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What is the reason for this? Are incoming calls sheaper than outgoing calls?
by kevincox 6y ago
What is the reason for this? Are incoming calls sheaper than outgoing calls?
- shellfishgene 6y agoI guess only the caller has to pay, it's always been like that in my country.
- av501 6y agoYes, In India incoming calls are free (been like that for a very long time).
- samvher 6y agoIt depends a little bit on the contract with the provider, but the idea is that we are an NGO/charity and we don't want the farmers to have to incur costs for this. If we answer the phone they pay, if we hang up and call back we pay. In some cases we are able to set up toll-free numbers and then we can just answer.
- jhugo 6y agoAre there places where you pay for incoming calls?
- kevincox 6y agoI'm in Canada and all of the services I have looked at bill you once you pick up the call. If you are in your local area (for mobile) it is always a local call but you are still charged for the minutes.
- webmobdev 6y agoSo both the caller and receiver are billed?
- jhugo 6y agoYou mean the receiver is billed? I've lived in many countries (but never in North America) and never encountered that. Bizarre.
- kevincox 6y agoIt doesn't seem that weird to me. The line is active so you pay. If you don't want to pay don't pick up the phone.
- jhugo 6y agoYou often don't know who is calling you until you pick up the phone, so you can't make a judgement about whether it's worth paying for the call until you've already started paying. That, combined with the fact that it appears to be unique to just the US & Canada (maybe NANP in general), makes it bizarre to me.
- webmobdev 6y agoIncoming calls are often free (unless you are in "roaming" mode, i.e. outside your city).