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Besides gas and housing, what else makes you do a double take at how much it costs now? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Phone service in America. A 1 month sim here in vietnam with a number and 8gb/day costs ~10USD. Its cheaper if you buy longer. Meanwhile Verizon is charging 35-50 dollars a month.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Okay, but Verizon is not the best option in the U.S. right?

    I'm paying €15 for 200GB/month and 1500 minutes to all EU countries and the UK

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Best option for coverage. Best option for “not as sleazy as other phone services”.

    Very much not best for price

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    But i can’t decide if this is good behavior or bad behavior …

    • recently i had a $100 call to London because my plan doesn’t include international. Yikes!
    • but I could retroactively sign up for international service for like $10, and my $100 call became like $5. Yay!
    • but that service is auto-renewal and you have to cancel it by specific day. Dammit!
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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I kinda limited myself from overly mentioning it since people don’t bring up the subject, but I use Mint Mobile. I’m a solo subscriber, no family plan, and I pay $20 a month. It has to be paid through the year, but that’s not an introductory price; had the same one for years. They just gave me more monthly data for free as well.

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