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Business idea - Global Phone System


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So like, as most of you know, I am American, but I also travel between China and America, and so it's difficult to keep a phone plan in America. I have this amazing ripped off Samsung Galaxy Note, and it has Chinese android on it, and I can't even get it to work in America.

Anyway, I think it's about time that Humanity got a good, cheap, reliable, global phone plan. I think someone should make deals with all the world's major phone companies. I think that we could go to each of the governments and explain to them the amount of business that will increase if they participate in this because it will be convenient for business men to travel between the countries on the same cell phone.

We could get the governments to invest, and then have them convince the phone companies to participate. We also get it cheap enough so it's only $100 dollars per month. The entire world's travelers would get it, and Humanity would be that much more connected.

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I personally use pre-paid phones and phone cards instead of plans. Costs the same for me to call long distance as it would to call my neighbor, but being a cheap phone, it lacks apps. Texting costs 0.3 minutes per sent and received, but in my case that's not a big deal. Minutes can be reloaded online as well.

It's pretty basic, but it does the job and saves me quite a bit of money, considering how little I use my cell phone as is.

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Good for you sir. I was just wondering what kind of plan Turncoat uses. 

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Business idea - Global Phone System

Mostly saying, there is a cheap solution anyone can use already.

Edit: Lol nevermind, it can do long distance but apparently they boot you from using it when you leave the States. How dumb. There's probably one that doesn't do that, but yes, you want a nice phone.

I guess if where you went had a phone just like it, you could just have more than one cell phone. Still no monthly fee if that's possible.

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Like you said, your phone is cheap. I want to use my nice phone. Business men and women who are traveling the world to do business will want to have a nice phone.

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Business idea - Global Phone System

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Business idea - Global Phone System

I think Wal-Mart's Straight Talk has an international pre-paid plan that can do this. All you need is an unlocked GSM phone.

 

If your phone can do wi-fi, and you always have access to it, you can set it up to do VOIP.

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Terrible investment. VoIP is the future, as soon as global infrastructure supports it. 

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