January 28, 2006
Doubling up the trend for text messaging
The New Zealand Herald has an entertaining story on a new and growing trend; New Zealanders for whom one cell phone is not enough and how they juggle between several telecom subscriptions to bring rates down.
"Josh White a student at Macleans College in Auckland, admits having two cellphones. "I send about 1000 texts a month from the two phones, but my combined monthly bill has never been more than about $20."
Josh can send up to 500 messages a month for just one up-front $10 payment, on the Anytime Go pre-paid plan. On Vodafone's pre-pay Motormouth plan, meanwhile, he can send free texts at weekends. On both networks he has a pre-paid phone.
"During the week I use my Telecom phone and at the weekends I go to Vodafone. Occasionally I have to swap phones when I start using the wrong one, but I realised the savings I could make and also a lot of my friends are starting to do it," said Josh. "
Thanks NZSPYGUY!
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