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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Cell Phones
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:00:14 +0200
Doesn’t every phone sold in the US have the ability to make 911 calls 
regardless? In Europe, this is the case for our equivalent 112—even when there 
is no SIM card in the phone.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 18 Oct 2018, at 04:15, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     For many years now I've been content with the TracFone cell phone service 
> I've been using.  Friends gave me this LG420 flip phone as they felt I should 
> have something in case I broke down or had an accident.  It's one of those 
> prepaid deals, and at the rate I use it it comes to less than $7 a month, 
> which fits in my budget.
> 
>     Well, it's been working okay until two weeks ago.  Suddenly, I was 
> getting all sorts of "service unavailable" messages and a red X instead of 
> signal strength bars.  So I called their tech support and spent over an hour 
> trying to get it to work.  It eventually did, but an hour later it was broken 
> again.  Here, TracFone uses T-Mobile as a carrier, which explains a lot.
> 
>     So, I shopped around.  I quickly discovered that the grocery and drug 
> stores no longer market cell phones, prepaid or otherwise.  Neither does 
> Staples.  Nor Fry's Electronics.  Best Buy has some, but the plans start at 
> $25/month for unlimited talk and text plus data.  I don't need that.  Net10 
> is a part of TracFone.  ZTE phones are not avaiable thanks to Trumps' tarrif 
> war, and they had some really nice high-end flip phones.
> 
>     I don't need to be surrounded by high tech.  I'm happy with the warmth 
> and glow of vacuum tubes, and I prefer 1970s French bicycles to a Mercedes 
> any day.  But I do like having the cell phone in case I have a problem away 
> from home.
> 
>     So, I will probably stay with the crippled TracFone and continue looking 
> around for something comparable that does NOT use T-Mobile as a carrier.  The 
> ZTE phone that was thrown at me can at least make 911 calls if needed.
> 
> Chris
> 
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