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From: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing
Message-ID: <1021@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 24 May 90 23:51:42 GMT
References: <285@sphere.UUCP>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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In article <285@sphere.UUCP> ruck@sphere.UUCP (John R Ruckstuhl Jr) writes:
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>How do long-distance telephone services maintain accuracy in
>time-stamping telephone connections?

Hey, those guys have a little racket going on: You are charged for every
minute, or fraction thereof. So, if I make a call for 61 seconds, it will
cost as much as one lasting 119 seconds.