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From: murphyn@orca.cig.mot.com (Neal P. Murphy)
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Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in)
Date: 26 Feb 95 06:01:37 GMT
Organization: Motorola Cellular Infrastructure Group
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Message-ID: <murphyn.793778497@orca>
References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D3sMnw.8vE@proteon.com> <TMB.95Feb20042733@netcom6.netcom.com> <hastyD4BEzu.Jx0@netcom.com> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> <SHIRONO.95Feb22171003@jade.ssd.csd.harris.com>
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Roberto.Shironoshita@mail.csd.harris.com writes:
>In article <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) writes:
>> In <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> camattin@eos.ncsu.edu (Chris A. Mattingly) writes:
>>
>> >By that philosophy, since I only use the phone about 3% of the month, I should
>> >only have to pay 3% of my current phone bill. Will this ever happen? No.
>>
>> No, your current phone bill is based on the fact that you use it only
>> 3% of the month. When you would use it all the time, your bill would
>> go up.
>>
>> Boy, are all Americans so naive?
>No. Americans have flat-rate unlimited local service.
>f >o >d >d >e >r >--
Fodder for sure. Some parts of the US have flat monthly fees. Other parts
(like Illinois Bell ... er, Ameritech) have a more complex fee schedule:
- $0.05 percall to switches up to 8 miles away from the home switch
- per minute fees for calls 8-15 miles away, and over 15 miles
- all calls have a complex discount schedule, depending on the time of day
the call originates.
And if you look at the difference between business and residential rates,
the bill is, in fact, based on the amount you use it, to some degree.
Fester