Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Everett Hertenstein
 -=> about "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD" on 03-19-04  04:12.....

 RJT> Exactly.  It's costing them _more_ to support pulse dialing these
 RJT> days,  particularly since things moved to electronic switching,  but
 RJT> the legislators and others who regulate those folks don't seem to be
 RJT> aware of that.  Yet?  

 GM> It's not a matter of what it costs... you can be darn sure that the
 GM> service they are offering the people with pulse dial phones is
 GM> making a profit. But if they can make more profit by having the
 GM> surcharge for tone dial, you can be sure they wouldn't want to give
 GM> it up.

 GM> The #1 business of business these days is paying dividends to their
 GM> investors.

 GM> The #2 business is paying ever bigger salaries and bonuses to their
 GM> CEOs and directors, or maybe this is really #1.

One wonders...

 GM> Their #3 business is milking the public for enough money to cover
 GM> #1 and #2.

 GM> Service to the customer is WAAAAY down the list.

No doubt in my mind about that!

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