Argentine court confirms phone calls to Falklands/Malvinas must be billed as domestic

Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 08:27 UTC

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Argentine justice confirmed that phone calls to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands must be billed as local calls and not long distance. Argentine telecoms companies Telefonica and Telecom said that this was normal procedure, however a client presented a “consumers' appeal” claiming a call to the Falklands had been labeled as international instead of domestic. Read full article

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Jo Bloggs
What a wanker, and more fool the court for letting it get that far. Moral compensation? Sounds like you just need to work a little harder Mr. Giusti; if you have time to waste like this you should do something worthwhile.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 09:20 am - Link - Report abuse +5
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Frank
Maybe they should also remove the 'international' from 'Rio Gallegos International Airport' at the same time :)

I had the misfortune to find myself travelling by bus past Rio Gallegos a few weeks ago ( PA to Orsorno )..... the bus skirted the western fringe of the town.....what a dump.... the scruff edge of Bariloche was no better and Piedrabuena still had election posters from about 2010 all over the place... what a sad and frucked up country...
Jul 13th, 2017 - 10:14 am - Link - Report abuse +4
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Brit Bob
Ah the Malvinas myth goes on...

Falklands- Never Belonged to Argentina (1 page):
https://www.academia.edu/31111843/Falklands_Never_Belonged_to_Argentina
Jul 13th, 2017 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse +4
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Livepeanuts
If Argentina is going to do stupid things, at least this time it has a positive side if the only sane population (Brits, Falklanders, Personnel serving the Crown) should benefit and get discounts, it is a rare good consequence of all the brainwashing and twisted logic from Buenos Aires. .. We should thank the Gods for small mercies.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 12:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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R. Ben Madison
An implanted settler population has no rights! Therefore, Argentina belongs to Spain regardless of the wishes of its temporary transient population.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Viking
Good point Ben! According to your reasoning same would be true for the Falklands.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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Roger Lorton
Implanted? The Falklanders are as 'implanted' as the Argentines. There is no such thing, and, in any case, the right to self-determination does not include any exceptions - implanted or otherwise.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse +5
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Stoker
Denial - it aint just a river in Egypt ;-D
Jul 13th, 2017 - 05:27 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Clyde15
Implanted ? Sounds like the Island of Dr.Moreau.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Islander1
Wonder does Arg Govt- and thus Arg taxpayer - pick up the bill from the International side then- as believe you me- it is charged!
Jul 13th, 2017 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse +4
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HughJuanCoeurs
Perhaps the Falkland Islands ought to do porn telephone lines. You know... “I'm a lonely penguin and I want to make an Argie boy go hot and cold with desire for my beautiful plump, unspoiled islands” ...that sort of thing... and see how much revenue gets generated.
Jul 13th, 2017 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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gordo1
What about calls from the Falkland Islands to Argentina? Are they to be charged as local calls?
Jul 13th, 2017 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Marti Llazo
Just to bugger my local phone company, I've been thinking of making a few long chatty calls from here (Río Gallegos) to unknowns in the islands......
Jul 13th, 2017 - 10:31 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Stoker
Marti - did you see this propaganda exercise undertaken with children from one of your local schools?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmgbUP8NV8&t=7s
I note one of the adults who went along with those school children - Ernesto Alonso - was also tagging along with Adolfo Perez Esquivel in his trip to the islands in March (which turned into a fiasco) ;-D
Jul 14th, 2017 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
If person A in the UK calls person B on person A's UK cell phone number while person B happens to be in the USA then person A will be charged the local UK call rate (it is not his fault that person B is out of the country) while person B will be charged the balance of the international call.

Could a similar system be instituted in the Falklands? A person may be charged the local rate from Argentina to the Falklands but couldn't the Falklands phone service then charge the balance of what would be the international call rate for the final part of the call between it arriving in the Falklands and connecting with the final recipient of the call? It would be a money earner for the Falklands and the Argentine phone company would have to absorb or pass on those charges somehow, maybe the local call rate in all of Argentina would go up by a tiny %? Or maybe that is effectively what is happening anyway? If the international rate reflects the true cost of the call then the Argentine phone companies are going to have to obtain the difference between the cost of those calls and what they are charging somehow.
Jul 14th, 2017 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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DemonTree
That's a good point. What happens if someone with a mobile registered in Argentina goes to the Falklands? Do roaming charges and restrictions apply? I assume the usual Argentine networks are not available in the Falklands so they would need an agreement with the local one (if you can even get reception there). Who covers the cost of that?
Jul 14th, 2017 - 07:17 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Jo Bloggs
Marti
Give me a call; I'd love to chat with you. The question is how to get my number to young not the trolls.
Jul 14th, 2017 - 11:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Capt Rockhopper
The couldn't arrange an orgy in a brothel if they tried.
Jul 16th, 2017 - 07:52 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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Livingthedream
Who in Argentina calls the FI?
Jul 16th, 2017 - 12:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
“Who in Argentina calls the FI?”

Apparently a lot of people and not all of them with pleasant intentions. I tried recently (from Santa Cruz province, and with friendly intentions) and all my attempts were blocked.

Evidently there have been so many recent harassment calls to the islands from Argentina using the “domestic call” rates that now it seems calls are being blocked.
Jul 16th, 2017 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Kipper
England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Jul 17th, 2017 - 06:20 am - Link - Report abuse -4
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HughJuanCoeurs
Poor old Kipper. It used to be Hepathetic with the old “England will return the Malvinas within 25 years” BS. Let me enlighten you.
#1 Yes, we have no Malvinas... (Chile has some though)
#2 England doesn't have the wherewithal to return the FALKLANDS (please learn the difference between “England” and “The United Kingdom of Great Britain”)
#3 The United Kingdom of Great Britain won't be returning the Falklands to Argentina without the express wishes and permission of the Falkland Islanders.
#4 It ain't going to happen.
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