29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
10:17 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Dialling up in 1982 (was Re: old modems (was
Telephonyswitches))
$1.00 a minute seems pricy to me for long distance in
the 1980s - at
least for off-peak. Were Canadian rates that bad everywhere, or just
around you?
In 1984-1985, I paid $1.04 a minute (Canadian) daytime to call most of
Canada and all of the US. From 6 pm to midnight or all day Sunday it was
$0.59, and from midnight to 6 am it was $0.42. We would do our long
distance BBS calling at midnight, almost invariably, because it was so much
less expensive.
Of course, things have changed a little now. I can call Copenhagen, Denmark
for 2.5 cents a minute on my home phone. :)
Jim