Телефон с бесконечной связью

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In a special anniversary edition of the Russian game show What Where When, winners received an unusual mobile phone prize connected to the Sonet network with prepaid service guaranteed until the year 2000. The operator claimed this gift could be inherited by family members for free lifetime use, but technical issues arose shortly after distribution. By 2004 the carrier began experiencing failures and completely shut down its network within a single year. Consequently, the promised decades of connectivity lasted only about four years before ending prematurely despite initial marketing claims.

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