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more on now talking about cellular ripoff
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:27:57 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Eric Glover <eric () ericglover com> Date: November 29, 2006 9:10:45 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] now talking about cellular ripoff Actually, it is worse than that.When I was in Budapest a few years ago with Cingular. What would happen is if someone called and I choose not to answer it, I would get billed for 2 minutes of Intl LD (about $1.49/minute) for every minute of voicemail they left. Basically, I got billed for forwarding the call to Europe, then if the call went to voicemail, I would get billed for making a call from Europe back to the US for as long as they were on the phone.
The way I delt with that was using GSM there is a way to set 'forward all calls' - so I forwarded all of my calls directly to voicemail. If someone calls, it goes straight to voicemail (at no cost to me). If they leave a message then for free I get a voicemail notification. I could use a local calling card from a payphone (or from my cell) and call into to check my voicemail. The biggest disadvantage is I can't get the caller-ID info.
IF you turn off your forward 'no-answer' then you will probably only get billed if you pick up, but if you don't pick up, then it won't go to voicemail.
-Eric David Farber wrote:
Say I am in Tokyo and someone rings my 1412 cell number in the USA. My cell phone rings and I see it is not an important call so I either reject it or don't answer. Still I get billed $1.99 for a 1 minute call UNLESS I power off my phone.Thats T-mobile. RIP OFF ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eric () ericglover com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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