[9724] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Another quickie on levels of telco service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@hum)
Tue Jan 18 09:18:59 1994
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 09:11:48 EST
From: Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@humres-server.net.tufts.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc:
Dick St.Peter's notes:
> Karl's obviously correct that the cost of long distance service has
> come way down. We pay less (for long distance), but we get less too -
> the "level" of service, to use Adam's term, has declined.
I can't agree about the level of service. Today, thanks to the market
being more open for telcos, I'm able to pick a long distance carrier
who gives me free calls every month for selected political, social, and
environmental concerns.
Moreover, they tell me how my senators and representatives vote on certain
issues of interest.
All of this and clear phone calls, an ability to call anywhere from anywhere
without any money at hand (phone card), and cheap rates make for a model
that I doubt ever existed twenty years ago.
(The phone company is Working Assets Long Distance, incidentally.)
Cheers,
--gk
