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Gary

On 4/16/2021 8:28 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:49:10 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
>> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 9:32:49 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4/16/2021 10:25 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:21:34 -0400, Gary wrote:
>>>>
>>> Landline phone $45 PLUS $25 internet dialup access.
>>> The internet access ended 5 months ago.
>>> Free neighborhood wifi for now but it's not "secure."
>>>
>> I didn't know any companies still offered dial-up access.
>> But with the $45 per month wired phone, don't you also
>> get long distance included in that price?
>
> If anybody is still charging for long distance, they need to be
> dumped. All companies are offering the same VoIP which includes
> unlimited local and long distance for $10/mo or less(*). The only
> thing that might be extra is any NEW copper phone lines which are
> already hooked up in Gary's place.
>
> He's been getting ripped off for an extra $35/mo x 15+ years. It
> costs less to transmit 30 minutes of long distance phone
> conversation than it does to stream your local 6:PM newscast over
> your Internet connection (and both of those costs are $0). They use
> the same conduits, except for Gary's copper phone lines the first
> 600 yards - which is already installed and working. Then it just
> connects to the same SS7 networks as any other cell phone, VoIP, or
> landline and whoosh! - off it goes at the same $0 price. The $10
> pays for infrastructure only, and Gary's physical infrastructure is
> literally 50-60 years old. That $80 worth of copper lines have more
> than paid off in that time, and have made for $billions of profits.
> You should at most only be paying $2 just for the "privilege" of
> just billing you for that $2 and the maintenance of the copper
> infrastructure.
>
> But seeing as how it's hurricane territory, $3 would be fair enough.
>
> -sw

Thanks Steve (and all others) for your input. I'll figure out what is
best soonly.