It is now cheaper for me to call US cellular phones from Sweden than to call Swedish cellular phones from Sweden.
As the sole representative of non-distinguished cellular and landline phone numbers, the US cannot charge the caller differently for calling a cellular or a landline phone. The surcharge falls upon the callee (which btw is a big joke: how the f*** did AT&T pull off charging double for each call - both caller and callee!?).
With Skype, my calls are all local, meaning I am charged for a local landline call when I call a US cellular phone. In Sweden however, they charge me some ridiculous $0.50 / minute, the going rate.
Does this mean the American phone system shot themselves in the foot when they
thought up their double rate scheme without eyes on future digital communication / VoIP, or am I just fooling myself?
Either way, I can now be reached locally both from the US and Sweden, so give me a call!
Phone number: [This page left blank intentionally]
Edit: This obviously render the number in the previous post obsolete
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Phone geographics 2.0
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