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Re: Why wireless isn't wide open

by =?UTF-8?B?U01TIOaWr+iSguaWh+KAoiDlpI8=?= Dec 12, 2007 at 09:29 AM

Larry wrote:
> Nomen Nescio <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
> news:5ef12e4849fafda4f0ae3abae661a3c6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> http://xrl.us/bcprt
> 
> "Global Calls for Less
> 
> One company rebuffed by the carriers is Rebtel Networks, a 
> Swedish provider of cheap international calls over the Web. 
> Rebtel wants to use short codes to bring its service to mobile 
> phones. Users would send a text message containing the desired 
> global phone number to Rebtel's short code. They would then 
> receive a text message with a local phone number to dial, paying 
> pennies per minute for the call rather than the much higher sums 
> cellular carriers charge for overseas connections."

It's already very easy to do this using something like OneSuite or 
TalkLoop. Where it all falls apart is when calling a mobile phone in a 
country with "Caller Pays" because the charge for calling the mobile 
phone is so high.
 




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Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
Larry <noone@[EMAIL PR  2007-12-12 03:56:55 
Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
Larry <noone@[EMAIL PR  2007-12-12 04:30:10 
Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
Dennis Ferguson <dcfer  2007-12-12 17:04:26 
Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
Larry <noone@[EMAIL PR  2007-12-13 00:43:26 
Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
=?UTF-8?B?U01TIOaWr+iSgua  2007-12-12 09:29:42 
Re: Why wireless isn't wide open
Dennis Ferguson <dcfer  2007-12-12 23:30:00 

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