Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial

["James R. Cutler" <james.cutler () consultant com>]

As many universities found out long ago after installing Centrex  
lines in dormitory rooms, the quote below is not correct.  Only, in  
telco-land, extended call duration was what used up the available  
connection paths.  No, I don't know how many Erlangs.

On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> On phone networks, flat rate kinda works because a single phone  
> call is a very tiny fraction of the shared resource.

James R. Cutler
james.cutler () consultant com