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I just realized US is RPP (receiving party pays). In many countries though, receiving calls is free.

• oneeyedpigeon 10y ago
  Wait, US is still RPP? I was talking about this at the weekend as one possible reason why mobile phones didn't take off in the US as fast as they did in Europe, but assumed that they'd now caught up precisely because the ridiculous RPP setup had been done away with. How on earth does anyone in the US manage to keep their phone bill down?
  • montibbalt 10y ago
    You actually TALK on the phone? I have one of the smallest voice plans AT&T offers that still has unlimited text and even that has way too many minutes. I think the only number I actually call is my parents' land line. Even my dentist's office texts appointment reminders instead of calling. I'd think one of the biggest reasons for slow adoption is the same as our broadband adoption- It's hard for effectively 2 big companies to reliably provide service for 300 million people spread out over something like 8 million km^2 (for the lower 48 states) and have it still be affordable. For example a friend of mine still didn't have internet access at all in the 2010s because they would have had to pay to have special construction done near their house in addition to the high monthly bill.
  • coin 10y ago
    Most plans in the US are unlimited voice