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Re: Young Cell Users Rack Up Debt, One Dime Message at a Time

Dave Garland (dave.garland@wizinfo.com)
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:49:23 -0600

It was a dark and stormy night when Rob <rob51166@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm still amazed that, in the US, the person being called on a mobile
> phone has to pay for the call if someone calls or texts them.

The mobile phone companies wanted it this way, for they feared that if
calls to mobiles were "toll calls" (calls that incurred special
charges) it would hinder acceptance. For the same reason, they
resisted having special area codes devoted to mobile phones, as I
believe is the case in the UK.

In the US, *most* landlines do not charge by the call (or duration) so
long as the called number is within the same geographic area. Such
calls are unlimited and included in the base monthly charge.

Not all mobile companies charge for receiving text. Mine doesn't (it
does charge US$0.10 for sending text).

> If someone were to call a mobile phone from a landline in the US, I
> presume that they also pay for the call, right?

If the mobile's number falls within the same toll area (regardless of
where the mobile actually is, physically), the landline pays nothing.

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