Subj : bell's way, slmr's way
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Aug 18 2025 09:04:27

AA>I got this one a couple days ago..
AA>"Lucky: Here's an exclusive offer from our friends at Bell who
  >have monthly plans on Canada's fastest 5G+ network. Get 40 GB
  >at 5G+ speeds, unlimited Canada-wide talk/text & U.S. calling
  >from Canada for $30/mo. with your own phone (price includes
  >$10/mo. Autopay credit). Call 1 866 820-5230 with code 7JFRHAM
  >or visit a Bell store by September 7. ( luckym.ca/msgprefs ) (
  >bell.ca/messagesettings )"

Yes, that's the same offer I got. I figured you would probably
get the same one..

AA>I don't like the way Bell uses "credit" to make it look like
  >you're "saving" $omething.  The $10/mo credit means that they
  >bill you at at $40, you get taxed on that, and then they deduct
  >$10.   And.. they probably reserve the right to remove the
  >credit at any time, thus avoiding blame for "changing the plan"
  >when the core plan is $40.  It is sick marketing strategy.

I hadn't thought of that (the Credit setup). The rest of it was
what had me wondering about the whole idea..

AA> AA>> The 5G is the big draw, but obviously you will only get
  > AA>> what the nearby towers (and our phone) can support.

RM> Yes, my phone is 6+ years old so doesn't support 5G

AA>My main phone is a Blackberry Q10, circa 2012!  :D  Works fine
  >on the Lucky LTE network.

Wow.. and I thought I was bad..   B)
I assume you've changed the battery a few times?
I'm still using the original battery and, although it claims
100% charge, I think it really only lasts 75% or so as long
as when it was new, but isn't bad enough to try to find a
replacemnt battery if they are still available. I saw one
on Amazon a while back for just $18, but buyers wrote back
saying the new battery didn't last as long and the old one
they were replacing because it was worn out so I didn't look
into that any further at the time.

AA>> BTW...  your SLMR..   ...cuts the subject line short:

RM> The joys of using 30 year old programs on your computer..   B)
RM> (I have to run this in Dos Box..)

AA>You might like to look into OpenXP.  It would make your
  >connection operate as a point, and you benefit from having all
  >messages stored into a database for easy search and lookup
  >later.  I built https://openxp.kolico.ca to help promote it.
  >See the screenshots there.

I briefly had a look at that. I access this board by having
QWK files eMailed to me.. Is that how you use OpenXP ?
I didn't see any reference to QWK in the PDF Manual, and
the help file won't open in Windows 7, although possibly
I can DL the software to fix that.

My main issue that brought this on was an inability to copy
and paste into SLMR with the setup I have. Is OpenXP Windows
software, as opposed to DOS and does it support that ?

Looking at the screen shots it doesn't look a whole lot
easier to deal with than SLMR otherwise..

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