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Re: Not sure why. Free long distance has long been a feature for North American cellphones. |
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| he means using Skype (or any voip app) won't count against your plan's minutes... although it can contribute to the quasi-unlimited 5GB cap. "Long distance" doesn't really exist anymore. |
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 ropeguruPremium
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Mechanicsville, VA | said by weaver0:he means using Skype (or any voip app) won't count against your plan's minutes... although it can contribute to the quasi-unlimited 5GB cap. "Long distance" doesn't really exist anymore on cell phones. Fixed it for you... It does still exist with the back woods landline companies. |
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Onion, NJ | reply to black_ops
said by black_ops:Free long distance has long been a feature for North American cellphones. not if you call overseas... on my winmo phone, I use skype in the daytime and google voice in the evening to call overseas phones. Skype->Skype all times.
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That is what I thought. It goes from being a "minutes" charge, to being a "data" charge. So as soon as these providers start clamping down on their "unlimited" data plans, this whole thing then becomes a "pay us now, or pay us later" thing.
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Onion, NJ | said by tnroroc:So as soon as these providers start clamping down on their "unlimited" data plans, this whole thing then becomes a "pay us now, or pay us later" thing. Thanks there are a couple of ways to deal with this: provide unlimited everything plans (would obsolesce these apps altogether), sign up users to mandatory text and data plans, or provide very low caps and very high overages.
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Valencia, CA | reply to black_ops
said by black_ops:Free long distance has long been a feature for North American cellphones. Fixed it for you. Canadian cell phones typically pay for long distance incoming and outgoing. Also, even in the U.S., calls to Canada over VoIP are typically free, but cost $0.19/minute over cellular.
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said by black_ops:Free long distance has long been a feature for North American cellphones. For a fee, of course - as an addon on top of basic line charges. |
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said by en102:said by black_ops:Free long distance has long been a feature for North American cellphones. Fixed it for you. Canadian cell phones typically pay for long distance incoming and outgoing. Also, even in the U.S., calls to Canada over VoIP are typically free, but cost $0.19/minute over cellular. Canadian cellphones don't pay for any incoming charges (as long as they are in their HOME location). No matter where the call is placed. |
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