Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Divestiture, Business and the General Public Message-ID: Date: 6 Aug 89 00:40:05 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 277, message 7 of 11 > > Equity requires that 20 ordinary phone lines should not cost simply 20 > > times the cost of one phone line, since there are economies of scale. > So why do I have to pay 2 times the cost of one line for 2 residential > phone lines? What's sauce for the goose... That depends upon where you live. In New Jersey, a second line costs less than the first line. This is true for both business and residence service. -- Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave