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Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy?

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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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> <cfaad$55ae645c$43da7656$23251@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com>, M.L.
> <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > That's interesting how they work it differently in Europe than in the USA.
> > 
> > In general, in the USA, to RECEIVE a phone call is usually free on 
> > landlines, but on USA cellphones, it costs minutes to RECEIVE a call just 
> > as it costs minutes to make a phone call.
> 
> which is how it should be because it's using airtime.

  True, but that doesn't make it right for the receiver to pay, just
because the caller wants to call hir. 

> > In Europe, it seems, in general, that to RECEIVE a phone call on a local 
> > SIM card doesn't cost them anything on a cell phone. 
> 
> however, there's a surcharge for calling a mobile phone versus a
> landline.

  It's not a surcharge, but different pricing. Anyway, for most
providers - at least in our country (NL) -, that's now no longer true.
I.e. same price landline to landline and landline to mobile.

> why should a caller have to pay extra for something outside their
> control? anyone who wants to be called on a mobile device should pay
> for any associated fees, not the callers.

  See above. Mostly they don't, and *if* they have to, the caller knows
and can make up hir own mind.

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Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-22 20:22 +0000
  Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-22 18:54 -0400
    Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 10:20 +1000
      Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 14:16 +1000
        Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-23 01:08 -0400
          Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 15:18 +1000
          Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-07-26 10:00 +0000
    Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-23 18:46 +0000
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        Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 14:14 +1000
        Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-27 17:33 -0400
          Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 08:41 +1000
          Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Michael Eyd <invalid@eyd.de> - 2015-07-28 10:36 +0200
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