From: Woody on
Lynn W <lynn.williamson(a)FOREVERREDbtinternet.com> wrote:

> On 22/03/2010 12:18, in article 1jfr8v6.197nwh9kmbf4bN%italiancar(a)gmail.com,
> "SteveH" <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>> I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay monthly.
> >>> Either way, it's too late to do this now.
> >>
> >> Why - are you there yet?
> >
> > Takes up to 14 days.
> >
> > I've just put in for mine now.
>
> Apart from being able to insert a different sim card if you wanted, are
> there any other advantages to unlocking?

No, that is the advantage. Well, and it is worth more when you sell it.

--
Woody
From: J. J. Lodder on
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > That is only on pay as you go, not pay monthly
> > > > >
> > > > > My mistake. For some reason, I thought Bella said she was on PAYG.
> > > > > I
> > > > > should have thought for 5 secs and realised this was
> > > > > inconcievable.
> > > >
> > > > ?!
> > > > I would do it but it's 14 days and I am off demain matin.
> > >
> > > Maybe they would be quick
> > >
> >
> > Aw buggrit- too late now. Busy today . Anyway, best I just not use it
> > much. Holiday after all.
>
> Yes, relax, lay round pools, eat fine foods and dont worry about it!

Indoor pools this time of the year, one hopes,

Jan
From: Woody on
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > That is only on pay as you go, not pay monthly
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My mistake. For some reason, I thought Bella said she was on PAYG.
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > should have thought for 5 secs and realised this was
> > > > > > inconcievable.
> > > > >
> > > > > ?!
> > > > > I would do it but it's 14 days and I am off demain matin.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe they would be quick
> > > >
> > >
> > > Aw buggrit- too late now. Busy today . Anyway, best I just not use it
> > > much. Holiday after all.
> >
> > Yes, relax, lay round pools, eat fine foods and dont worry about it!
>
> Indoor pools this time of the year, one hopes,

Where she is on holiday, dashboard says is varying from 20 to 24 over
the next week.
Think I might go too!



--
Woody
From: Peter Ceresole on
bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Aw buggrit- too late now. Busy today . Anyway, best I just not use it
> much. Holiday after all.

Be careful about that 'much'. The rates confirm all the horror thoughts
I have had for years about mobile tarrifs.
--
Peter
From: Bruce Horrocks on
On 22/03/2010 09:29, Jim wrote:
> On 2010-03-22, Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, but that relied on knowing where someone was. The mobile changed the
>>> game because people stopped phoning locations and started phoning people.
>>
>> Yup. You've neatly summed up the horror.
>
> Which is why there are about five people in the world who know my mobile
> number, and four of them are family.

Did they have to become family before you would tell them the number?

And if you decide to get your car serviced at your local garage from now
on, does that mean your sister has to divorce the bloke from Kwik Fit?

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)