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-Email quote: "(who will now read the above message over and over to uproarious giggles)"-

No memory of my dreams last night. Summer will, I think, be a harder time for this because I'm less likely to be able to fall back asleep when I wake up in the wee hours -- in which the sun is already rising. Hmph.

As mentioned elsewhere, I am soon to be somewhat bullied into getting my first cell phone. Being the sort of person that is not easily cowed into unhappiness, I was able to notice the funniest thing in the brochure for the different family service plans. Namely, it is actually cheaper to get a completely unlimited plan than it is to get any equivalent 6000 minute plan. Huh? In fact, it remains cheaper even if you add a third line to the plan; it is only when the fourth line is added that the unlimited plan inches past the 6000-minute plan in price.

Now, I could see getting the 6000 minute plan if it was significantly cheaper than the unlimited plan, and you knew that you'd never use more than 6000 minutes (I know I never would, but I would go with a still-cheaper plan with even less minutes -- I rarely talk on the phone). But why in the world would you buy a 6000 minute plan if it's more expensive than the unlimited one???

The only circumstance I can see working with this, is if you had an enormous family, but they never used more than 6000 minutes. Then, you MIGHT be able to come out ahead with the smaller plan, simply because adding an extra line is cheaper in that one, though the higher base price means that you have to add several extra lines to make it more economical than the unlimited plan (which, I might add, does have a higher actual value to the consumer to begin with).

Reality check. The telcos need one.