> Also traditionally American cellphone users pay to receive calls, which will blow the mind of a Britisher. IIRC, we had to pay for any kind of use on a cell

> Also traditionally American cellphone users pay to receive calls, which will blow the mind of a Britisher. IIRC, we had to pay for any kind of use on a cell phone use (both to make and receive calls), which is probably stemmed from them being considered premium devices when they were introduced, with a lot of expensive fixed infrastructure you'd use no matter the direction of the call.