> Which I think is the only way that makes sense: charging the user of the
> mobile phone for the airtime. This makes for a much better rate structure,
> as it is the customer of the mobile phone company who they discuss prices
> with. The way it is in Germany, Brazil and others (where the caller pays
> most of the cost of the airtime) doesn't make that much sense and generally
> leads to higher rates.
>   

On the other hand it strongly discourages marketing calls and other 
timewasting calls to mobiles (yes I know the US has a law against 
marketing calls to mobiles but from what I can gather it is widely 
ignored, also in the US you can't even tell from the number if you are 
calling a mobile).

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