GOODBYE TO FREEBIES, HELLO TO FREEDOM

摘要

Ricky Davis Is The Kind of customer wireless carriers hate. On a recent visit to New York from Sydney, the film production assistant dropped into a wireless store and, bypassing phones with flashy names like Blackjack, RAZR, and Pearl, asked for a model for her husband that could be used with any number of service plans-just like her own $400 Nokia N70, purchased in Australia. Davis, 51, enjoys the freedom to travel almost anywhere with- out signing up for a two-year plan with one carrier that forces her to pay huge roaming charges on the road. "They factor the cost of the phone into the plan anyway, so you might as well just buy the phone you want," Davis says.