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Same here. Cross-border calls are still unreasonably expensive without Viber/Skype. Is it there some limitation to the GSM infrastructure that prevents cheap international calls from ever becoming a reality, or are the phone companies just trying to milk us?

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Some new rules are supposed to take action in Europe and end roaming charges and has been discussed before [1][2] so this might help a lot when it is in place

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5892957 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6339434

> or are the phone companies just trying to milk us?

This one. I used to have a mobile phone plan with Skype rates for international calls. Then it was discontinued.

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