Quoting Ogg to Adept <=-

The only phone feature that I enable is email notification on a couple
of accounts. But that is starting to annoy me.

I ignore everyone. When I'm not at work the phone sits on the table.
When I'm in the woods it's my internet. ;)

I'm with luckymobile.ca $40/mo = 4.5GB + 500MB (if auto-topup with credit card, which I do) .: I get 5GB data for $40 at 4G LTE speeds.

Publicmobile for me $45 a month for 5.5gb + 1gig. However I only get
3g speeds on my older plan. I leave it because for offline mail
packets, and streaming audio (We still pay for the old slacker radio)
it's plenty fast and the data goes a long way.

The phone just sits as my little wi-fi hotspot at arms length. I have
a sequence of charged batteries on the ready. I get about 6 hours
steady wi-fi per battery. But I've learned to just enable airplane mode when I am working locally to extend the use of one battery.

If the travel ban is ever over. I will give you a bell hotspot device
if you want it? We do normally go to Bancroft once a year to visit.
Just pop your SIM card in and it's a wifi hotspot.
It is locked to bell, so should work on Luckymobile. (My phone is
locked to telus, but works with publicmobile). Don't even need a
phone, battery lasts for days at a time. I used it when I lived at
the trailer, but then I found public mobile and it was 90% cheaper
so...

Shawn

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Hello Tiny!

** On Tuesday 02.06.20 - 11:36, Tiny wrote to Ogg:

Publicmobile for me $45 a month for 5.5gb + 1gig. However I only
get 3g speeds on my older plan. I leave it because for offline mail
packets, and streaming audio (We still pay for the old slacker
radio) it's plenty fast and the data goes a long way.

publicmobile.ca looks and sounds a lot like luckymobile.ca The pricings look the same, except I don't see the $45 plan with that nice boost to
6.5GB. Is it a plan that you safely locked in many years ago?

Lucky is Bell's economy mobile service. Chatr is Roger's. I see that
Public is Telus's version. It's interesting that all of them pretty much arose at the same time.

Although my connection capability is 4G LTE, I probably really only get 3G speeds. When I am not throttled down, Fast.com never reports higher than 3Mbps DL.

The phone just sits as my little wi-fi hotspot at arms length.

If the travel ban is ever over. I will give you a bell hotspot device
if you want it? We do normally go to Bancroft once a year to visit.
Just pop your SIM card in and it's a wifi hotspot.
It is locked to bell, so should work on Luckymobile. (My phone is
locked to telus, but works with publicmobile). Don't even need a
phone, battery lasts for days at a time. I used it when I lived at
the trailer, but then I found public mobile and it was 90% cheaper
so...

It would be great to meet you. You know where I work! ..or more realistically, where work finds me! LOL.

The device is not really necessary, but maybe I could try it. Longer
battery time could prove to be an improvement. But I *am* poised to chuck
my excess of technical stuff. It felt somewhat liberating to chuck out my previous mobile device: Roger's Stick. Although it was a 3G device, I
rarely received higher than 1Mbps DL - it was probably only an HSDPA connection. I still have a Globetrotter GT MAX 7.2 (HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS) that was a fine performer with Rogers on my then Thinkpad T40p. (And.. if I am
not mistaken... did you send me that one? Somebody did, 'cuz I don't
remember buying it.)

When travelling in a city, especially when I was waiting in Dr's offices
or a car service centre, it was cool to just lay out my laptop, open up
the small butterfly antenna on the slot PCMCIA card device. Later, the Rogers Stick proved to be a bulky option, but that one worked better at
home in the country. I ordered an external antenna for the GT MAX, but
the seller didn't describe it correctly, and I found that the connector
that is supposed to go into the card, wouldn't fit.

Now, the mobile hotspot method is a much better improvement combined.

I see that publicmobile has a liberal referral plan where you could practically get the service for free, $0, if you refer one person for
every $1 that matches your plan.


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Quoting Ogg to Tiny <=-

publicmobile.ca looks and sounds a lot like luckymobile.ca The
pricings look the same, except I don't see the $45 plan with that nice boost to 6.5GB. Is it a plan that you safely locked in many years ago?

Yes it is, about 3 years ago which is why it's the 3G speeds. If I
want faster I must pay. LOL

Lucky is Bell's economy mobile service. Chatr is Roger's. I see that Public is Telus's version. It's interesting that all of them pretty
much arose at the same time.

Exactly. They should stop over charging on the parent companys. :)

It would be great to meet you. You know where I work! ..or more realistically, where work finds me! LOL.

Exactly! As I said we normally get to Bancroft around mid to late
August as we do a road trip for our aniversay.

The device is not really necessary, but maybe I could try it. Longer battery time could prove to be an improvement. But I *am* poised to

It's not being used anymore by me. It has some stickers on it you can
rip off from when I owned taxis. (It was a backup internet connection)

chuck my excess of technical stuff. It felt somewhat liberating to
chuck out my previous mobile device: Roger's Stick. Although it was a
3G device, I rarely received higher than 1Mbps DL - it was probably
only an HSDPA connection.

Ugh I hate those sticks. We still use them where I was working in
Whitby and will again if the business picks back up.

I still have a Globetrotter GT MAX 7.2
(HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS) that was a fine performer with Rogers on my then Thinkpad T40p. (And.. if I am not mistaken... did you send me that one? Somebody did, 'cuz I don't remember buying it.)

