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harleydog
maybe i can tell you something wierd too,
when i got to the states i thought they joking with me when somebody told me you get charged for incoming calls (how unlogical) but i would like to see the faces of you guys when i tell you that it is in germany totally normal that you per per minute for internet. not like here that you have a monthly rate + local call charge. no in germany you pay per minute for internet use, at some providers or rate planes comes also a monthly fee and the call fee.
did i mention that local calls are also charged by per 4 minutes or so.
so calculate this togheter for a poor guy with a 56k modem surfing every day for 2 hours esato...smile
unfortunetly is germany far behind with the cable modem stuff. which doesnt make sence. we have dsl and good developed mobil phone technologie (further developed than states) but with the cable modem ? and why ?
because in major part of the DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
which still have a monopol...this bastards
so harley dog i can fully understand what you said....why change it as long customers doesnt have a choice..smile
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Posted: 2002-02-22 15:48:00
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Krus you hit the nail on the head; its all about supply and demand. Companies charge what customers will pay for. SInce you were never paying for incoming calls, if they tried to do that now, you would switch to a competitor.
Alternatively, since you did not have internet access before and its an add-on option, they can get away with charging a per minute fee
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Posted: 2002-02-22 20:04:00
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I think most European countries have been clever and set aside certain number series for mobile phones. This way you know that the number you call is to a mobile phone and that the call is more expensive. In the US they are mixing mobile and fixed line numbers, so it's no way to know that you are calling a cellular phone.
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Posted: 2002-02-22 20:26:00
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jamojdm: sorry, misread your post, didn't realise you were adding to the question, thought you were answering.
thanks to all who've responded.
i basically wanted the info to broaden my options next time i'm travelling.
one of my observations about mobile networks in the past few years has been that here in the UK it's relatively simple, or simpler to set up a mobile phone network with a sure fire audience being that the UK has a large number of people in a small space...one2one for example started off with their network in london only and then spread out to cover the rest oft he UK.
in North America i can't even guess the kind of area size they'd have to cover to get a similiar customer base.
this may add to the reason mobile companies charge for incoming calls in addition to the fact that fixed line phones have always had different call charge structures from Europe.
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Posted: 2002-02-22 23:14:00
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laffen
i dont know how it is in norway but in germany you can even tell which provider or network you dial in because of the (kind of) area code in front ...
for example dial 0171....... would be mobil phone from telekom
dial 0172...... would be D2vodafone
dial 0179....... would be Eplus and so on....
gives you the opportunity to see are you staying within your own network or are there roaming charges and so on....
harleydog
i know when i go back to germany im digging out somebody to provide me with cable for internet....i got this lesson from living in the states
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Posted: 2002-02-23 01:11:00
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this doesnt work in the UK as we can change mobile service provider without changing phone numbers - if you call someone you can't know what network they're on unless they tell you.
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Posted: 2002-02-25 12:26:00
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