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I don't think most carriers charge for answered calls in America. Could be wrong

by oldsj 10y ago

jlgaddis 10y ago
If my girlfriend calls me and we talk for an hour, that "uses up" 60 minutes on each of our phone plans. We're both in the U.S. I'm on Verizon and she's on AT&T but the carriers don't matter, even if we were both on the same one.
- Digit-Al 10y ago
  Wow! I never realised there were places where both parties payed for a call. That's really rotten.
- sdoering 10y ago
  Wow. I just learned that there are worse places in regards to telco rip offs then Germany. OK; I had expected that, but having both parties paying for the same phone call is some kind of twisted evil genius's plan - isn't it?
  - zo1 10y ago
    Why? We're just used to it being the other way around, where the initiator always pays. However, in an alternate universe, that could just as well be the norm.
    - sdoering 10y ago
      Well for one: If I am the initiator (caller) paying is totally fine, because it is me having a stated wish to reach another person and take some of their time for whatever I wana talk about. So being the recipient, the initiator intrudes on my time. If I accept this I have (at least in old times, before caller ID) no chance of knowing, if this intrusion has a valid (and for me valuable) reason. Even today, I have no chance of knowing beforehand, if the caller really is adding value to my day. Therefore if my time used in the call generates added value by whatever the caller tells me (or how I feel after talking to him/her). So if this intrusion by a caller would additionally be fee-ridden, the risk of taking a call grows exponentially. Therefore I would let go all calls to mailbox and have the person exactly state what they intend to talk about. Even family (I hate social chit-chat calls). So probably I would not need the phone at all except for mail-checking and in case of an emergency, as after some tries no one would want to call me. The incentive to not take a phone (at least in my case) would lead to that.

I don't think most carriers charge for answered calls in America. Could be wrong

by oldsj 10y ago

I don't think most carriers charge for answered calls in America. Could be wrong

If my girlfriend calls me and we talk for an hour, that "uses up" 60 minutes on each of our phone plans. We're both in the U.S. I'm on Verizon and she's on AT&T but the carriers don't matter, even if we were both on the same one.

Digit-Al 10y ago
Wow! I never realised there were places where both parties payed for a call. That's really rotten.
sdoering 10y ago
Wow. I just learned that there are worse places in regards to telco rip offs then Germany. OK; I had expected that, but having both parties paying for the same phone call is some kind of twisted evil genius's plan - isn't it?
- zo1 10y ago
  Why? We're just used to it being the other way around, where the initiator always pays. However, in an alternate universe, that could just as well be the norm.
  - sdoering 10y ago
    Well for one: If I am the initiator (caller) paying is totally fine, because it is me having a stated wish to reach another person and take some of their time for whatever I wana talk about. So being the recipient, the initiator intrudes on my time. If I accept this I have (at least in old times, before caller ID) no chance of knowing, if this intrusion has a valid (and for me valuable) reason. Even today, I have no chance of knowing beforehand, if the caller really is adding value to my day. Therefore if my time used in the call generates added value by whatever the caller tells me (or how I feel after talking to him/her). So if this intrusion by a caller would additionally be fee-ridden, the risk of taking a call grows exponentially. Therefore I would let go all calls to mailbox and have the person exactly state what they intend to talk about. Even family (I hate social chit-chat calls). So probably I would not need the phone at all except for mail-checking and in case of an emergency, as after some tries no one would want to call me. The incentive to not take a phone (at least in my case) would lead to that.