I have just received a shocking Bill for my mobile of £500 for one months use (very little of it was on International calls) Do these phone companies have to incurr variable costs when more people use their phones or are they static. I just wonder how long before all mobile calls are virtually free.
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Not until they've finished paying for all those 3G licenses. £23bn wasn't it?His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain... -
Originally posted by ForumboreI have just received a shocking Bill for my mobile of £500 for one months use (very little of it was on International calls) Do these phone companies have to incurr variable costs when more people use their phones or are they static. I just wonder how long before all mobile calls are virtually free.
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Did you use again those "special" numbers..... ?Originally posted by ForumboreI have just received a shocking Bill for my mobile of £500 for one months use (very little of it was on International calls) Do these phone companies have to incurr variable costs when more people use their phones or are they static. I just wonder how long before all mobile calls are virtually free.
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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I dunno I have just sent the Bill back to O2 to ask them to reconsiderOriginally posted by foritismeWhat Network & Tariff are you on ???Comment
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I somehow knew that I was just asking for itOriginally posted by FranckoDid you use again those "special" numbers..... ?
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