Comments on: Market Pricing and Cellphones http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2005/07/market-pricing-and-cellphones Ben Hyde Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Holsman http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2005/07/market-pricing-and-cellphones/comment-page-1#comment-612 Ian Holsman Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:07:58 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2005/07/market-pricing-and-cellphones/#comment-612 I had a different take to this. when I first came to the US 6-7 years ago, cell phones were rare and not around, most people used pagers. now.. the way the world charged for cell phones were that the person making the call paid for the call. now in the US, where people aren't used to paying for timed calls the market folk that no one would pay to call someone with a cell phone... so they charged the cell phone owner (and encouraged people to cal them on it). I kind of like the idea.. much more interesting way of doing it... why should I pay the price of contacting you just because you are moving around everywhere .. I had a different take to this.
when I first came to the US 6-7 years ago, cell phones were rare and not around, most people used pagers.
now.. the way the world charged for cell phones were that the person making the call paid for the call.
now in the US, where people aren’t used to paying for timed calls the market folk that no one would pay
to call someone with a cell phone… so they charged the cell phone owner (and encouraged people to cal them
on it).

I kind of like the idea.. much more interesting way of doing it… why should I pay the price of contacting you just because you are
moving around everywhere ..

]]> By: Avik http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2005/07/market-pricing-and-cellphones/comment-page-1#comment-611 Avik Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:48:14 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2005/07/market-pricing-and-cellphones/#comment-611 Interesting theory, quite plausible, except for the last bit... persitence and transtions. When cell phones came into India 10-12 years ago, local call rates for mobiles were over 50 cents a minute, paid by the cell phone users, both for recieving and calling. The land line user paid the same (lowish) amount, irrespective of whether he called mobiles or land lines. Today, land line users pay around 2 cents a minute to call mobiles, mobile users pay around 4 cents a minute to call anyone, and recieving calls on mobiles are free. Mobile users are poised to overtake landline numbers very soon (probably already has, not sure, but its close) Actually, writing this caused me increased realisation of how much things have changed! Interesting theory, quite plausible, except for the last bit… persitence and transtions.

When cell phones came into India 10-12 years ago, local call rates for mobiles were over 50 cents a minute, paid by the cell phone users, both for recieving and calling. The land line user paid the same (lowish) amount, irrespective of whether he called mobiles or land lines.

Today, land line users pay around 2 cents a minute to call mobiles, mobile users pay around 4 cents a minute to call anyone, and recieving calls on mobiles are free.

Mobile users are poised to overtake landline numbers very soon (probably already has, not sure, but its close)

Actually, writing this caused me increased realisation of how much things have changed!

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