In the US it's user pays - so if someone calls you then you pay to receive the call. That's why their plans are in minutes. The minutes are in AND out.
In OZ, Orange (now Three/3) tried it on their CDMA network, but it never took off. They restricted it to a location (ie. it did some checking that you were within a certain physical area). In Oz the legal requirements are that a geographic number is tied to a physical location (well, kind of, it's wierd), so I guess the legality of it is difficult.
The other thing, which is a bit hidden, is that carriers receive MUCH more revenue for call termination on mobile than land line. In Oz it's 9-12c/min for mobile but 1c/min for PSTN (or there abouts).
The question in my mind is - it's easy enough to forward calls from a land line (call forward all) so if you're not willing to do that and pay for the minutes, would you be willing to do it?
MMC
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