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Article #303Re: landline, VOIP and ADSL query
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:55
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:55
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Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote >>>>>> 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, Fraid so. > they deliberately dont compete in that area, so that the cream is not skimmed away Mindlessly silly when there is no 'cream', just much higher costs for them. >>> 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. Thats the reason for the much higher costs, you silly little dunny cleaning fuckwit child. > Calls to the UK used to be >30c a minute not that long ago, roddles Irrelevant to what they are now, you silly little dunny cleaning fuckwit child.
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