[9697] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: bill summary: Telecommunications Act
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clay Shirky)
Sun Jan 16 22:55:16 1994
From: Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com>
To: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 22:53:07 -0500 (EST)
Cc: adamfast@u.washington.edu, dave@oldcolo.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <m0pLSiK-000EqcC@mercury.mcs.com> from "Karl Denninger" at Jan 16, 94 02:20:04 am
>
> Note that we have long distance charges that are 2x what they need to be
> <precisely> because of settlements. The last mile of your phone call is as
> expensive as the 1500 miles in between.
This conservative. A recent article about the recent MCI announcement in
the New York Times said that 85 cents of every dollar spent on long distance
service was profit.
--
Clay Shirky
