29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
10:39 a.m.
On 6/29/07, Jim MacKenzie <jim at photojim.ca> wrote:
In 1984-1985, I paid $1.04 a minute (Canadian) daytime
to call most of
Canada and all of the US.
Daytime, I can see being pricey - it was in the States, too.
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.
Sure... I don't think I could make a "night rate" call (23:00 to, I
guess, 06:00) for much under $0.40/min. We made most of our calls
late back then.
Of course, things have changed a little now. I can
call Copenhagen, Denmark
for 2.5 cents a minute on my home phone. :)
Sure. I was just at lunch with someone in the telecom industry. Not
because of this thread but for independent reasons, it came up that
their employer (a large wireless company) paid $0.005/min for long
distance pumped from their customers to get onto a land line. That's
why you can get Europe for $0.025/min now... there's room for profit
even at that level.
Thank you, Judge Green.
-ethan
(who never once did long-distance modem dialling, especially after
that first CIS bill)