[pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts

DEAR JEFFREY,
        We used to pay $3 per minute and now, due to competition, they
charge us $1.90 per minute for overseas calls.  Try to justify that in any
way except consumer rape!  They have had the infrastructure in place for
decades.  Yes, they, like everyone else have had to upgrade their technology
but why am I paying nearly 5 times what you are?  C'mon.  Admit it.  Our
local carrier who is also our ISP is a Pirate of the Caribbean!  Still wear
earrings but carry valises instead of sabers!
                CHEERS!
                        BOB

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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thorns
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:11 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts

>  High priced telephone service is mostly due to taxation, the actual 
>cost is nearly nothing.

Initial infrastructure build-out costs and maintenance of that 
network are not trivial costs, labor being the big ongoing one. Good 
customer service costs a *lot* to provide. And customers are always 
asking for the newest tech, and it's *got* to be cheaper than the 
existing tech.

Building and maintaining a telephone company is messy and costly - 
not enough to justify $.25/min domestic LD rates or $40. phone lines, 
but not *free* either.

(Disclaimer: I work for a telephone company that was built mostly 
from the ground up.)

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