Good-Bye Cell Phone. Hello Skype!
Windsor, Canada is only a 2 hour, 20 minute drive from my office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And I go to Canada frequently. Business, pleasure — it’s all good in Canada.
Back in the 1999-2001 era, my Nextel cell phone let me stay in touch with state-side colleagues for my monthly package price. But for reasons of greed, Sprint-Nextel now charges an outrageous “international” rate the nanosecond I cross the US-Canada border.
So much for being mobile. And forget about serving the customer. The phone calls don’t cost more when I cross the border — the cell companies just charge more.
That’s why I don’t use my cell phone for what the cell phones laughingly call “international” calls. Canada is hardly “international” — it’s merely a day trip. There are no artificial “borders” on the internet.
Instead, I use Skype. Most hotels and coffee shops offer wireless access — and my Skype account treats Canada and US as one big, happy local phone call. I can keep in touch — without an outrageous fee. Unlimited calls — for under $3US per month.
Come to think of it — why do I even carry a cell phone at all? Given their outrageous surcharges, laughable 2-year contracts, poor connection, bad customer service — why don’t we ALL just chuck the annoying things out the window entirely?
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skypee is good deal for business especially for thoose outside of us