I'm not sure I have a horrible memory. I know I had one of those and
I don't have it anymore. However I couldn't say for sure if I mailed
it to you or someone else.

I see that publicmobile has a liberal referral plan where you could practically get the service for free, $0, if you refer one person for every $1 that matches your plan.

I currently get $2 a month off for referals, and whatever the amount
is for using the autopay.

Shawn

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Hello Tiny!

** On Wednesday 03.06.20 - 11:34, Tiny wrote to Ogg:

Lucky is Bell's economy mobile service. Chatr is Roger's. I see
that Public is Telus's version. It's interesting that all of them
pretty much arose at the same time.

Exactly. They should stop over charging on the parent companys. :)

I guess the extra is to justify reaching humans in a timely fashion. With Lucky, I've encountered several problems after my quota ran out and
getting throttled down. There is a "pay pass" system that allows me to purchase the privilege to regain the higher speed at $5/200MB. But, since joining over 5 months ago, it has never worked. Trying to reach a human is brutal and not very easy. Once I accidentally bumped up my plan to the
next level and charged instantly. But to reverse it online by myself was impossible.

It would be great to meet you. You know where I work! ..or more
realistically, where work finds me! LOL.

Exactly! As I said we normally get to Bancroft around mid to late
August as we do a road trip for our aniversay.

If.. the biz is still there. :( I'm in a deep finacial hole right now.

I still have a Globetrotter GT MAX 7.2..

I'm not sure I have a horrible memory. I know I had one of those and
I don't have it anymore. However I couldn't say for sure if I mailed
it to you or someone else.

HA! :) If you saw a photo of it and the case it came in, would you
recognize it?

I'll crash netmail some pics to you.


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Quoting Ogg to Tiny <=-

human is brutal and not very easy. Once I accidentally bumped up my
plan to the next level and charged instantly. But to reverse it online
by myself was impossible.

There is no humans with publicmobile. Just the forum. I've been
lucky in that I haven't needed anyone.

August as we do a road trip for our aniversay.

If.. the biz is still there. :( I'm in a deep finacial hole right
now.

Everyone is. :(

HA! :) If you saw a photo of it and the case it came in, would you recognize it?

I recieved the pics. I do know I did in fact own one of those 100%,
and I don't have it anymore. Still hate to take credit if it was
someone else. LOL

Shawn

... Some men are discovered; others are found out.

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Hello Adept!

** On Tuesday 02.06.20 - 07:10, Adept wrote to Ogg:

But failing that, you're still likely to go over fairly easily, and
pay 2.5 cents per megabyte. So there's a variety of issues that make
it perfectly believable.

At 2.5c/MB that's exactly what luckymobile.ca offers, but they call them Service Passes. For data it's $5 for a chunk of 200MB. But w.r.t luckymobile, the Service Pass option has NEVER WORKED for me. Sure.. I
can "purchase" it with my phone, they take the money, but I would never
see the 200MB applied. That is when I would scramble to reach a human
being over the phone - and fail.

And, heck, I signed up for it, declined everything, then still
accepted a, "Wait! We'll give you all those things for 99 cents for
the first month" deal that popped up. And that'll cause additional
hassles and charges, though at least it directly said that downgrading could be done through the website.

Looks like your freedompop.com is a fine choice. The availability in
Germany sounds like a plus if you can confirm that it will be available.

A quick little research revealed this to me:

Does FreedomPop work internationally?

Does FreedomPop allow international roaming? The standard LTE SIM card
you purchased from FreedomPop will not work outside of the U.S. If you
wish to use service internationally, you must purchase the carrier's
Global SIM Card.

I didn't know there even was such a thing as a Global SIM. But it that is what freedompop gives you, then it sounds like you're all set for Germany.






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luckymobile, the Service Pass option has NEVER WORKED for me. Sure.. I can "purchase" it with my phone, they take the money, but I would never see the 200MB applied. That is when I would scramble to reach a human being over the phone - and fail.

Well, okay then. I hope they get better at taking your money. Well, okay,
maybe worse at taking your money, but better at keeping you hooked by
providing you actual service.

I didn't know there even was such a thing as a Global SIM. But it that
is what freedompop gives you, then it sounds like you're all set for Germany.

I'm kind of at a loss as to what that is, too. It sounds like GSM versus
other cell technology, but I really don't know.

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Hello Adept!

** On Sunday 07.06.20 - 03:42, Adept wrote to Ogg:

I didn't know there even was such a thing as a Global SIM. But it that
is what freedompop gives you, then it sounds like you're all set for
Germany.

I'm kind of at a loss as to what that is, too. It sounds like GSM versus other cell technology, but I really don't know.

If you can reach a human at freedompop, you may get better answers.

I sounds like it's a card that hooks into a service provider that leases
or piggy-backs on other service-providers and claims to have international presence.

Did you learn more about it since the first time you mentioned it?



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I sounds like it's a card that hooks into a service provider that leases or piggy-backs on other service-providers and claims to have
international presence.

Did you learn more about it since the first time you mentioned it?

I did start with the service, and it works by using AT&T's network with some settings changes to get it to work. E.g., APN(Access Point Name) set to fp.com.attz.

I don't know more about the international aspect of it, beyond that I would assume they'd have some sort of agreement elsewhere, and one would want the
GSM card for that, given the networks available.

But that's not a huge amount of info.

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