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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 
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> In article
> <e2ec7$55afa0eb$43da7656$2630@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com>, M.L.
> <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>
>> > 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?
>>
>> I have to agree with Chris in that I believe it should be the *caller*
>> pays (except in 800-toll-free cases), just like it was forever (and still
>> is) in the USA for landlines.

> the caller should pay for a call based on the phone *they*
> use, not the type of phone the recipient chooses to use.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

> under no circumstances should a caller be surcharged because the
> number they're calling happens to be a mobile (or worse, satellite).

Of course they should when they can work out from
the number what service will be used for the call.

> that's just stupid.

Yours is completely stupid.

> if someone wants to use a mobile phone, then *they* get to
> pay any airtime or other associated costs for that choice.

Not when they didn't initiate the call and have no use for the call.

The caller should be paying for the call because they initiated it.

> do not charge the caller or anyone else for that matter.

Even sillier than you usually manage. 

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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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