Metered Phone

[The Deviant]

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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:45:48 -0700
> From: Bill Stewart <stewarts at ix.netcom.com>
> To: Jerome Tan <jti at i-manila.com.ph>
> Cc: cypherpunks at toad.com
> Subject: Re: Metered Phone
> 
> At 01:19 PM 7/7/96 +0800, you wrote:
> >Does anyone have any ideas about this metered phone? 
> >I am from Philippines and heard some news that it will be 
> >existing in 1997. Quite a big problem! Every dial will be counted, 
> >every seconds will be measured...
> 
> That sounds like you're getting newer telephone technology.
> In the US, most areas with newer telephone switches offer you
> the choice of flat rate service (you pay a constant price per month
> for calls in your city or other local area) or measured service
> (you pay a lower price per month plus a few cents per minute
> for local calls.)  In many places with measured service,
> the phone company measures how much time you use for local calls,
> but doesn't record who you call, only how many minutes.
> For long-distance calls, which always charge for time,
> they do record what number you call.
> 
> For computer users, there are two issues -
> - recording who you call is, of course, bad 
> - if you have flat rate telephone service, you can stay
> connected to your Internet provider full time,
> instead of calling up every N minutes or when you have mail.
> 
> #				Thanks;  Bill
> # Bill Stewart +1-415-442-2215 stewarts at ix.netcom.com
> # http://www.idiom.com/~wcs
> #				Re-delegate Authority!
> 
> 

More often than not when you are being metered, they include a list of who
you call and how long you spend on each call with your bill.

 --Deviant


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