On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Keep in mind, that as far as I know still, the US plans are each side > pays for part of the call - the caller and the receiver. Is that > still true, Scott? It wouldn't impact on data traffic, but it would > for voice calls. Is there a charge for receiving an SMS? Correct - you pay for both making and receiving calls, as well as SMS. Most plans are actually sold on a "minutes" basis rather than a cost basis. eg, a plan might have "900 minutes", which would include both incoming and outgoing calls. Whilst there are disadvantages to this, there's also some advantages. The biggest advantage is that calling a cell phone from a landline costs the same as calling another landline. In effect, there is no distinction between cell phones and any other phones - the number ranges are the same, and the costs to call them are the same. You can even do cool stuff like moving numbers between line types - my current cell phone number was actually ported from a landline (well, VOIP)! When you hear about so many people in the US dropping landlines in favor of cell phones, this is why it's so easy to do - especially it the days of unlimited plans. Scott _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
