The issue is that they want me to pay my own way in order to be on call. Ah. Well in a salaried world I would say fair enough (my organisation pays for phone

The issue is that they want me to pay my own way in order to be on call. Ah. Well in a salaried world I would say fair enough (my organisation pays for phone and internet connections for on-call staff). In a startup world... I don't know. But either way, I don't think there's any point in feeling insulted. It's just a matter of fact issue of "I choose not to spend money for an Internet connection. If the company pays for it, I will do my best to attend after-hour calls". No point bringing emotions into it. But you know, if you have a stake in this company succeeding and if the company has no money... if it was me, there are definitely circumstances in which I would pay for it.