Originally Posted by
ContinentalFan
I have a personal and business phone on the same account. The business phone is the only that runs up the $300 to $500 bill each month. I call overseas a lot; and I call from Europe to the US quite often too. I suspect that its profitable for Cingular when I call Europe, but I don't know if they get much when I call from overseas.
I didn't look at any of the "e-mail" plans, but I have to believe they would have tacked on a lot of additional charges when I started using e-mail.
Trust me, they get a lot when you call from overseas. I use a service based
out of another country (A regular GSM phone with international roaming)
what I pay = (amount charges by the roaming partner + 15% surcharge)
Its much cheaper compared to any other vendor based in US or UK.
Based on this, I can see my vendor makes 15% and may be a little bit
here and there.... But I suspect US based providers make a lot more.
They may even pay less charges to the roaming partners based on some
volume deals.
IIRC there are some Email/web plans on a PDA device for about $70 +/- with unlimited international roaming. Might want to look into it.