I used Taiwan's number, as it was stated effectively everybody in the UK has a no charge mobile number now.
The amount charged for incoming calls seems absolutely absurd, I'd hate to be in a country that worked that way, I'm quite glad I get to decide how much I spend on minutes, and not the people calling me make that decision.
In Switzerland it's over $0.15.
Last I was speaking to someone internationally, it was $0.09 to France mobile, while I could pay almost nothing for landline.
BLU $180 (if I'm spendy), free decent case, 18 month life iPhone, $600, $60 for a bulky case, 3 years life maybe, Though by the end, my 18 month BLU is gonna be a better phone.
At best that's $0.30/day, and a huge bulky phone, double lose.
Wire sharing does plenty for those companies. Google wants the most cheapest internet so that they can sell the most ads. I'm sure they'd love to do a project FI type thing but over wires too.
Netflix would also benefit, thought they probably have more to gain from NN than they do from shared wires at this point.
Awesome, I guess I'll just drop out of society then.
The purpose of regulating utilities is that you don't really have the option to stop doing business with them.
Unless they split the infrastructure from the content/data parts of the business (similar to phone in the 80s, what gave us an explosion of phone options at low prices, or to power), it really isn't practical.
If it was about billing for traffic, they could simply charge per GB/TB.
It's about billing based on content, Comcast wants to make Roku, Sony TV, Dishes internet option, live Sports, Netflix, etc. Disproportionately expensive.
Repeal of NN allows then to pick winners and losers in various markets, I'm willing to bet NBCs option will be picked a winner.
Also, if there's a dispute you can often ask the merchant "ate you telling me I need to talk to to get this fixed", they are generally more agreeable then.
Isn't the tax subsidy a small percentage of the retail price? They surely are very good at taking tax money, but I can't imagine it's more than their retail dollars.
My only debt is a personal loan I took out for home renovations, and the few grand I'm paying in interest was worth it to have the work done three years earlier.
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You'd be better off not paying the power company extra and buying Bitcoin now.
I used Taiwan's number, as it was stated effectively everybody in the UK has a no charge mobile number now.
The amount charged for incoming calls seems absolutely absurd, I'd hate to be in a country that worked that way, I'm quite glad I get to decide how much I spend on minutes, and not the people calling me make that decision.
In Switzerland it's over $0.15.
Last I was speaking to someone internationally, it was $0.09 to France mobile, while I could pay almost nothing for landline.
They don't, well Facebook doesn't.
They think it'll be harder for a bot to scrape photos and make fake profiles if they run the profile pic against their database of profile pics.
It's harder politically being much closer to socialism.
BLU $180 (if I'm spendy), free decent case, 18 month life
iPhone, $600, $60 for a bulky case, 3 years life maybe, Though by the end, my 18 month BLU is gonna be a better phone.
At best that's $0.30/day, and a huge bulky phone, double lose.
So, not paying for incoming calls costs your caller $0.039/minute, you think that's a good deal?
Stupid question, but can I affordably call worldwide cellphones yet, or do they need VoIP?
I personally like the option to pay $20 for unlimited minutes, and then people can call me without worrying about the cost.
I can call a landline in Europe for virtually free, but a cellphone costs a good deal (many pennies a minute), and I've found no way to reduce that.
Court comes into play throughout an investigation.
Court orders and warrents and what not. I'm not weighing in on if any court mandates we're violated though.
I'd much prefer wire share to NN.
Wire sharing does plenty for those companies. Google wants the most cheapest internet so that they can sell the most ads. I'm sure they'd love to do a project FI type thing but over wires too.
Netflix would also benefit, thought they probably have more to gain from NN than they do from shared wires at this point.
Awesome, I guess I'll just drop out of society then.
The purpose of regulating utilities is that you don't really have the option to stop doing business with them.
Unless they split the infrastructure from the content/data parts of the business (similar to phone in the 80s, what gave us an explosion of phone options at low prices, or to power), it really isn't practical.
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That's not true though, because NBC/Comcast can force everyone to pay for NBC/Comcast, then make Netflix and optional extra charge.
They do this by saying NBC/Comcast content is free.
Comcast is free to charge extra for usage under NN, but they shouldn't be able to discriminate between Hulu, NBC, Pornhub
Politicians actually usually do keep their campaign promises.
Currently ISPs are about access.
When the stream Netflix plan costs $10/month extra, but Xfinity and Hulu are free, it will have shifted to being about picking winners and losers.
I'm pretty sure if you but an electric car it's so you don't really ever need to super charge (it's a rare occurrence).
People can charge overnight in their garage, this will increase overnight load, but it won't be an issue to charge these overnight.
If it was about billing for traffic, they could simply charge per GB/TB.
It's about billing based on content, Comcast wants to make Roku, Sony TV, Dishes internet option, live Sports, Netflix, etc. Disproportionately expensive.
Repeal of NN allows then to pick winners and losers in various markets, I'm willing to bet NBCs option will be picked a winner.
Also, if there's a dispute you can often ask the merchant "ate you telling me I need to talk to to get this fixed", they are generally more agreeable then.
Specific big business even.
There's plenty of big business that wants NN
That seems unlikely.
Isn't the tax subsidy a small percentage of the retail price? They surely are very good at taking tax money, but I can't imagine it's more than their retail dollars.
I assume they'll charge quicker and be good for regional hauls.
That's not most trucking, but a lot. From ports to distribution centers would be a good job for this truck.
It's a better market for the battery swap concept too, if that's something they're working on.
No, I have issues, just not with borrowing money.
I am.
My only debt is a personal loan I took out for home renovations, and the few grand I'm paying in interest was worth it to have the work done three years earlier.
Why would you assume that a credit card purchase is for the loan?
I get 2% cash back, and price protection for 60 days.
That means if they do better sales in January (likely), I get the discount, and it's easier than dealing with various stores.
Between the two, I save about $300-400/year, and 200 of it is zero effort.
Or maybe the 20% cheaper ones aren't profitable, and that's why buffet purchased the company and changed the business model.
Who gives free I phones with a $60/month contract?