Thread: Here's a general idea of just how badly we're getting screwed
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2009-09-03 , 22:15
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Originally Posted by verumgero View Post
Seriously, even prepaid phones have free incoming in Japan.
But, bizarrely -- even at google voice rates, calling a landline is $0.02/minute while calling a cell phone is $0.14/minute. That becomes obvious, then, that the "free incoming" is built into the outgoing rate .... (which is why the US is the only place where calling a landline or cellphone is the same price?)