On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote:
> In theory when you buy your own phone on your own terms, you should > get a way cheaper contract with a minimum duration of something on the > order of 3 months to cover connection expenses (or, in those countries > where a connect fee is standard, cancel-at-any-time). In practice, in > many countries, oligarchic market forces mean that no-subsided-phone > contracts are overpriced, and still come with a completely ridiculous > year to 2 year minimum duration just because the phone companies can > get away with it. > This is the case here in Belgium. Until recently it was illegal to subsidise phones, but voice/text/data plans are still quite expensive. For example, at Proximus, the largest wireless operator, it's €25/month<http://customer.proximus.be/en/Surf_Mobile/MOB_Table.html> for 500MB of mobile data *on top of your voice plan*. <http://customer.proximus.be/en/Surf_Mobile/MOB_Table.html> Moandji -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
