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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Bell vs. Internet Providers (fwd)
Don't forget to take into account, that the majority of the Telcos' charge metered rates for commercial local calls (and even non-commercial in sime areas). Therefore, they are deriving revenue from the use of the local facilities and they should have the operating revenues generated from these charges to re-invest in local switches, etc. The local per minuite rate in our markets is not inexpensive, and is charged to all call originators. R S Ashton Ashton Communications Corporation ACNET.NET On Fri, 10 Nov 1995 [email protected] wrote: > The question is where are the real costs of a local phone call? > Are they in the call setup? Are they in the length of time for > the call? Some combination? What switch resources need to be expanded > to deal with long holding time calls? What switch resources can be > reduced if you need to process fewer call setups? > > It is possible that modem calls are a bad deal for phone companies, but > it is also possible they are a good deal. Does anyone really know? > > -Jeff Ogden > Merit >
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