[Hidden-tech] Verizon: the only game in town?

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 7 Dec 2013 16:32:19 -0500 Robin MacRostie <rmacrostie at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I use Republic Wireless.  $22.00/month all included except the phone.

I already have a cell phone (Virgin Mobil, PayLo, $20/month).  But there isn't 
really any cell service where I live.  I also need a land line for my modem 
(dial-up Internet is my *only* Internet option).

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> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Gyepi SAM <gyepi-hidden-tec at praxis-sw.com>wrote:
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> > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 09:43:54PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
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> > > Western Mass *IS* a third
> > > world country (except some 'third world' countries actually have modern
> > 21st
> > > centry phone service).
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> > I'm in South Africa for the academic year and can tell you that there is
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> > good phone (mobile & wired) service everywhere. I live in a tertiary town
> > which used to be a homeland during the apartheid days. It is very much in
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> > boondocks but I get DSL here. It's not great but it works most of the time.
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> > Though this is rather unusual; in most parts of Africa, people just use
> > mobile
> > phones and wireless data services, which is ubiquitous and cheap.
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> > -Gyepi
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