[12205] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: US West Holding Back
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Boolootian)
Mon May 9 13:26:02 1994
From: booloo@framsparc.ocf.llnl.gov (Mark Boolootian)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 09:13:24 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9405070006.A21266-0100000@crl.crl.com> from "Joseph W. Stroup" at May 7, 94 00:21:06 am
Communications Week ran an article in the 4/25 issue about ISDN data fees.
Essentially, almost all the major local exchange carriers apply a usage
fee for ISDN service. According to the article, of the two carriers which
don't currently have usage fees, Southwestern Bell is considering adding
them, although BellSouth is apparently not.
The article goes on to argue that usage-sensitive pricing structures serve
as barriers to entry-level usage, and affect the popularity of ISDN.
They offered the following table:
ISDN BRI charges
Carrier Monthly Rate Usage Charges
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ameritech $34.14 Voice and data: 1 to 16 cents/mintue
(depending on time of day)
Bell Atlantic $23.00 Voice: 2.9 cents/minute
Data: 5 cents/minute
BellSouth
Telecommunications $99.50 Circuit-switched voice and data: no charge
Packet-switched data: 0.000214 to 0.000257
cents/minute
GTE Telephone
Operations $69.37 Voice: no charge
Data: 3 to 5 cents first minute; 2 to 3
cents each additional
Nynex $28.23 Voice: 8 cents first minute; 1.3 cents each
additional
Data: 9 cents first minute; 2.3 cents each
additional
Pacific Bell $26.85 Voice and data: 4 cents first minute; 1 cent
each additional
Southwester Bell
Telecommunications $46.00 No usage charges
US West
Communications $35.00 Voice and data: 4 to 4.5 cents first minute;
1.5 to 2 cents each additional
mb
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Mark Boolootian booloo@llnl.gov +1 510 423 1948
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