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Re: fbi, crypto, and defcon
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- Subject: Re: fbi, crypto, and defcon
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- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 23:06:02 -0700
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> >At 8:50 8/2/96, Paul J. Bell wrote:
> >An international phone call costs about 2 cents/min to produce. The average
> >rate paid for by the consumer is 62 cents. That's means the carriers mark
> >up this particular product by an amazing 3000%.
> >
> >Can you name another business that has comparable mark-ups?
> The Medical Industry.
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> Scott J. Schryvers <[email protected]>
You guys are confused. The actual telephone call may cost only 2
cents/min, but the accounting and billing procedures are way more
expensive. As long as they are doing any kind of usage-based
charging, that actual act of charging will continue to cost
considerably more than the data transmission.
Why do you think sending long-distance IP packets is basically free?
- Tom