news24
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Nope, I never tried.
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Nope, I never tried.
Ok I saw you posted it before
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/120986-Salary-Woes?highlight=
news24 said:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/230273-Macbook-Air-for-750?highlight=
You sure move up in the world fast.news24 said:
MickeyD
RIP
hehehehe - I'll bet you'll find similar threads to yours in overseas forums, bemoaning the cost of our calls!!
news24
Expert Member
I'm a professional trainer with a degree in Geology(Proud Tuks graduate). My dad earns way less than what I just spend today, but he is a hard-worker, he made sure that I study.
If my dad were a rich man, I doubt I'd be spending $400 a night on unrated hotels, I'm sure I'd be somewhere in vegas blowing his cash.
news24
Expert Member
That was then, and this is now, I was heavily underpaid for the industry I'm working in. I've moved from field work to office work, I'm now being paid according to my grade not the country I'm coming from like before. The oil industry is amazing, I've met people who make $1500 per day, if you meet them on the street or at work you'd think they are just common men who work for an average salary.
news24
Expert Member
I might have exaggerated a bit, when I said I earn 10 times more, I assumed that you'd be making R8900 per month. I still don't have a house though, or a car for that matter
.Those charges are crazy though, Im in Malawi using a local cellular provider and calls back home to vodacom only cost 30 kwacha per minute with a 17% discount after the first minute. Works out to about R1.36 per min.
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
+1 ... this has not been my experience with hotels in the USA. Their rates are good and their complimentary internet is good enough for Skype calls.
Heck, any time you sign on there are about five different open wi-fi signals. Just pick one and use it.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Um, is that an iPhone 4S?
Why didn't you use that to make the calls? Or even use Skype on the iPhone to make the calls?
something doesn't sound right here...
Why don't you go to a Macdonalds or a Starbucks and use the Wi-fi there?
Arthur
Honorary Master
Ssssh. Don't give away any commonsense ideas! The guy deserves to pay those charges.
I just mean this such cynical forum of everything.
So you make US$10000+ a month? Then your initial post/complain does not add up. US$ 10000+/month . . . my ass Tsch Tsch Go post your lies somewhere else.I might have exaggerated a bit, when I said I earn 10 times more, I assumed that you'd be making R8900 per month. I still don't have a house though, or a car for that matter
Sting
Ghost in the Machine
The omission of critical words in your sentences creates confusion.
news24
Expert Member
Dude, are you reading my previous posts? I bought the iPhone same day when they gave me relevations about phone charges, should I really repeat myself? I have an iPad and IPod, they both have Skype, Internet is just too darn slow.
I am not staying in the inner city, I am in a Surbarban area 10 minutes away from George Bush airport. Ask anyone about directions here, they'll tell you that Starbucks is about 5 minutes from here, that 5 minutes is not for walking, it's for driving. Houston road network was not designed with a pedestrian in mind, they have what I think is the best Highway system in the world, I believe they call it Katy Highway and at its extreme point has 26 lanes running parallel, you'd never find an off ramp with less than 2 lanes. The first thing I said to myself was "no wonder why Americans are so obese" they rely too much on driving. At my previous hotel I could see Bestbuy across the street, but U couldn't walk there because of a 10 lane highway with no pedestrian crossing, I had to call a cab.
Anyways the maintenance guy at the hotel has given me a trick on how to get awesome Internet speeds, simple, just plugin the network cable, now I am getting a ping: 26 ms, Down: 8.6MB and UP:10.1 MB. He says that the wifi has been intentionally throttled to push guests towards the phone.
I was straining my brain trying to figure out
Sounds like a nice man
Which country are you from?
Anony-mousse
Expert Member
roflmao, me only having been to 4 provinces. I have been all over the world as well you noob, I'm not even South African. Not my fault that your internet sucks. Get a sim card and use 3g network or go to the effing reception and complain about it. lol. This speed is uneccaptable.