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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing
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Date: 26 May 90 00:58:32 GMT
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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.

Right.  So it makes a lot of sense for penny pinchers to watch the clock
closely and make sure they get at least 45 of those 59 seconds used on
that last minute ;-)
                         - tom

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