I haven't lost one to self-immolation yet.
EDIT: I just realized that I forgot to create a "the journey west" thread for the most recent move. My apologies to everyone for that. It was a flat and boring drive during which I found myself routinely cursing the fact that the NB2 is geared exactly the same as a 1.6 NA but praising the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the fact that it has both cruise control and aircon (two amenities which are entirely new to me, and made me feel like I was driving an extremely uncomfortable, under-powered, cramped, noisy Rolls-Royce), there was a conspicuous absence of corn, I didn't stop anywhere interesting, the hotel was unremarkable and featured no unusual breakfast-manufacturing machines, I ate at McDonald's three times (discovering in the process that not all locations serve the Quarter Pounder Deluxe), the GPS didn't display anything surprising or counter-intuitive, there were no live fish trucks or blizzards, I averaged around 31 MPG, and didn't have slice the top off of an empty water bottle and then **** into it while driving. The end.
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09-29-2016, 03:04 AM
I've regretted it every minute of my life for the last 3 years when you offered it to me during your garage purge and I didn't take it. Probably can't be shipped, right?
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09-29-2016, 03:29 AM
It's ugly as sin, but as long as I'm cruising to free fuel and dynamic radar cruise control, I'm a happy camper. Turns a lot of heads, but not in a good way.
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