On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:
There was a pretty long piece on the evening news on using the internet for This is the rankest speculation on my part, but could some of the bigger, smarter phone company cum internet providers have done some serious analysis and concluded that we're moving away from distance-based rates for voice calls. Might they even have examined where we'll be in the next ten years (with ADSL, etc.) and decided that the network technology and simple market economics makes fixed charges per "line" more profitable to them
At 6:41 AM -0700 7/18/96, Clay Olbon II wrote: than metered usage? Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part, but some of the bigger actors are starting to behave in a surprisingly counter-intuitive (based on the way we stereotype them) fashion on this topic.
It is my understanding that billing is one of the biggest headaches and expenses for a phone company. Going to a flat rate would solve a decent amount of that wouldn't it? Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com