Incoming Mobile Calls

[sprayermick]

My mobile phone rang this morning, it recognised the caller as being one of my friends so I answered it and was having a chat for about 15 Min's. when he told me he was on holiday and was ringing from Thailand, my phone is on contract from Virgin mobile and my neighbour has told me that I will be charged for receiving this call, is this correct?

[squarebear]

Oops! Yes you will and it won't be cheap.

[Old_Geezer]

He is abroad, not you. He will be paying the larger costs. Were it you who was abroad, the caller would pay the normal UK rate, you would pick up the remainng tab for the connnection to the country you were in. But that is not the case you describe.

[Old_Geezer]

Darn typos. We demand editing facilities !

[sprayermick]

I think that is totally out of order, why should I have to pay for a call HE made, it recognises the caller but NOT where the call originates from so how are you supposed to decide if you wish to answer or not. (sorry about the rant but when it comes to paying for rip offs I am tighter than 2 coats of paint)

[Old_Geezer]

If you are going abroad you may look up the rules before you go.

Of course you will pay the difference if you are not on your home network. Your mobile number can not show any geographical information, you could be anywhere.

Do you think it would be fair for someone to call you not knowing you are away, and find when their bill comes in they paid a fortune; not because they did anything differently, but because you roamed away from home ? Obviously not, so it is only fair that if you roam away to a foreign country and choose to answer incoming calls you pick up the extra costs of an international call.

It would be in your contract.

[VHG]

>>>Old_Geezer If you are going abroad you may look up the rules before you go

If you bother to read the question carefully it is his FRIEND who is away on holidaY, not the person who received the call.

The person who received the call IS on his home network.

[Old_Geezer]

I did bother to read the question and that is exactly why I wrote the things I did. I pointed out this in my first post. And later I see sprayermick's annoyance that someone who has roamed will need to pay the international part of the call, which I pointed out was perfectly fair.