IP: Swedish Telia abolishes long distance rates

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> To: Multiple recipients of list <telecomreg () relay doit wisc edu>
> From: Arno Wirzenius <arnow () iki fi>
>
> Did telecomreggers notice the following (copied from
> www.telia.se (they do have English pages):
>
> > 2000-02-14
> > Telia introduces local rate for calls throughout Sweden
> > Beginning February 15, 2000, Telia is discontinuing long-distance rates in
> > Sweden and introducing one daytime and one evening/weekend local charge
> > for calls to any destination in Sweden. In the new pricing plan, all 
> national
> > calls in Telia's fixed network will cost SEK 0.115 per minute in the 
> evenings
> > and weekends, and SEK 0.23 in the daytime.
>
> FYI: one US$ is around 8.6 SEK, thus the calls are peak rate $ 0.027
> and off-peak $ 0.013.
>
> What would happen in USA or Canada if all long distance charges
> were abolished and only local call charges left? Can this be
> understood as real cost based charging: when costs change, charges
> are changed, too?
>
>
>
> Arno
>
> ------
> Arno Wirzenius
> Telecoms consultant, www.iki.fi/arnow/