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Nick Jeffery <nick@disa.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Joel Grealy wrote

>> Ericsson A1018 (duel band) National calls are 70 cents per min.
>> A cheap off-peak option with higher peak calls is available.

>> Calls to the UK are 45 cents per min.

> Calling another hemisphere is nearly half the price of
> calling half way across the country? That's a bit, uhm, daft...

Its even worse than that. Even when not using a prepaid sim, say using
one of the cheapest around, dingoblue, it costs 35/30c/min for a local
call and 20cish to call the US or pomland on a conventional phone.

Barking mad.

> Saying that, from my landline (in the UK), I can call a mobile phone
> in Canada for less than I can call a mobile phone across the road.

Same here.

> Using a calling card, I can call Oz for 3p/min, but it
> will set me back 14p/min to call a UK mobile via this.
> Telecoms is a mad, mad, crazy, daft, silly, game.

True.

> But I love it.

Must be mad yourself |-)