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Re: NSA gets no reply in Dutch cloud provider

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Post by semanticist » Fri, Jun 14, 2013, 10:54 AM UTC

ownagefool wrote: post #47

sksksk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does, at least in the UK

Are you sure about that? I live in Scotland and I think I'd have noticed not being able to hang up a call because the other side didn't.

I also live in Scotland and I've had this happen to me in the past.

It almost never happens by accident - the person keeping the line open is paying for it, after all. (Or, traditionally, was, with bundles and free evening/weekend calls, I've no idea if people actually pay for landline calls any more.)

Re: NSA gets no reply in Dutch cloud provider

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Post by ownagefool » Fri, Jun 14, 2013, 3:49 PM UTC

semanticist wrote: post #51

ownagefool wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you sure about that? I live in Scotland and I think I'd have noticed not being able to hang up a call because the other side didn't.

I also live in Scotland and I've had this happen to me in the past. It almost never happens by accident - the person keeping the line open is paying for it, after all. (Or, traditionally, was, with bundles and free evening/weekend calls, I've no idea if people actually pay for landline calls any more.)

I believe it's common that T&C's will state you will be charged if you're on the call for more than an hour, regardless of free/unlimited minutes.

I've still never experienced this. I'd test it, but I haven't had a landline in a while.

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