Comments on: It’s cheaper to fly than call http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/05/its_cheaper_to_fly_than_call.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Loulou http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/05/its_cheaper_to_fly_than_call.html/comment-page-1#comment-55385 Loulou Thu, 31 May 2007 17:52:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/05/its_cheaper_to_fly_than_call.html#comment-55385 It's all perspective isn't it? It's cheaper to go to almost all Ryan Air's destinations in Europe than catch the train to Brum from Euston if you book your flight early enough. The landline ops aren't much better though. With NTHell/Virgin New Media Luvvies/whatever they call themselves this week I can call my friend down the road at peak time for 3p a minute with a 5p connection charge ... but for a peak time call to a friend's mobile in the USA I'm charged 2p a min with the same connection charge on their international call tariffs. At least, Orange have got the plot and this month I noticed that calls to a different network mobile op are now included in my minutes. Finally, a step in the right direction. It’s all perspective isn’t it?

It’s cheaper to go to almost all Ryan Air’s destinations in Europe than catch the train to Brum from Euston if you book your flight early enough.

The landline ops aren’t much better though. With NTHell/Virgin New Media Luvvies/whatever they call themselves this week I can call my friend down the road at peak time for 3p a minute with a 5p connection charge … but for a peak time call to a friend’s mobile in the USA I’m charged 2p a min with the same connection charge on their international call tariffs.

At least, Orange have got the plot and this month I noticed that calls to a different network mobile op are now included in my minutes.

Finally, a step in the right direction.

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