yes, I pay about QR65 only for "the privilege of using the phone" as you say..and for the convenience of not running out of credit every other day... and then on top of that QR5 for the certain ring tone, and only after that for the minutes used and SMS sent... I end up with about 200-230 a month, when I am in the country.. i pay about 1000 when i am travelling and therefore roaming...my hubby pays about QR1500 a month within the country only...:)
...here is QATAR, not north America, dear...
in Canada you can basically talk endlessly for C$100 (about QR350)...


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