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Article #302Re: landline, VOIP and ADSL query
From: Michael
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:11
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:11
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>>>>> I dont make enough calls for that to ever pay for itself. >>>>> The absolute vast bulk of calls I make are local or >>>>> 1300/1800 calls. It would be handy to be able to have >>>>> cheap calls to mobiles, but none of the major voips have that. > >>>> Because they want the cream > >>> Nope, because no one has tried competing in that area yet. > >> ??? > > !!!!!!!! > >> Why wouldnt they try, > > Because it costs them a lot more to call those numbers. > >> its just a different form of long distance minutes > > A much more expensive form. > >> They dont compete because they need that cream to prop up the rest > > Nope, they dont compete because those calls cost them much more. No, they deliberately dont compete in that area, so that the cream is not skimmed away >> Even wonder why calls to UK are 2c/min (etc) while F2M is 30c a min? > > Because it costs them a lot more to do the calls to mobiles, stupid. No, its because there is no competition there. Calls to the UK used to be >30c a minute not that long ago, roddles > >
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