[Tagging] [Key:phone] - Suggesting wiki page changing

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mi., 25. Sept. 2019 um 14:10 Uhr schrieb Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com>:

> On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 09:04, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't see the problem, can you explain?
>>
>
> [Note: some simplifications ahead.  Broadly true but there are many
> exceptions in
> reality.]
>
> In the UK, calling rom landlines, calls to mobile numbers are more
> expensive than calls
> to landlines.  These days, not by much but in the past the difference was
> large.  BT's prices are
> a 23p call setup charge then 15p/minute to landlines and 18p/minute to
> mobiles.  Unless you
> have one of their packages that give you free calls to landlines (not even
> a setup charge) but
> 9p/minute to mobiles (with the 23p setup).
>
>

right, you might be charged differently according to your plan / the kind
of device you are calling from. There may be also more distinctions (e.g.
local numbers cheaper), so should we distinguish between the number and the
area code? (somehow we are doing it with spaces, but it is not applied
consistently). What about different numbers which could imply extra costs
(or be free), shall we use different keys for them?





> There are no guarantees that this won't change in the future:  Maybe for
> the better, maybe for the
> worse.
>


I wouldn't be too afraid, IMHO it is likely that these 20th century billing
habits will vanish sooner or later in favor of an all in subscription
model. Around here you already get a flat rate towards all Italian and
European mobiles and landlines (incl. 50GB 4G Internet and SMS) for as low
as 8 EUR / month. It's more likely you won't bother in the future about the
kind of phone number you're calling, rather than it could be a costly
surprise.

 Cheers,
Martin
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