The Giant Way Your Phone Company Is Screwing You Over—It’s Not What You Expect

By now, we've all just accepted that international calling is expensive. We've rationalized it too, because it doesn't feel that far-fetched to think a phone call across the world would come at a greater cost. The thing is, though, for the phone companies, international calling isn't expensive at all, but it is extremely profitable. Margins on international calling hover around 90 percent for most phone companies.