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Old Dec 3, 2003 | 8:51 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stimpy:
Huh? It costs millions to build, maintain and operate the international HLR/VLR systems and the OSS behind it. Not to mention all those interconntects. Not to mention the settlement systems. That's why you pay extra to roam internationally. Now it may not need to be a lot extra, but the telcos want to make a profit like anyone else.</font>
It costs NO more than the costs incurred to affect billing systems for other services (like data)... There is MAJOR gouging on international roaming. I'm not expecting operators to go poor on this even if they dropped roaming rates 70%.
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