-=> Quoting Ziggy Malter to Lorin Potter <=-
 ZM> Your logic is good, however from what I have been told by all the 
 ZM> providers, these days the equipment and resources cost exactly the
 ZM> same  24 hours per day.
 ZM> A good example arose yesterday in one of our local newspapers which
 ZM> had  front page headlines saying that the Australian consumer was being
 ZM> ripped-off by excessive international phone rates. It was calculated 
 ZM> that because of modern technology, the actual cost of providing 
 ZM> international calls was one-fifth of what was actually being charged.
 ZM> In  other words, the companies were making 500% profit on international
 ZM> phone calls. 
Remember that just because it costs them 1/5th of what you were paying,
what about their initial startup costs, to set up the sytem, to run
all their lines, to pay for all their equipment, that has to be paid
for somewhere.  they don't chage you $1000 setup fee for every customer,
that has to be made up somewhere you know.  I understand now why
they have to make at least a bit of money off of calls.
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