Re: texst to a landline

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
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We were forced to rent telephones until they broke up Bell
Telephone. Long distance calls only became affordable much
later. To this day I wouldn't call Europe. I have no idea what
it would cost.

 
  Well, you could install Skype on your computer (or smartphone ("Yeah,
*right*!")) and call European landlines for a few cents per minute (if
that 'much') and mobile numbers for a bit more.

 
Or simply use whatsapp. Large swathes of the European population use
whatsapp and calls only require data; i.e. free using home wifi.

  Yes, but that applies to normal people in non third-world countries.
That doesn't apply here! :-) Expecting the caller to accept to use Skype
is already a big ask and probably a too big one.

  But yes, we use WhatsApp with our relatives in Australia, all the
time.

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