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  66. <h1>Carriers of note</h1>
  67. <p>Day 00079: Monday, 2015 May 25</p>
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  71. Day 14:
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  74. I have attempted to contact my coworker about his laptop using the <abbr title="Short Message Service">SMS</abbr> gateway is associated with both his telephone numbers, but have not yet gotten a response.
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  77. I looked into a couple of new carriers.
  78. The first is Solavei, which offers gratis service if you can get six people to also register for service beneath you.
  79. With no one beneath you, the lowest priced plan is 29 dollars.
  80. They take 20 dollars off your bill for each three people subscribed beneath you.
  81. You can make extra money back, but only if you pay a several hundred dollar one-time fee and hand over your Social Security number.
  82. If you can&apos;t keep people subscribed under you, even if you were able to get gratis service at one time, your bill will come back.
  83. It seems great at first glance, but there is no way to be sure that your bill will stay gratis or even just lower than is available at other places.
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  86. The second is Red Pocket Mobile.
  87. Red Pocket Mobile offers a ten dollar one gigabyte tablet plan.
  88. The catch is that the only way to get the plan seems to be through the Web.
  89. Likewise, that is the only way to renew the plan.
  90. A credit or debit card is needed.
  91. Purchasing a <abbr title="subscriber identity module">SIM</abbr> card requires having an account, and creating an account is difficult without my desktop password manager.
  92. I could do it using my mobile password manager, but it would be a bit more messy.
  93. I would rather wait until I have my new laptop.
  94. Besides, I already purchased a second month of service through Straight Talk.
  95. Until these two months of service end, it would be a waste of money to switch.
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