[Asterisk-Users] Bill seconds

[Terry H. Gilsenan]

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C F
> Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2005 2:20 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Bill seconds
> 
> > > cheapest in the world.
> > 
> > Ha Ha Ha Ha
> > 
> > How is your electricity sold? Hour, Watt, or by unit (KW/h)?
> > 
> > And as for cell phones being cheap, you have a receiver pays setup! 
> > How good is that, then you have so many competing Telcos that 
> > sometimes you just cannot call the house across the street without 
> > tracversing 3 exchanges, and then you have so many area 
> codes (each of 
> > which is so small) that almost all your calls are STD, then as for 
> > cheap, how is AUD$49.00/Month for all you can eat (that's about 
> > US$30/month) and all incoming calls are free, YES FREE! :)
> 
> Really???
> http://www.cucumber.com/fullinternational29.htm
> Look at the difference they (and everybody else) charges to 
> call the cell network. Check your bill (your landline bill) 
> next month and tell hoe much cell phone costs you.

The point I was making is that the charges are NOT on _My_ cell phone bill,
when I don't originate the call, however in .us if you get called, you pay,
that can easily cost you a heap of money that you can only control by
switching the phone off, and where is the point in that?

So if I rec'v 500 calls a week on my cell phone, it still costs me nothing.
And in some cases if I have the Cell and the Landline from the same telco
(in .au), calls between them are free too, regardless of where I happen to
be in australia at the time.

Oh, and cucumber seem to be doing you no favours either....

I can place a call to the US using my Cell phone for 1-2c/minute, <shrug>
Caviat Emptor?

>  
> > So much for the "american"(sic) always making things better.
> > 
> 
> I knew that none americans might not see this unless pointed 
> out to them :)

Ha Ha Ha