[Age of Reason]

Now if only it cost a lot of money to phone one of those third-world workers.

That would eliminate the salary advantage.

Just why would it cost us a bundle to call India from a home phone (or worse, from a small business phone)--but it doesn't cost a big company a bundle to make the same call, or to supply toll-free customer service lines to India?

[oceanview]

those tariffs are never going to happen.

freeper parents of college bound children should take note from this thread and the many others on the offshoring trend: don't let your kids go to college to specialize in this field. Its a dead industry in this country, its being hollowed out like low skilled manufacturing was.

[LPStar]

It doesn't cost that much to phone India if you get a phone card at the local corner store. If you set up Voice over IP, or get a special bulk rate, it costs even less.