Who says you need a contract. You can just get and activate a prepaid SIM.
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doublejay1999@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But how will they ever stop these children from just walking into a store and buying a £500 phone and signing their own service contracts ?
bitwolf@lemmy.one 10 months ago
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Who says you even need cellular service? It’s just a different type of radio signal, VoIP has existed for years. If you even need a phone number. Every app under the sun has a calling feature now, but most people don’t use phone for calling anymore. Wifi is everywhere so cell signal is not as critical these days.
bitwolf@lemmy.one 10 months ago
True! I used Skype on a PSP to talk to friends before I had a cell phone.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Wow I had no idea Skype was on PSP.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 10 months ago
As a child, I was just not given home wi-fi password, and the cell plan effectively had no internet (to be fair, parents were on the same call-and-sms only plans as well). I definitely did not want internet bad enough to wander around in search of public wi-fi.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
A law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
roofuskit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
angrystego@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 10 months ago
:-o
TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Even then, they can go to a dollar store and buy a sim card for super cheap.
Sorgan71@lemmy.world 10 months ago
why would a kid havy £500
uis@lemm.ee 10 months ago
School lunches