your post on the ridiculous charges that the networks levy on each other (or their customers) for the privilege of completing the call is something that has gone on for too long. the trouble is that it's an invisible tax that few people see, but everyone pays.

it's been perpetuated by the "distance = cost" refrain of the last 50 years, something rebtel is gleefully laying into. i find it odd that it's cheaper for a mobile user in the UK who is a rebtel customer to call a friend in china (2 US cents per minute), than to ring someone on a rival UK network (from about 30 US cents per minute.) that can't be right! (see for yourself at http://www.rebtel.com/en/Rates/Rates/ if you don't believe me)

we're found a way of getting round the interconnect rates, and giving people ten free calls a month. it's something that's growing really fast, and i think will be the reason in years to come, that the industry reforms its obnoxious pricing policy. hope you will come and join us at www.rebtel.com

will