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

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From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy?
Date	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:15:51 +1000
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"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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> In article <d1acc9FrgqkU1@mid.individual.net>, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> 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. that's the whole point.
>> >
>> > the caller pays one rate based on *their* calling plan, whether it's
>> > mobile or landline.
>> >
>> > the mobile user pays for airtime for any calls, inbound or outbound.
>> >
>> > the usa does it correctly. everyone else does not.
>>
>>   Your assumptions are wrong (different pricing for the caller), hence
>> your conclusions are also wrong.
>
> nope.

Yep. That's why only the US is that stupid, essentially because
they were stupid enough to not have a unique prefix for mobile
numbers so you could would out what sort of service you would
be using when making a call and so what it would cost to call.

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