Subj : Funny code section
To : Mvan Le
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Mar 26 2010 11:22 am
> MvLe> How much does it cost for you to make a local call ?
>
> see above... nothing... why?
MvLe> It costs 25 cents per local call in Australia.
it costs at least that much at the pay phone booth in town if you can locate
one...
MvLe> can understand why it doesn't bother you to make the call.
exactly... it has been that way for well over 40 years over here... long
distance was the one that cost and "in state" long distance was more expensive
than "out of state"... meaning that if i called somewhere in the western
mountains of north carolina, that call would cost me more than a call to texas
or california... so, in fidonet, it was cheaper for me to go out-of-state for
my mail feed since my net and coordinator were in-state but long distance to
me...
and that's not the only fun in the game, either... we're on the boundary line
between two phone companies... some 15-20 years ago, they were long distance to
each other... we have a phone line from each of those phone companies and back
then, it was long distance to call from one end of the house to the other... in
fidonet, i was able to use this to our advantage... folks on the one side would
call me with mail destined for someone on the other side... drop it off on my
machine for a local call and then another of my nodes would take that same mail
and make it available for the others on the otherside when they called in...
the folk using that capability of my service really enjoyed it ;)
