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Originally Posted by dg7feq
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Originally Posted by Przemolog
I think that the honest solution is only when each increment cost the lowest (or at most the next one) nominal of the currency of the billing.
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Yes, you are right.
In theory you of course will call a destination with 1.5ct/min minute increment than with 5ct/min second increment billing...
But in reality the 5-minute increment billing companies only charge approx 0.1 ct/min or 0.5ct/min less on their tariff than the others (at least here in germany) -- just to be placed at number one in the tariff charts from the "call by call" lists. Or they tend to swap between 1 and 5 minute increments every 2 weeks or so. This behaviour is just to gain maximum profit and nothing else. |
The problem is that there's no good measure (and I'm not quite sure if it may exist at all) of comparison of any two tariffs. Per minute rate is a part of the deal only - increments, setup fee or minimal fee are the other ones.
And as to making max profits - that is what all the companies should make. The problem is when they can make profits even with bad reputation and acting "on the edge of legality"
