This has been one of my favorite things about the 9 months I've spent this last year in western Europe and Asia. Everything is mended and fixed, both in shops and by day-to-day individuals.
"...and they probably met online." That's really gonna need some citation. Given the rise of online dating to cultural acceptance is only within the last decade or so (sorry no source, I'm not a journalist :p), I find it incredibly unlikely that those family units have surpassed offline meets in number so as to make "probably" accurate.
>Well if you didn't want to be billed you should have waited on hold for 45 minutes and argued with a person whose bonus was unaffected by whether you agreed to continue or hung up in frustration
Yeah, this. We've been out of the US for a year now, works everywhere we've been (except Vietnam, though that worked out okay too because Hangouts has calls/text). Can't imagine having to hassle with a new sim every new country, esp with there being 5 of us.
I've thought about the idea of creating a 'global MVNO'. Like a plan with multiple foreign numbers being bound to one SIM, and being able to roam seamlessly and pay a fixed rate + reasonable usage fees.
For example, someone in finance could have a UK and US number on a single SIM, and easily move back and forth. Or the same for KR and JP or US and MX.
Not sure if there is a large enough market for that.
Love it.