The higher the card denomination purchased, the lower the per-minute rate applied.
The higher per-minute rates are designed to make up the shortfall.
The falling cost of long-distance capacity is, in fact, leading to drastically lower per-minute rates.
Consumers were paying for these things before, but as part of higher per-minute rates.
If you get that plan, you can call India for 60 minutes per month without paying a per-minute rate.
But the announcement never mentioned that the per-minute rates would be increased Monday through Saturday.
The advisers' per-minute rates for phone consultation are listed.
In most cases, cards charge higher per-minute rates for international calls to cell phones.
Then they can charge you those sky-high per-minute rates.
In addition, even with the privatization of the telephone system over the last two years, per-minute rates are high.