“If you were to actually make 450 outbound minutes worth of calls to a mobile on another carrier in Indonesiaâ��the worst case scenario-itâ��d work out to almost exactly what youâ��d pay for a 450 minute rate plan per-month with all the taxes and made-up fees. Of course, if you use less minutes, you donâ��t actually have to pay for 450 outbound minutes, you pay forâ��and get charged forâ�� exactly what you use.”

I like how you explained that. Very helpful. Thanks.

Simple we pay too much for cell phone service here and the features are low compared to these countries too.

something else that is very unique about the United States(and i think canada) is that we are just about the only people who pay for calls to toll free numbers from our cell phones. In nearly every other nation they are free. I believe that our cell operators get reverse charge connection fees for these calls just like land line counterparts. It only seems fair that they should at least be free of charge on plans with ‘free incoming calls.’ I have to say that I am also a bit surprised that the major carriers and call centers of our major companies have not started to offer ‘toll free from all phones – including cellular’ numbers or that it has not been at all a topic of discussion. For years my main use of a landlines has been for calls to toll free numbers that i am likely to be placed on hold for unpredictable lengths of time.