Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: ms6b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Marvin Sirbu) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Touch-tone charges going away? Message-ID: Date: 8 Jun 89 14:01:57 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 3 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 191, message 6 of 9 One possible reason for eliminating touch-tone charges would be if you believe they act as a barrier to selling more of other kinds of services. Remember the elementary economics concept of elasticity of demand.