[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #92 (way OT)

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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:53:20 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:

> I can see how letting you stay on line for an unlimited time
> equates to "selling" excess capacity. It sounds to me like they
> would be losing on the deal.

> But then I never did understand high finance.


No, I guess not. Here in the USA "local" phone calls have always
been unlimited and unmetered. You paid a flat rate for local
phone service and made as many calls as you wanted and stayed 
on the line for as long as you wanted. That was for residential
service. Calls out of your "local" area were timed and you paid so
much per minute.

There is now flat rate long distance available where you pay a 
fixed amount per month and can make unlimited calls all over the
country. The various phone companies all have excess capacity and
are hungry for revenue. This "flat rate" long distance is fairly
new. They figure that something is better than nothing.







Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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