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From: wybbs!ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken Jongsma)
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Subject: Re: US Long Distance Billing Scheme is a Crock
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I just had to respond to this post, I'm sure there will be many
others.  While the poster makes some valid points, I think overall,
the US plan is much easier to understand *and verify.* (I've used both
the meter and the US (really North American) systems.)

It's much easier to understand that a call costs x cents a minute and
see it show up that way on your bill. I believe the vast majority of
long distance calls are billed to a credit card these days, or at
least a third number. Having a meter based system just for coin calls
when home and businesses receive time based calls would not make a lot
of sense either.


Ken Jongsma                 ken@wybbs.mi.org
Smiths Industries           ken%wybbs@sharkey.umich.edu
Grand Rapids, Michigan      ..sharkey.cc.umich.edu!wybbs!ken