CH> Unfortunately, and at least as concerns Pennsylvania, the view is
CH> that cellular telephone service is not a neccessity and the PUC
CH> has little or no regulation of cellular companies.  Bet they spend
CH> their lobbying moneyf wisely!
I have been selling cellular service for a few years now. I think it is
very important. BUT IT IS NOT A NECESSITY. People survived without cell
phones for a long, long time. The Pennsuylvania PUC does not take an
aggressive role in regulating the cellular phone industry -- thank God!
The free-market economy does a wonderful job of handling that, thank
you.
Now, if you absolutely positively MUST have a cellular phone, then just
go get one. It's as simple as that. If you have to sign a contract and
make a service commitment, sign the damn contract and make the
commitment! You're the one who claims it's a neccessity. Why wouldn't
you want to keep your "neccessity" working for a year or two?
If the cell carriers require you to post a security deposit, then shut
up and post it! If you pay your bill on time, you'll get it back with
interest. If you can't pay your bills on time, what do you need a cell
phone for?
Frankly, I wish you'd quit your whining about how you can't get a cell
phone under your own terms. You don't own a cellular phone network --
Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile does. It's their bat, and their ball, and
they make the rules. It's not "unethical" to do that. No one is putting
a gun to anyone's head forcing them to do business with BANM.
I've NEVER encountered any sort of "ethical" problem like you describe
with BANM -- or with the A side carrier, either. I've never had any
problems dealing with anyone from BANM -- including the folks from the
head office in northern New Jersey. And not many people can say they've
dealt with people from northern New Jersey who didn't have attitude
problems.
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DCG>The government has just enforced "calling party pays", as
DCG>opposite to "mobile party pays" (which nevertheless remains
DCG>optional for the owner of the cellular phone). Today is the
DCG>first day of this system.

DCG>I would like to know what happens in the countries of other
DCG>members of this echo. Who pays the incoming call to a
DCG>mobile phone? Has any company or individual gone to the
DCG>courts opposing this system? What was the final result?
In New Zealand you call anyone then you pay never thought of it being
the other way around.Seems like a strange system to pay for both
incoming and outgoing not to mention expensive.
Oscar
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