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To: gdichaz who wrote (7875)	3/23/2000 5:51:00 PM
From: Drew Williams	Respond to of 13582

<< And wire has caller pays now. Denying that to wireless gives wire an advantage. >> ??? It has been a while since I looked at my home phone bill. (I pay the mortgage, my wife pays the phone bill. She thinks it is fair that we each pay one bill.) (She also buys the groceries, but I bought her a Volvo.) The last time I did look we paid a flat rate for unlimited local service. I suppose Bell Atlantic may have a program where I would pay for individual local calls, but I'm not aware of it. It is caller pays on long distance, but that is true on wireless, too. When I called my brother-in-law in Florida this past February to have him turn on the pool heater because I was on my way, it would not have mattered whether I called from a landline or wireless phone or called his landline or wireless phone, because I still would have paid the long distance charge. (Well, actually my wife would, but you get the idea.) And, depending on what kind of long distance and wireless programs you have, it could well be less expensive to use the wireless phone already.