Fanciful Q and A with a stamp collector specializing in remote islands, wherein the stamp collector asks mcgees.org questions about Google Voice and mcgees.org attempts to answer
Q: So, where is the most expensive place in the world to call with Google Voice?
A: It appears to be Tuvalu.
Q: How much does that cost?
A: US$0.55/minute.
Q: Wow. That is really cheap for a series of atolls about 1m above sea level.
A: Yeah, I thought so too.
Q: Wow. Again. More expensive than Ascension Island? Wouldn’t Google have to buy a satellite to talk to them?
A: I would have thought so. But, in addition to radio towers and useless stamps, they have a newspaper, so you never know.
Q: A newspaper? But there are fewer than 1,000 people there, and none of them live there permanently!
A: Yeah, I know.
Q: Wow. I wonder how I could get a subscription.
A: I can see you are a collector.
Q: Guilty. Maybe they would send them with otherwise-unusable Ascension Island stamps!
A: Might be expensive.
Q: Like what?
A: Like, US$0.55/word. Or thereabouts.
Q: Oh. Well, I still can’t believe Ascension is cheaper than Kiribati.
A: Wow, you have heard of Kiribati?
Q: Yeah. You see, I collect stamps and specialize in remote islands.
A: Ah, yes. We established that in the post title. Apparently you cannot call Kiribati at all.
Q: Oh, yeah, that’s reasonable. I’m not sure there are any phones to ring even if we called.
A: You know, many of your responses don’t qualify as ‘Q’s.
Q: They don’t?
A: There you go. Welcome back.
Q: Gotta go. I just got a bank mixture of Atlantic island stamps to sort.
A: Like, St. Helena and stuf?
Q: Now you are just showing off.
A: That wasn’t a question.
Q: No?
A: That was.
Q: Seriously, I’m leaving now. Call me later?
A: How much would that cost?
Q: Not sure. Where am I again?
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August 4th, 2009 at 14h19
I just finished reading “The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific”. Yes, there are phones on Kiribati. Interesting book – pretty disgusting, actually. I wouldn’t recommend reading it while eating.