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Re: America the Worst For Cell Rates and Plans

Mark Crispin (MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU)
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:18:35 -0800

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, kansaskon wrote:

> America has the worst mobile telephone calling rates and plans in the
> world. For example nowhere in the world do you pay or are deducted
> minutes for recieving calls its just unheard of.

Europe and Asia have the worst mobile telephone calling rates and
plans in the world. For example, you have to pay an exhorbitant
amount of money to call a mobile phone, even when it is in the local
area and should be a free call. What's more, if you call a family
member on a mobile phone from your mobile phone, you end up paying
this exhorbitant rate twice.

Speaking of which, even a local wireline call in Europe and Asia costs
money.

In America, almost everybody has a monthly plan with more bundled minutes
than they ever need, so effectively nobody even thinks about the cost of
incoming or outgoing calls. And local wireline calls are free.

-- Mark --

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Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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