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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 in message 
news:220720151033320199%nospam@nospam.invalid...
> In article <i7buqa1ksq9lgmu9j55256dj6e4buusk1n@4ax.com>, Chris Blunt
> <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Exactly, and that's the way almost every country in the world apart
>> from the US has chosen to do it. Even in the US the principle of
>> "caller pays" was followed for decades when only landlines were
>> available. Why should it suddenly be different just because the
>> device uses a wireless connection instead of a physical line?

> it shouldn't be different.

How odd that it was with landlines with local
and long distance calls even in the US.

> that's the whole point.

Nope.

> the caller pays one rate based on *their*
> calling plan, whether it's mobile or landline.

And the receiver of the call pays for receiving that call in the
US even when that particular call is no of use to them at all.

Completely and utterly barking mad.

> the mobile user pays for airtime for any calls, inbound or outbound.

And that is a completely stupid approach
when the call is of no use to them at all.

> the usa does it correctly. everyone else does not.

Yeah, yeah, everyone but me is mad. Yeah, right. 

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Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> - 2015-07-22 13:48 +0800
  Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "M.L." <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-22 09:55 -0400
    Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-22 10:33 -0400
      Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 09:18 +1000
  Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-22 10:33 -0400
    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 10:15 +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 14:12 +1000
        Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-23 17:55 +0000
          Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-25 20:45 -0400
            Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 14:17 +1000
            Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-26 18:45 +0000
              Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 10:08 +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 09:12 +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 08:33 +1000
  Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-06 03:13 -0400

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