Isle of Man discussion [split from Cherry Mobile thread]

[andy]

Originally Posted by snidely

Andy -
As you did mention above - people here did say IOM carriers were not subsidized. I tried to make it clear I was NOT told why some (all?) of these IOM cards would be gone "soon". I thought i made it clear my reasoning was pure speculation. [...] I happened to see one well known person who spoke about roaming, SIMS, etc. and simply stopped him in the hallway and asked about IOM, UM etc. All he quickly said was that IOM cards wouldn't be around much longer. He didn't say why and wouldn't respond when i asked him.

This phrase seems to be central in what you report he said, and the speculation you derived from it: "He said that the free ride for the IOM resellers will probably end soon - for the same reason the Iowa "free calling to Europe" operations were shut down. "

Given that there was no such free ride, in either of those cases, perhaps your correspondent was not as knowledgeable as you hope, or you misheard.

I read elsewhere that the Iowa termination fees were unilaterally increased by certain companies from 5 to 14 cents, and the dispute started from that point. I don't know if that is true, but it certainly does not parallel this case.