Do incoming mobile calls cost money in the US?

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Nick said:

ArtofAngels said:

I was watching the Fox News report about that dude who thinks he invented the Wii remote, and at the very start there is an add saying 'If it rings it's free' and ad for a new Mobile phone deal stating that people can call you and you don't pay, as if to imply it's normal for incoming calls to cost the receiver money, this is really weird I think, you are charged even if someone calls you???

Over here in Australia every single carrier does not charge you if you receive a phone call, that' just plain stupid that it could cost you money if someone is ringing you, weird.

Over here we only pay for what we do, we only pay when we are the one dialling the call or sending the txt.

Apparently it's the same if someone ever txt's you in the US, it costs you money as well as them, talk about rip off!

Although I agree with you entirely. You always know who is calling because caller ID is free, so if you "choose" to answer the call then you are doing something and still using a service. Almost all of my calls incoming or outgoing are free so it wouldn't matter much to me either way.

Side note: Cell phones are nothing more than a luxury that I am ready to live without. They've become an excuse to be rude. A small example is when people go to a store or restaurant and use them. Sometimes I'll drop what I'm doing, walk up to the counter from the back of the store, and stand there until they decide to finish their call. Why even go to a place that you have to communicate with another human being and decide to do it while on the phone? Sometimes they don't finish their calls and expect you to read their minds. They don't offer the simple courtesy of communication while they're expecting you to perform for them. Generally when you can't/don't help them, (because they're too busy talking on the phone) they get upset with you. Blows my mind.

I think I'd enjoy the world just a little more if cell phones didn't exist.

LOL. I wouldn't call them luxury. Unless you define luxury something that is needed for living, which would mean everything except food, clothes and homes. Wired phone network seems to exist practically only for internet anymore, which may change soon, since mobile internet speeds are topping 2Mbps. Mobile phones are handy, but i do agree that some people don't use them in respective manner. But in the other hand, when the kind of behavior is what everyone does, it can be considered as normal. About the billing deals, i have really bad one, 70 minutes for 7 EUR, but i chose it because of the low overall cost and of course could change it anytime i want. My wife has a lot better but she calls more than i. If i recall, she has 400 minutes a month for 14 Euros. Then we both have 300 SMS for (maybe) 4 EUR each and 25 MB of data transfer for 4 EUR each Damn, looks like you USAns get ripped with your phones. Well, this way for a change.