Re: Tuesday Travels
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:56 am
Blessed: I'm sorry to hear your dd got bumped in the head. Dh went over a speed bump while I was sitting up different in the car and it was shooting pains through my neck and skull. We were in a parking lot so I was just leaning forward to pick up my purse and put my phone in it before getting out of the car. Brains are funny things.
Cathy: they were all within 50km of me (I think Calabogie is only 50 as the crow flies.) And the others were only 10km away. Around here we have no damage at all. The winds were insanely high but with all the windstorms we've had this year, there was nothing old or weak left to come down.
I just signed in to see what was going on with my cell phone account. I'm on prepaid and needed to see how much data I used this past weekend. My phone gave me warnings and then I had override it because I set a personal limit for data each month and I blew past that since my 'month' ends on the 24th. Then the carrier sent me a warning that I was half way through all my prepaid data.
I just checked and that means that since I got my phone number with them I've used half the data I've bought in those 24 or 36 months (I can't remember which.) Even if I'm generous with myself, I have enough data for another 10 months, or 1-2 months if my internet was out and I had to use data most of the time.
In other words, this prepaid system is working fine for me. Data goes on sale every once in a while and I bought 2 GB in August because it was on sale then. The same deal is on now. I'm trying to decide if I should buy more just so I can enjoy my phone more when I'm out. I didn't download podcasts while the power was out so missed that way of getting to bed.
My phone ends up costing me on average under $25 a month but I don't have enough data to do video or post photos. I can text photos for free though. The cheapest plan that gives me texting and talk plus data is $45 a month but gives me more talk than I need and I'd lose my use of the phone in the US. Do I need more data? I don't think so. We had 10GB (100 times what I use on average in a month) in Australia and over that time (about 2 weeks since we had almost no coverage at Uluru) I didn't even use 1GB despite using it for photos and video. I'm just not into using my phone that way.
Cathy: they were all within 50km of me (I think Calabogie is only 50 as the crow flies.) And the others were only 10km away. Around here we have no damage at all. The winds were insanely high but with all the windstorms we've had this year, there was nothing old or weak left to come down.
I just signed in to see what was going on with my cell phone account. I'm on prepaid and needed to see how much data I used this past weekend. My phone gave me warnings and then I had override it because I set a personal limit for data each month and I blew past that since my 'month' ends on the 24th. Then the carrier sent me a warning that I was half way through all my prepaid data.
I just checked and that means that since I got my phone number with them I've used half the data I've bought in those 24 or 36 months (I can't remember which.) Even if I'm generous with myself, I have enough data for another 10 months, or 1-2 months if my internet was out and I had to use data most of the time.
In other words, this prepaid system is working fine for me. Data goes on sale every once in a while and I bought 2 GB in August because it was on sale then. The same deal is on now. I'm trying to decide if I should buy more just so I can enjoy my phone more when I'm out. I didn't download podcasts while the power was out so missed that way of getting to bed.
My phone ends up costing me on average under $25 a month but I don't have enough data to do video or post photos. I can text photos for free though. The cheapest plan that gives me texting and talk plus data is $45 a month but gives me more talk than I need and I'd lose my use of the phone in the US. Do I need more data? I don't think so. We had 10GB (100 times what I use on average in a month) in Australia and over that time (about 2 weeks since we had almost no coverage at Uluru) I didn't even use 1GB despite using it for photos and video. I'm just not into using my phone that way.