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- daven1986, on 10/12/2007, -17/+133wtf you have to pay to receive calls?
- goblindegook, on 10/12/2007, -4/+92[I still wish digg comments had a delete button.]
- bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -8/+94I swear if even one hot chick called him up, I am going to try this out first thing you know
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+78You get charged for _receiving_ calls in the US???
- BGFeltenink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59Phone minutes are such a brilliant scam.
- SpectralSounds, on 10/12/2007, -16/+72I hope you have one hell of a cellphone plan. 5,000 calls at 1 minute a piece is at least 5,000 minutes. That dumbass is unemployed. Now he is gonna be without a phone cause his phonebill is gonna be $500 for the month. Brilliant.
- plbland, on 10/12/2007, -3/+46That sucks.
- JCGV, on 10/12/2007, -13/+56whoa the US is more screw up then I thought. You guys have to pay for receiving call?
- dmegivern, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40Hey, I applaud the guy's willingness to lend a hand. It's scary how many people felt they needed someone to listen.
- Renuvian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38"He planned to take and return as many calls he could, but on Monday at 5 a.m., his T-Mobile cell phone payment will begin charging him for his generosity when he is no longer eligible for free weekend minutes."
Right there in the article... - thewebguy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37unless it was a weekend
or night time
or on his network (assuming he has free calls on his network) - rAid135, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-rDqt99eGc
- ScottAG, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31what? incoming calls are free bitches?
- plbland, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29In the UK there is no such thing as charging for incomming calls on mobiles. The caller pays for all - after all they are the one wanting to contact the person.
Do mobile phone numbers in the US have a standard prefix? The UK has 07*********. - GTPilot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29you're paying for minutes on the mobile phones. receiving a call = a minute at least.
- nicpedersen, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31shoulda set up a skype number
- markdr123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27Seriously, you have to pay for incoming calls in the US?
That is so weird. - djSyndrome, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23The last time people listened to a German propaganda campaign, half of Europe was demolished.
- shampoovta, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22 No digg's for this comment?
I felt it cut to the quick.
Did that guy at VT need some one to listen?
I talk to my kid every night,..
Every night for 18 years, sick or tired I listened to him.
Never knowing when the last conversation might be had, I can't afford to miss any.
One guy can't bear the worlds loneliness alone.
It is so little to give.
Like a smile.
I saw the video with the hugs for free guy,......cool and gutsy. - bittermang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20I'm still on a free incoming plan.
They'll have to pry the contract from my cold dead hands. - pianomahnn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Some cellular companies charge for received calls, others do not. I don't believe any landline carriers charge for incoming calls, however.
- GraceMolloy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Oh ya, free incoming went away QUICKLY, those plans lasted like 2 months. I used to work in Cellular.
- ScornForSega, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16No, Cingular are crooks.
T-mobile's just shady. - Dundasbro, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Wow... That's pretty ***** stupid and bad. Sucks to be you guys :(
- s-m-a-c-k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13has no one heard of free incoming minutes?
Sprint plans start at $39.99 for 300 anytime-minutes, free nights and weekends, and free incoming... highest I've ever gotten was 1600 minutes... I have a friend who regularly hits 3000-4000 easy... I guess I don't have much to say.... - 4815162342, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14link to video?
- MisterSam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I'm a uk guy who recently moved to the usa and yes, you have to pay for RECEIVING text messages and phone calls here.
It's a joke. Because I happen to get a load of text messages my balance runs down much faster than in the Uk. It's a godamn joke. - heffae, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Actually I had no idea that free incoming was common in other parts of the world. Just goes to show you what scams the US cell phone companies have. Just out of Curiosity is locking a phone to a particular carrier common any besides the US.
- WickedDrag0oN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Thats ok Sprint = *****
So we have come to a consensus, they all suck. - graemee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9There are no women on the Internet.
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8When i read that the first time, i could've sworn you said "free pornos" - I was like "WTF, Free pornos?" till i read it again, slower.
- flyhunnie7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9It sucks that though we Americans claim to be a key leader in international technology, our cell phone networks are primitive compared to those in say, the U.K. and Japan.
- psimac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9T-Mobile missed an opportunity here! They could totally make this into a positive PR spin. German companies are clueless with PR.
- fourzerofour, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I get free incoming on Nextel..
- heffae, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"whoa the US is more screw up then I thought. You guys have to pay for receiving call?" Generally we pay for air time. So when ever we are talking on the phone that is counting towards the total amount of minutes we have included each month. Of course some plans have things like free weekends and free calls to people with the same carrier. A few do have free incoming calls but that is not common.
Also the phones themselves seam to be at least a year behind the rest of the developed world and 3 years behind japan and Korea. The US may lead the world in a lot of things but cell phones are not one of them. - soulsolution, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The next thing you know, there will be another video asking to 'support his cause' and pay for his phone bill!
- plbland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think both systems have their benifits. I like how in the UK you know what type of phone/cost you are calling just by the first few digits.
Area code & prefix Service type
00 International dialling
01 Geographic area codes
02 New geographic area codes
03 Geographic area code expansion
04 Reserved for future use
05 Corporate numbering
06 Reserved for future use
07 Mobile phones, pagers and personal numbering
08 Freephone and shared cost
09 Premium rate, similar to US 1 900 number range
Okay, so you lack the ability to port between these sections, but the benifits outweigh the cost of that.
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Telephone_numbering_plan - BGFeltenink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7good job, you know your multiplication tables for 1 times any number.
Now start working on "2." - Eclipse19, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Actually, we all use the same numbering schemes. However, we only use the most significant digits that are needed. Since Europe has so many countries so close together, they use country codes more often than the U.S. does. All part of the E.164 standard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.164 - Netrilix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I think you got it backwards. Guys can end a phone call in under 2 sentences. Teenage girls would stay on the phone saying ***** like "OMG, are you serious?!" for at least half an hour.
- djSyndrome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Plbland: not really. Cell carriers buy blocks of number prefixes (three digit codes) per area code. They can really be pretty much anything as long as they don't start with a zero or 1 (or are 9-1-1).
So for example, my cell number could be 398-1234, and another person on my carrier (in the same area) could be 398-1235. The carrier likely picked up the entire block of 398-XXXX numbers. - rauz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I've never thought about this but how is it like in the rest of the western world?
Here in Sweden I'm not sure if we've ever had it, except for when you're roaming abroad. - AlexShrugged, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'm thinking that his time spent answering phone calls was sufficient time for him to type a resume and work on getting the hell out of his father's house.
- plbland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5That makes sense then. As the caller wouldn't be aware they are calling a mobile, and thus, shouldn't be charged a higher rate.
Thanks for the explaination rauz - ChrisJP, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Wow, never knew that, and I thought contracts in the UK were expensive. Any other countries make you pay to _receive_ calls?
- obijohn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I call BS. No guy can get 5,000 calls over the course of one weekend. Teenage girl, maybe. Guy, no.
- AwwJeah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I'm pretty sure this Luke Johnson guy did this same thing nearly 6 months ago and has received considerably more calls.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkXH7hBbDI0
He's even been on CNN for it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ipJkBQ5xqE0 - OGTL, on 10/12/2007, -1/+57742531962
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Damn, i wanted a free bitch with every incoming call.
Thanks for ruining my dream guys. :'( - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@diggmanchu (#6309336)
Something is wrong with some other site you went to just before this, not "hosted.ap.org" -- the site owned by The Associated Press. -
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