Or is it? Recently, there was a news story about a California Teen racking up a $22K phone bill after being added to his dad's plan. What? Of course, this is the payoff all cell companies have been waiting for, right? NO! STOP! They ran the story on a news channel so now Verizon is going to credit him the overages? eggBrain wonders, if it wasn't a news story, would they have done it?
eggBrain is stating this only because: when you, as a company or household, are adding someone to use a technological piece, understand that there are costs involved. If you're adding a server, try to estimate the cost of maintenance, power, data storage, etc. If you're adding a teen, think of what he or she will use it for, how long, and whether or not they'll lose it.
But if you're tired of a high-cost plan that doesn't give you a lot of value, eggBrain just found a website called "Consumer Cellular". Apparently, they offer low cost as low as $10.00/month...but it's still $.25 a minute. WHAT?! Well, it seems you can get a discount if you're a AAA or AARP member as well. But by far, eggBrain uses Virgin Mobile which offers the most flexible plans (contract, no contract, etc.) available and at a great value. Heck, if you DO choose to sign with them, use my number as a referring number. Want it? Then e-mail eggbrain@eggbrainworks.com.
Cost cost cost seems to drive most everything in this world, including climate change. Changing the climate is going to take technology and we all know, there's no such thing as a free (maybe low-cost, but not freee) lunch. But don't we all appreciate a free lunch every once in awhile?
eggBrain's question is: If it benefits humanity, why does it have to cost so much?
Alright, that's it for the day. Update your virus definitions, remove old programs and keep computing safely.
-eggBrain
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