| Steven M. Scharf 2005-05-31, 2:45 am |
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"chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco"
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> Steven M. Scharf <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
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> Except the criteria you used are incredibly arbitrary, and even by any
> stretch of the imagination not realistic.
Not arbitrary at all. I wanted to show the difference in prices if calling
patterns that are shaped by people avoiding making calls to mobiles are NOT
factored in. What happens with caller pays, is that everyone tries to avoid
calling mobile phones.
I did two comparisons.
I compared the 1000 minutes divided up as stated in the previous post, then
I did peak-only, with 100 minutes mobile to off-network mobile, 100 minutes
of termination charges from off-peak mobile to mobile, 100 minutes of mobile
to landline, and 100 minutes of landline to mobile.
For 1000 minutes:
100 Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile
100 Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Landline
100 Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Out-of-Network Mobile
100 Peak Incoming, Out-of-Network Mobile to Mobile
100 Off-Peak Outgoing, Mobile to Landline
100 Off-Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile
100 Off-Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile
100 Off-Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile
Verizon Wireless in the U.S. had an average price of $.06/minute
T-mobile in the UK had an average price of $0.19/minute
For:
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Landline
100 Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Out-of-Network Mobile
100 Peak Incoming, Out-of-Network Mobile to Mobile
Verizon Wireless in the U.S. had an average price of $0.15/minute
T-mobile in the UK had an average price of $0.19/minute
Where the termination charges really hurt UK users is in off-peak received
calls, and off-peak calls made to off-network mobiles. For a U.S. user, all
these calls would be free. Mobile phones are used extensively as a
replacement for long distance service, since you can make calls of virtually
any length, anywhere in the country, at no charge, nights and weekends.
Also, Verizin is the most expensive U.S. carrier. A similar plan on T-Mobile
gives you 1000 peak minutes, but T-Mobile's coverage in the U.S. is not very
good.
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