Prespd
join:2004-03-10
Wyoming, MI | Here here,
Altough on my last trip to China (shenzhen) I caved and bought a Moto W220 with a prepaid Sim Card with China Mobile service. It's been a lifesaver at work here and the service is cheap....
Free incoming everything..period-text, calls, etc...
talking---0.39RMB/min=$0.05/min no roaming and 0.59RMB=$0.07/min when roaming which is never when on the state partially owned cell system.
Totally anonymous too. I got a phone +sim card +200RMB of talk time for ~$75USD.
I've enjoyed the convenience so much that I am considering getting a cell phone in the US, but noone seems to provide a similar deal like I got in China. I mean really is it so hard to unlock a phone and let people pick the service they want, and allow them to drop it in an instant if they so choose?
I was stuck on the runway in Taiwan last night and my phone worked even though it wasn't supposed to and i was able call ahead and delay my arrival at my hotel by 12 hours.
And before people call me a commie loving pinko (based on my pro Chinese people [not gov't] posts recently), yeah I love my travels and time here in the Far East. I'm still a proud meat, potatoes, pizza, and football (the manly kind, not that crap where you can't use your hands or pummel people) kinda guy.
Just wanted to share how the other half lives while our free country is stifled by unabated corporate greed, and the lack of a cohesive FU by us to the American providers. Although Helio (which is owned by sprint?) seems somewhat ok. |
