-ZM> In every other business I know of, when a product is more
-ZM> in demand,
-ZM> generally the price falls. The only reason for higher
-ZM> prices during the
-ZM> day for phones is because they can get away with it. It's
-ZM> not like the
-ZM> old days when more telephone operators had to be employed
-ZM> daytime to
-ZM> cope with the volume. Nowadays it costs the same to operate
-ZM> 24 hours a
-ZM> day for the providers because it is fully automated. In
-ZM> fact, logically
-ZM> off-peak calls should cost more because less revenue is
-ZM> generated in
-ZM> those times but the same amount of personnel are employed
-ZM> by the
-ZM> providers and cost the same.
-ZM> This is not capitalism, this is rip-off-ism.....
As I said in the other messages, the issue that you're ignoring is system 
capacity. However, quite a few carriers do have rate plans where the same 
rate is charged peak and offpeak, the new digital rates with BANM are that 
way.
I'd rather have the lower rate at nite.
On another note, FWIW, Bell Atlantic now offers unlimited offpeak on any rate 
plan (except 7 states and mobile reach) for an extra $9.99 a month. This is 
in the RBS(Boston) market.
That is a nice touch, the free calling starts at 8pm and there is no land 
line charge in this market so the calls are free.
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