Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation
by ninjakttty on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @05:26PM
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You're not refuting his statement. There are massively way more Americans than Canadians.
Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation
by bombcar on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:14PM
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And Canada is basically America for the purposes of phone numbers and texting.
What’s Canada’s country code?
Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation
by shiroiushi on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:55PM
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No, they're not.
The USA and Canada are really the same country, as far as the telcos are concerned. They're part of the same North American phone system, and have the same +1 prefix. Calls between the countries are all free, and don't carry international charges. You might think they're separate countries, and the governments may agree, but the telecom companies disagree.
Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation
by rchaud on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:58AM
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> Calls between the countries are all free, and don't carry international charges.
That depends on your phone plan. The telco charges extra if you don't have a US calling plan add-on. US roaming also costs $12/day.
As a dual-citizen of Canada and the US, I'd have to say that's massively overgeneralized. Pretty much every Canadian I know regularly texts with Americans (iMessage or not), which means those Americans are texting with people outside of the Country.