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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:47:02 +0200
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Andrew, 2024-08-20 18:54:

> Arno Welzel wrote on Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:29:53 +0200 :
> 
>>> You live in a world that is foreign to Americans, where we get plenty of
>>> phones for free, without contracts, and without any real strings attached.
>>>
>>> But we do have to pay local sales tax on the full MSRP of our free phones.
>>>
>>> Also the iPhones aren't free for some reason, as they're only 1/2 price.
>>>  <https://i.postimg.cc/Xq5SpS4D/tmopromo02.jpg>
>>>
>>> We even get free tablet SIM cards for life, but at only 200 MB/month data.
>>>  <https://i.postimg.cc/nhpbcP50/tmopromo04.jpg>
>>
>> I can't see anynthing on the links posted - just a blank page with a
>> header, nothing else.
> 
> That's your browser then but don't worry. It was just a proof of what I
> said, which is T-Mobile gave *everyone* in the USA a free 5G Android phone
> around the March 2021 time frame as part of their promotion of 5G coverage.

I tried it with Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome - none of them showed any picture.

Today I tried it again - *now* the images show. Seems that image sharing
service does not work very reliable.

> Well, everyone with a post-paid plan got that offer of a free 5G Android.
> The USA is nothing like Germany when it comes to good customer service.


*Any* country is nothing like Germany when it comes to good customer
service.


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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de