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guslHere's my little contribution against the cellular telephone confusopoly.
This data is for April 2010, Bell Mobility phone from Vancouver, on a DynamicBiz Corp 250-36M plan ($25 plus monthly fees: $9.70 System Access fee, $7 display fee, $5 text messaging plan).
My roaming charges are 99c / min, whether I'm in Seattle or NYC.
Long-distance rates do not apply if I'm calling from Manhattan to Brooklyn, or from Seattle to Bellevue. They do apply at a rate of 75c / min if I'm calling from New York to Boston or Pittsburgh; or Seattle to Vancouver, or Seattle to Pennsylvania.
Incoming calls cost the same 99c / min in terms of airtime.
In terms of long distance rates, they were always 35c / min... however, the caller's number and location are not provided in the bill, making it difficult to audit the phone company (yay confusopoly!)
This data is for April 2010, Bell Mobility phone from Vancouver, on a DynamicBiz Corp 250-36M plan ($25 plus monthly fees: $9.70 System Access fee, $7 display fee, $5 text messaging plan).
My roaming charges are 99c / min, whether I'm in Seattle or NYC.
Long-distance rates do not apply if I'm calling from Manhattan to Brooklyn, or from Seattle to Bellevue. They do apply at a rate of 75c / min if I'm calling from New York to Boston or Pittsburgh; or Seattle to Vancouver, or Seattle to Pennsylvania.
Incoming calls cost the same 99c / min in terms of airtime.
In terms of long distance rates, they were always 35c / min... however, the caller's number and location are not provided in the bill, making it difficult to audit the phone company (yay confusopoly!)