Comissioner Reding: you could pay to receive a phone call
A stupid idea which essentially makes me to reject any call from unknown phone numbers: US mobile phone customers pay for mobile phone calls, no matter whether they called or were called. A worse idea is that one has to pay for a received text message (SMS), and there’s no straightforward way to reject these messages. Armed with a plan like mine (unlimited free texts), one could send you thousands of text messages, until you go bankrupt, and there’s nothing you can do about it. EU telecom comissioner, Viviane Reding, declared for the FT that she thinks this double-charging practice is fit for European customers too. After inflating hundreds of millions of cell bills, Ms. Reding must feel very satisfied.
July 7th, 2008 at 21:13
It’s fanny the lady says “”Why not? The whole market is developing, so we should not stay on the rules that have been in place 10 years . .”… The American market is actually moving, albeit indirectly, toward an European-like model, with the already-available unlimited plans. A bit pricey, indeed, but as the market and technology develop, prices will go down, and the “xxx minutes plans” will be obsolete. Which means, of course, that you can receive calls at no additional expense.
July 7th, 2008 at 21:16
PS “fanny” came out as a typo for funny, but the actual pun is better….