Reminder from AT&T: Your AT&T/Cingular-provisioned cell phone is not for conference calls

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You're not getting the point here...

What has happened is quite simply this:
The 712 exchange was caught in a loophole that was used before in the 809 area code (can't recall the country right now). Either way it works like this: Originating calls are VERY CHEAP, Terminating calls (since its the middle of nowhere) are EXPENSIVE, SO to offset the expensive termination they split the cost with the carrier, and so make it more affordable to terminate calls to that region. But this gets abused (through legal loopholes) and it ends up being a CASH GRAB, since a technical 'free' call costs a carrier 3x, while the reduced savings are passed on to the customer. But someone still has to pay the bill, its just simply a loophole that is going to be closed. 809 had this, its gone now, IOWA squeeked through, now it will be fixed. And irregardless of what you think, your cell company can do as they please with their AUP, because if you don't like it you can switch, but I doubt a lot of people will. This is just something that needed to be fixed.

Posted by: jakex3@...   Posted on: 03/20/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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