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Re: Paying the Bills
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2010, 08:24:30 pm »
why have a home phone and pay that when you both have cell phones??
Willy, actually this is a good point.
I can get a Tesco prepay Sim here that is 2c a minute to Chinese mobiles (uses the O2 network here) - my current Vodafone sim has 40 squid or so on it so will continue to pay the ripoff 3c/min rate until I invest in the Tesco one!, so I assume the same is available in Engerland? I don't even have a fixed line here anymore, no line rental, i have voice mail anyhow on my mobile, what is the benefit of a fixed line at all these days?
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Re: Paying the Bills
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2010, 09:51:35 pm »
why have a home phone and pay that when you both have cell phones??
Willy, actually this is a good point.
I can get a Tesco prepay Sim here that is 2c a minute to Chinese mobiles (uses the O2 network here) - my current Vodafone sim has 40 squid or so on it so will continue to pay the ripoff 3c/min rate until I invest in the Tesco one!, so I assume the same is available in Engerland? I don't even have a fixed line here anymore, no line rental, i have voice mail anyhow on my mobile, what is the benefit of a fixed line at all these days?

Simple reason why.  I am going to Hong Kong to open Bank account.  To open one I need to have a landline telephone as I live in Mainland China.   One of their stiputations plus 100,000 rmb of course.  Mystery solved.

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