Karen, Well i dont know about in England but mobile phones (cell phones to you yanks) aren't expensive at all here in Australia. Nearly everyone i know has one. There is healthy competition. You can pretty much get a handset for free if you sign a 12 to 24 month contract with a provider. I only pay $10 a month for access, and 20 cents for each 30 secs peak rate, 10 cents every 30 secs off peak - which is when i make most of my calls. And voice mail is only 5 cents for 30 seconds. And if anyone still on analogue there are cheaper deals around. And others where you get up to $52 of free weekends calls a month for a low fee of $25 a month. Sorry i used to work for Optus. I assumed the gazzette would pick up Lynda's phone tab anyway. Happy New Year, Belinda -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@lists.yoyo.org" |