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Re: (Pre-pay) mobiles for UK / Australia?

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From: Nick Jeffery
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:00
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Mr. Michael J. Ellis wrote in message <387debe6_3@nexus.comcen.com.au>...

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

>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.


When the poster claimed "Calls to the UK are 45 cents per minute", I
presumed this was from the same mobile telephone that would charge 90 cents
(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.

n.
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From: "Nick Jeffery" <nick@disa.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (Pre-pay) mobiles for UK / Australia?
Date: 2000/01/13
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