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There's negative side to it -- with caller pays system, you could potentially be hit with high call tolls, even if you do not own mobile. While in Japan, I rem

There's negative side to it -- with caller pays system, you could potentially be hit with high call tolls, even if you do not own mobile. While in Japan, I remember calling a mobile from payphone I could see the balance of the call card going down every few seconds... Though, these days, I think most of them seem to have shifted to texting and VoIP calling on apps, which are free. Even with "caller-pay" model, they still have experience good share of annoyances, that many of those caller opted for "one-ring" spam where they would call, but hang up before receiver picks it up.

mcv 5y ago
These days, calling mobile usually costs the same as calling landlines, but I do remember when calling mobile cost more. But even then, at least the caller gets to decide whether to call or not. And mobile phone numbers look different from landline numbers, so you know what you're calling. The only thing is when the mobile phone is abroad and there are roaming charges; in that case, the callee still pays, because the caller has no way of knowing. But these days, roaming charges have been banned within the EU, so that problem has also disappeared.