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Skriven 2006-05-09 10:39:02 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
   Kommentar till text 1015 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
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09 May 06 10:03, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Roy Witt:

 DS>>>>   Interesting -- here in USA calls from a land line to a cell
 DS>>>> phone only cost the cell phone.
 MvdV>>> Yes I know. In the US the cell phone owner pays for the "air
 MvdV>>> time". In Europe this is different. I'd have thought this would
 MvdV>>> be widely known by now as it has been discussed many times over
 MvdV>>> in Fido. Ah well, so much for assumptions of "widely known"....
 RW>> As is the assumption that we pay for incoming calls.
 MvdV> Did I write "all"?

Ummmm, "in the US the cell phone owner" could be taken as singular or
plural. To me, it meant all cell phone owers, aka plural.

 RW>>  We don't, or at least I don't, since leaving Verizon, two years
 RW>> ago.
 MvdV> Good for you.
 RW>> As you say below, I also leave my cell phone on all the time.
 RW>> However, Cingular told me to turn it off periodically. This has
 RW>> something to do with cell phone software updates by the provider

 MvdV> That would make me very suspicious. I dont like software that can
 MvdV> be "upgraded" withoit me being in control of the process. I don't
 MvdV> need a virus in my cell phone.

No one but Cingular is capable of sending software updates to every phone
on their system.  Even if someone was able to break into their system, it
wouldn't last very long and would no doubt be repaired before any user
noticed.

 RW>> If you look at my bill, Cingular in this case, there is never a
 RW>> charge for incoming calls. BTW, all long distance and roaming calls
 RW>> are also free. This includes roaming time in Mexico, Puerto Rico,
 RW>> Hawaii and Alaska.
 MvdV> Then you must pay a monthly fee.

That's right.

 RW>>  I would assume the same, if I'm within roaming range of a US
 RW>> based cell, while in Canada.

 MvdV> Being in range may not be enough. You may have to manually lock on
 MvdV> that cell.

Cell towers/phones work on the same principle as FM radio, the stronger
signal captures the receiver.

 MvdV> If not it may lock on the stronger signal of a Canadian
 MvdV> cell. That may even happen when you are on the US side of the
 MvdV> border.

Yeup.

 MvdV> Over here we have to lock onto the home provider when roaming near
 MvdV> the Begian or German  border to avoid the phone locking onto a
 MvdV> german or Belgian provider and be charged with outrageous
 MvdV> international roaming fees.

We don't have the ability to lock onto any certain cell. That's why we
are given free roaming in our cell phone plans.


Roy
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