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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 19:24:03 GMT
- From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Staying Up All Night - Or All Day
- Message-ID: <telecom12.662.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: CMC Network Systems (Rockwell DCD), Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 662, Message 3 of 14
- Lines: 34
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- In article <telecom12.659.3@eecs.nwu.edu> James.VanHouten@f544.
- n109.z1.fidonet.org (James VanHouten) writes:
-
- > Is there a tariff that prevents subscribers from dedicating modems
- > together on POTS lines. One of my customers has 20 auto parts stores
- > that call into their parts computer every morning at 7 AM and they
- > stay up until about 6 PM. How are they getting away with this??
-
- Until a few months ago, this GTE service area had flat rate local
- calling, but now all business calls are metered. The rate is about
- $0.02 / minute daytime, $0.01 / minute nighttime. Residential
- subscribers have a choice between flat rate and measured local calls.
- I would not be surprised to see flat rate phased out in a couple of
- years.
-
- The net result is that for a wide area of rate bands, from local to
- transcontinental, it is cheaper to lease a line than to keep a call up
- for more than about seven hours per day.
-
- How common is flat rate or per call local calls anymore ? If you will
- mail me your data, I will summarize for the Digest.
-
- Sample:
- Line, daytime night
- City or suburb, ST Co NPA-PFX Plan Monthly Percall Per min Per min
- Santa Barbara, CA GTE 805-682 Bus $35.00 $0.02 $0.02 $0.01
- Santa Barbara, CA GTE 805-682 Resflat $12.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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- Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer Internet E-mail: lars@CMC.COM
- CMC Network Products / Rockwell Int'l Telephone: +1-805-968-4262
- Santa Barbara, CA 93117-3083 TeleFAX: +1-805-968-8256
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