This link on the above site was good:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/kill-the-wireless-contract-buy-your-own-phone-1424807865

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote:

> Interesting episode of On Point discussing modern wireless  and now the
> carriers are changing.
> ​    ​
> http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/06/sprint-verizon-att-project-fi
> ​And not just carriers, but google and facebook.
>
> ​My recent change to buying my phone (OnePlus One) and using whichever
> plan makes most sense (TMo web-only prepaid $30 5Gb) was a huge winner,
> cutting costs by half easily.
>
> It is interesting too, how diverse people's use cases are.  There are a
> surprising number of people who use their phone as their primary data.
> Nowadays you can easily get videos on your phone and watch them on your TV.
>
> For many, there is a singly issue making their carrier choice.  One was a
> plan that included international calling for near-zero from one of the
> lesser known reseller companies. Google is looking into pay-as-you-use at a
> reasonable price.
>
> ​   -- Owen​
>
>
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