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Mr. Michael J. Ellis wrote in message <387f2a59_1@nexus.comcen.com.au>...
>> (or what ever the figure was) to make a national call. I was not
>questioning
>> the mobile part of things - I was questioning that it's cheaper to call
>> England than it is to make a national call in Australia. But if I was
>wrong,
>> then re-read the first sentence of this paragraph.
>
>GSM infrastructure is expensive and constantly expanding. You also need to
>take into consideration that the handset subsidy on a contract phone is a
>function of the call costs as well.


Would you like me to resort to monosybillic words for you? If so, please do
contact me privately.

The poster to whom I replied effectively said:
"From this mobile phone it costs 70 pence per minute to place a national
call in Australia.
From this mobile phone it costs 45 pence per minute to place an
international call to the UK."

I fail to see how handset subsidy&tc; comes in to this at all - at the end
of the day, it's the fact that it's more expensive to ring within your
country rather than ringing the other side of the word.