Best practice international GSM setup

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Originally Posted by mbk

regulations have imposed the same rates for local and mobile calls. So as i understand, the called party is paying for the mobile call.

It is so long ago and I was late to the cell phone party so I am not totally sure if it was regulations or the phone companies that wanted to promote cell phone use by keeping the prices the same to call. Both parties pay a cell rate for a mobile to mobile call. [Of course many/most people seem to have unlimited plans.] Landlines never paid more to receive or call a cell phone. For cell phones now there is no 'long distance'. I can call on my cell phone Portland, Oregon or Portland, Maine or my neighbor for the same charge or free if I have unlimited.
There is, I think, a notion of 'fairness' in our own minds, at least. Europeans may differ.