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Article #4682Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing
From: Thomas Lapp
Date: Sat, 26 May 1990 00:58
Date: Sat, 26 May 1990 00:58
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> >How do long-distance telephone services maintain accuracy in
> >time-stamping telephone connections?
>
> Hey, those guys have a little racket going on: You are charged for every
> minute, or fraction thereof. So, if I make a call for 61 seconds, it will
> cost as much as one lasting 119 seconds.
Right. So it makes a lot of sense for penny pinchers to watch the clock
closely and make sure they get at least 45 of those 59 seconds used on
that last minute ;-)
- tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing Message-ID: <245.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 26 May 90 00:58:32 GMT References: <1021@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Sender: usenet@udel.EDU Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 20