Hello Steven,

 MvdV>> TANSTAAFL.

 SH> Forget Heinlein because I never said lunch was free.

I believe it was David Niven that used it first. I may be wrong.

Anyway, make that TANSTAAFC as you mentioned free local calls.

 MvdV>> Of course you paid for local calls. They just don't appear as
 MvdV>> such on the invoice.

 SH> They have never appeared on the invoice

That don't mean it is free.

 SH> and I'm not sure if our telco could even bill for them.

It might be to your advantage if they did. Have you ever asked them for a
price for a subsription without "free" local calls?

 MvdV>> That's why I declined all offers to convert my subscription into
 MvdV>> a "more profitable" one with free time blocks.

 SH> If you used the cell a lot, a "free block" might be useful.

But that's the point: I don't use it a lot.

 SH>  And it works here because once we pay for the connection,
 SH> we pay diddlysquat for the local calls.

On the cell phone?

What is a local call on a cell phone anyway?

Cheers, Michiel

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