Re: Phone call..

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.tv
Subject	Re: Phone call..
Date	2016-05-02 18:19 +0000
Message-ID	<dopk13Fpq12U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/30/2016 02:23 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 04/29/2016 10:57 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >>> BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> [...]
> >>>> What difference does it make to the spammer whether your number is a
> >>>> mobile or a land line?  I've noticed that I don't get spam calls to my
> >>>> cell, while I get plenty to my land line despite being on no-call
> >>>> lists.  I don't know why, though.
> >>>
> >>>     Maybe your landline is in some online directory and your mobile is
> >>> not?
> >>
> >> That could be it.  I've had the land line long enough, it could be on
> >> all sorts of lists and directories.  I don't suppose you know why it
> >> would make any difference in terms of cost to the spammers?
> >
> >    As others have explained, that depends on what kind of 'plan'
> > (subscription) the spammer has, where he's calling from, etc..
> >
> >    For example my plan is unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles. So
> > next time, you'd better check it's not me who's calling! :-)
> 
> I've seen plans set up like that for mobiles, but not for land lines.
> If the spammer is calling *from* a land line, no plan I've seen would
> charge him differently for calling a mobile vs. calling another land
> line.  That's really what I was looking for clarification on.  I take
> it you're saying that in some places, a call from a land line to a
> mobile costs more than a call from that same land line to a land line.

  Such plans were quite common in many countries and in some countries
they still are. That was/is for the simple reason that the mobile
infrastructure was/is much more expensive than the landline
infrastructure.

  Then some plans were changed to same rate for calling to landline and
mobile. In most cases that meant that the landline rate was raised and
the mobile rate was lowered. That really sucked/sucks for landline to
landline calls.

  However now the same two-rates system is again re-introduced for other
services, for example for some VOIP services. Another example: Skype
calls to landlines are - a lot - cheaper than to mobiles. Of course
strictly speaking Skype is not 'calling from a landline', but for many
people it is 'calling from a fixed location'. which amounts to the same.

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