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Sorry if I'm being naive, but what is keeping users from using Skype & co.?

• noselasd 10y ago
  Here are a few reasons: 1. Calling user does not have a computer 2. Called user does not have a computer 3. Users are in a situation where they do not have a computer, only their cell phone, with a data plan that is too expensive to use skype, or without a data plan altogether. 4. Users does not know about, are not able or trained to use skype. 5. Internet is not available at the location of either of the users. 6. Users are in a coverage area with only basic phone services, no data availability. Throughout the world there are far, far more people having access to simple phone services than a computer and the internet. The places I often see these kinds of frauds, are for minorities living/working in one country, that wants to talk to their families back home - often poor people with no access to a computer, nor the ability to operate one - but with a mobile phone, and a little bit of money to pay for a few calls - which is enough for someone else to make a buck by selling blakc/grey routes to these people.