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> Certainly in times past in the US receiving calls/texts could incur charges. That's why I originally said it was weird to me as somebody outside the US.
by messe 4y ago
> Certainly in times past in the US receiving calls/texts could incur charges.
That's why I originally said it was weird to me as somebody outside the US.
- ghaff 4y agoIt dated to mobile calls being expensive especially outside of a very bounded home area and being either a business expense or a relatively luxury thing. In that context, it didn't really make sense to hit a landline with a big charge for calling a mobile number--perhaps unwittingly. And that general thinking carried over to SMS.