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Short Phone calls-- Charge a set up fee!
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 17:45:46 -0400
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 12:37:54 PDT From: Jim Opfer (via RadioMail) <opfer () radiomail net> Dave There is an article in today's LA Times about how PAC Bell is asking the PUC to allow a "set up charge" for calls. This would make short calls as much as five times more expensive. Supposedly the reason they are doing this is because "american telephone calls are getting much shorter" Innovations such as voicemail, fax, pagers, and email are dramatically abbreviating telephone calls. Today, about 52% of the residential phone connections last one minute or less, compared with 22% in 1982. Interesting article claiming that the phone companies argue that short telephone calls are more expensive to carry. Jim
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