Companies ask SBC to block T-Mobile calls
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But does anyone know what happened?
Article originally by TNDan21
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Companies ask SBC to block T-Mobile calls
By Jerri Stroud
Of the Post-Dispatch
12/15/2004
Traffic between customers of cell phone provider T-Mobile and the customers of 12 small telephone companies in Missouri could be disrupted today after the companies asked SBC Communications Inc. to start blocking T-Mobile calls after midnight Tuesday.
T-Mobile USA, based in Bellevue, Wash., said it would route the calls through long-distance companies to avert potential disruption. T-Mobile said it is willing to negotiate with the companies.
The 12 companies, including Fidelity Telephone Co. of Sullivan, say they have tried...
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But does anyone know what happened?
Article originally by TNDan21
Sorry if I missed it in forum
.
Companies ask SBC to block T-Mobile calls
By Jerri Stroud
Of the Post-Dispatch
12/15/2004
Traffic between customers of cell phone provider T-Mobile and the customers of 12 small telephone companies in Missouri could be disrupted today after the companies asked SBC Communications Inc. to start blocking T-Mobile calls after midnight Tuesday.
T-Mobile USA, based in Bellevue, Wash., said it would route the calls through long-distance companies to avert potential disruption. T-Mobile said it is willing to negotiate with the companies.
The 12 companies, including Fidelity Telephone Co. of Sullivan, say they have tried...
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I think it's ridiculous to charge $0.075 per minute for incoming calls. The industry is supposed to be competitive. Suppose a customer is on the Tmo 600 min plan for 39.99, it costs the customer $.066 per minute, and Tmo is losing money. I think $0.075 is outrageous.
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