Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by zht on Friday February 01, 2019 @09:41AM
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I'm confused, why can you not call a US number from Australia? Is it prohibitively expensive?
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by OJFord on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:15AM
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In the UK it would certainly be _annoyingly_ expensive, given I'm calling because I want to stop spending money on whatever. I'd expect a connection fee + ~£1/min + rate they charge an American caller, and you know you're going to be kept on hold for ages.
It's bad enough calling to complain/cancel a local company - I've paid several pounds a time; I certainly avoid it if at all possible, and would more so with an overseas company.
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by chris_wot on Friday February 01, 2019 @09:55PM
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Yes, it would. There is also the time zone difference.
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by projectramo on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:06AM
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might also be the time difference. You'd have to wake up pretty early to catch 5pm.
If I wanted to cancel, I'm not going to be able to call though, as I live in Australia. I thought there were laws in some states of the U.S. that meant you have to be able to unsubscribe through a form though?