From: wb8foz@panix.com   
      
   On 8/31/25 7:32 PM, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
      
   > Do other VoIP providers (SIP telcos) have similar rates?   
      
   In the EU, the mobile user pays /min for outgoing, but the caller pay$   
   for to-mobile calls.   
      
   >What happened to cause these changes?   
      
   Good Question.   
      
   I know a while ago the EU dropped the hammer on outrageous intra-EU   
   roaming charges [ie: German user goes to France, makes a call, $$$] so   
   the carriers quickly found other ways to be greedy. One was multiplying   
   charges for terminating inbound calls from outside the EU.   
      
   But I have no idea why they have flipped. I know Callcentric uses   
   Bandwidth on their back end, and would guess that's who hosts their EU   
   calls, but that's a guess.   
      
   Here's Google Voice's rates    
      
   Denmark - Landline 	$0.02   
   Denmark - Mobile 	$0.02   
   Denmark - Premium	$0.70   
   Denmark - Shared Cost	$0.01   
   Denmark - Special Services $0.01   
   Denmark - Toll Free 	$0.01   
   Denmark - Universal Access $0.01   
      
   So maybe you want to look at Google Voice.   
      
   Or ask CallCentric why they are so uncompetitive...   
      
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