Re: [melb] yearly met cards

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Bill Bolton" <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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> usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael) wrote:
>
> > Considering, that contact smart cards (like the sim-card in your mobile
> > phone) cost $45 to replace in most cases
>
> The physical cost of a mobile phone SIM card is few dollars at most.
> The $45 cost for mobile SIM is a defacto account fee, not a reflection
> of the cost of the card.

Considering I opened a new mobile account the other day with Dingo Blue,
with no monthly access and no minimum spend, and I got the SIM and have not
paid a cent (and will not pay a cent if I do not make a call) the cost
*must* be negligible for a SIM.

Dave