Yes you used to pay for incoming calls as well. Now most plans are unlimited. I guess the rationale was that there is no difference in the numbering plan in No

Yes you used to pay for incoming calls as well. Now most plans are unlimited. I guess the rationale was that there is no difference in the numbering plan in North America between cell phones and land lines. Calls to a cell phone cost more but the caller has no way to tell they’re calling one. So the caller pays the same to call a cell or a landline and the callee pays to receive the call too so that overall carriers get more money for completing allegedly more expensive cell minutes.