I don't know if the current small partners have heard about the caller ID fee?
You may not believe that in the past, the numbers displayed when we answered the phone also needed to be charged separately. This charging item is called caller ID fee.
Perhaps in the eyes of the current small partners, the caller ID fee is a very incredible existence, and the display number actually has to charge money? But in the past, almost every household had a caller ID turned on.
Why do caller I have to charge money? Why is it that after so long, the caller ID still exists?
In this issue, we're going to nag.
To know why caller ID charges, then we first have to know where the cost of caller ID is.
In the past, the device we used for calls—the switch—it was not equipped with caller ID.
However, for many users, caller ID is a strong demand.
For most users, knowing the caller ID number can predict whether the call should be answered or not. For example, during work hours, without a caller ID, you don't know if the call is a nuisance call or a takeaway delivery call.
Most importantly, with the caller ID, the calls we missed can be called back. There is no caller ID, and to miss is to miss.
Therefore, the caller ID is particularly important.
However, at that time, the switch did not have a caller ID, how should the operator meet the needs of users? Simple, plus equipment. In order to caller ID, it is necessary to specially allocate circuit boards and retrofit all existing equipment.
For operators, the transformation of all base station equipment is undoubtedly a huge expense.
At first, because it was in the process of being renovated, there was no charge for this service. However, with the increase in the number of users, operators are becoming more and more embarrassed, so the charging service of caller ID fees was born.
However, with the development of the times, old-fashioned switches have long been eliminated. Device vendors have long supported caller ID functionality by default when introducing new devices. Do operators need to cancel caller ID fees? Not really.
Under the subtlety of the industry, everyone has gradually accepted the caller ID. Although today's caller ID has no cost, everyone is silently enduring.
Some people say that this is what operators want to prostitute users, and you see foreign operators do not charge extra for caller ID services.
This is actually only half right, caller ID can actually be counted as part of the monthly rent, strictly speaking, "caller ID cost" should be called "infrastructure maintenance costs".
After so many years, operators are indeed stupid white prostitute users, but this does not mean that foreign operators do not charge "caller ID fees".
For example, the U.S. and Australian operators mentioned by everyone did not charge caller ID, but others charged various management fees, service fees, sales taxes and so on. Like domestic operators, others also have laws to follow.
For now, the caller ID is the same as the original domestic roaming charge, there is no cost, but it is still charging. Is this reasonable? Obviously unreasonable.
In fact, as early as March last year, Zhou Shihong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice president of the Anhui Lawyers Association, said that the caller ID charges were unreasonable.
But until this year, some netizens in the People's Network "leadership message board" to ask "when the caller ID fee can be canceled", we got a clear answer: cancel within 3-5 years.
You don't have to worry that operators won't do the same, because this is the reply of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. However, why such a function takes 3-5 years to complete, Dark Horse is puzzled.
If you or your family are now using a package that includes caller ID fees, there are only two ways to cancel your caller ID charges as quickly as possible.
The first is to call the operator to turn off the caller ID function, but this operation is really embarrassing; the second method is to call the operator to change to the latest package launched in recent years, and the monthly rent of these packages usually includes the caller ID function.
For many people, dark horse is more recommended as the second method to deal with. If the operator refuses to help you change the package, you can also complain to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
In general, this wave of replies from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is late but late.
But 3-5 years, isn't that too long?