Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: pdg@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Guthrie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Anachronistic Rip-off Message-ID: <1801@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Dec 89 07:03:40 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Paul Guthrie Organization: The League of Crafty Hackers Lines: 8 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 551, message 4 of 11 One thing to keep in mind is that the use of dialers to access inter-lata carriers does not necessarily mean that the customer pays for the local call into the carrier. Many carriers use FGB lines (950 NXX), and bear the (much reduced) costs. Paul Guthrie chinet!nsacray!paul