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From: Norman R Tiedemann <normt@ihlpy.att.com>
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Subject: Re: Phone Rates USA to/from Japan
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Date: 21 Aug 90 18:17:48 GMT
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To add to my comparison of phone rates between USA and Japan: AT&T has
a "Reach Out World" Plan which can includes Japan. The costs and times
are very similar to MCI's except after 10 minutes of calling per month
the rate actually drops below MCI's.

AT&T Reach Out World to Japan:

$3.00 per month charge (same as MCI)
Calling times 10PM-2PM (same as MCI)
Cost $ .80 per minute (the standard one	cent more than MCI)

BUT after ten minutes per month the cost goes to $ .76 per minutes, a
whole three cents per minute less than MCI's plan. So for lots of
calling, this is the cheapest USA -> Japan and almost the cheapest
around. (Japan to USA, after the first minute rate of 0.73 is still
cheaper based on 150 Yen/Dollar exchange.)

Here I worked for the company and I didn't know about this plan until
someone else told me about it.


	Norm Tiedemann		AT&T Bell Labs IH 2G-419
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