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Skriven 2006-05-09 12:14:11 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
     Kommentar till en text av Dale Shipp
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> I have often called people who I thought were in Maryland only to
> find out that they were in some other state 1000 miles away.
...
> I don't look at it from a "one country" point of view.
 
You should nevertheless consider the fact that 1,000 miles away gets me a lot
of water, Russia and North Africa ... all these are "international" calls which
are ultra expensive at moments.
 
The position consumers, consumer-organisations, governments, regulators, the EU
have taken is that in an "international" environment the caller should not be
burdened by excessive costs caused by the callee roaming abroad.
 
If the callee wants to roam abroad and if/when he/she has his/her cell-phone
switched-on, then they know it will cost them and not the caller.
 
That's the system, it works.
 
> In fact, I
> rarely consider it since my cell phone sits in my car turned off at
> all times --- waiting for emergency use.
 
My cell-phone is switched-on day and night. All my kids have their cell-phones
with them as well and when one needs to get in touch with me they have the
opportunity.
 
> BTW, I wonder why it is when my BlueWave OLR quotes your messages it
> puts a WD> on blank lines.   It does not do that for others.   Do
> your lines have something different about them which causes BW not
> to recogize them as blank?
 
No idea, probably the editor puts something there ... a "space" maybe?
 
> So for you, cell phones have distinctive numbers.  However, it seems
> that the Dutch and OZ have a different distinctive number.   Are you
> expected to learn all of them?   What happens when you call a cell
> phone in Holland?
 
Please be specific ... am I calling from my own country to the Netherlands, or
am I calling a number in the Netherlands while residing in the Netherlands?
 
In the former case it is a plain international call, I must pay.
 
In the latter, it is a local Dutch call and I will be invoiced a local Dutch
call with a modest roaming surcharge.
 
Now the fun thing is when I call a Dutch cell-phone from Belgium whose owner is
in Belgium. I need to dial the number internationally in the Netherlands,
that's an international call for which I pay. The Dutch cell-phone contact is
roaming internationally, so a call will be generated from the Netherlands to
Belgium causing an international charge to this Dutch friend, even though
perhaps he is half a mile away.
 
However, what I do is dial 070-777.777 which locks me in a private
telecom-network, I get a second dial-tone in the Netherlands where I will dial
the number as if I were calling local ... and I will be charged only for a
local call.
 
I can do this as well with the US, China, Australia ... any ITU-country.
 
 \%/@rd

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