Isle of Man discussion [split from Cherry Mobile thread] - Page 2

snidely · 08-10-2007, 16:55

In the Iowa case there were several articles in the regular press that some people/companies were taking advantage of the fact that certain rural phone companies took advantage of the fact the fed. govt. subsidized them by paying a certain amount for each minute a line was used. This was set up many decades ago to encourage phone development in rural areas. (I actually think it was outsiders who were taking advantage of this anomaly.)
The "expert" didn't give me any reason - it was I who guessed this might be the case since this Iowa situation was going on at the same time. I can't recall if he used the term "free ride". He definitely said they wouldn't be around much longer - at least in their then present form.
In hind sight - the UM situation came to ahead recently because callers wouldn't pay the very high price charged for them to dial the +423 numbers. The "free" incoming calls were being paid for the the person placing the call.
Do we know what caused the problems w. several IOM card issuers to suddenly discontinue operations?

...mike

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	08-10-2007, 16:55 In the Iowa case there were several articles in the regular press that some people/companies were taking advantage of the fact that certain rural phone companies took advantage of the fact the fed. govt. subsidized them by paying a certain amount for each minute a line was used. This was set up many decades ago to encourage phone development in rural areas. (I actually think it was outsiders who were taking advantage of this anomaly.) The "expert" didn't give me any reason - it was I who guessed this might be the case since this Iowa situation was going on at the same time. I can't recall if he used the term "free ride". He definitely said they wouldn't be around much longer - at least in their then present form. In hind sight - the UM situation came to ahead recently because callers wouldn't pay the very high price charged for them to dial the +423 numbers. The "free" incoming calls were being paid for the the person placing the call. Do we know what caused the problems w. several IOM card issuers to suddenly discontinue operations? ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.