[10125] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
One last IIA note
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Humphrey)
Tue Feb 8 12:00:29 1994
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 11:59:46 -0500
From: Doug Humphrey <doug@ss1.digex.net>
To: com-priv@psi.com
I was just reading one of the informational faxes that the
IIA send out, and I ran into this; something that I have not
heard mentioned before:
"If you do not use the 800 number you will never be charged. If you
find the 800 more economical than direct dial, you will be billed in
$10 increments. A charge will be rolled over until all time has been
exhausted."
The strange part is the "$10 increments", and the unclear part is
the "charge will be rolled over" part. Does this mean that they
are rounding UP to the nearest $10?
Yow! This is, ah, somewhat unusual, to put it in polite terms.
I can see rounding cents, and maybe nickles or quarters, but to
the next $10? I am impressed.
Doug
P.S. This was from a fax dated 2-5-94 5:40pm, a four pager.
