• bitwolf@lemmy.one
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    4 months ago

    Who says you need a contract. You can just get and activate a prepaid SIM.

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      4 months ago

      Who says you even need cellular service? It’s just a different type of radio signal, VoIP has existed for years. If you even need a phone number. Every app under the sun has a calling feature now, but most people don’t use phone for calling anymore. Wifi is everywhere so cell signal is not as critical these days.

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        4 months ago

        True! I used Skype on a PSP to talk to friends before I had a cell phone. They could more easily use a phone only with wifi.

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        4 months ago

        As a child, I was just not given home wi-fi password, and the cell plan effectively had no internet (to be fair, parents were on the same call-and-sms only plans as well). I definitely did not want internet bad enough to wander around in search of public wi-fi.