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Re: landline, VOIP and ADSL query

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From: Michael
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:15
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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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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.

There is comment one.

>> 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.

And there is comment 2.

Ever thought they were related, Roddles?

BECAUSE they dont compete, there is much higher costs.

A remarkable example of market collusion

>>>> 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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