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To: telecomguy who wrote (6990)	9/27/2000 11:14:34 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 14638

>>How can I get that through your thick head? As I've noted in the past, Zoltan is none too bright! I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid - except that you are old. LD is gonna be bundled. Nowhere to hide for the likes of you, even in your backwater. The savings in metering/billing costs alone will be huge.

To: telecomguy who wrote (6990)	9/27/2000 11:17:32 AM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

And I suppose you can maintain that same argument so long as it costs .01 cent a minute... cuz.. it's still not zero - right? Fact is when this discussion started US rates were >9 cents/minute. Call to the US from Europe were on the order to 50 cents/minute - in some countries higher. Per minute costs from the US to Europe were between 25 and 40 cents a minute - again depending on where you're calling. Now, domestic long distance is <4 cents a minute - call to and from Europe are approaching 10-15 cents a minute and are sinking fast. So on the whole rates have come down anywhere from 100%-200% in the few months we've been discussing this. You are right - de-regulation is probably the biggest part of this. Still, there are ways to get free calls to and from Europe and this practice will become more prevalent. As I had suggested quite a while ago, carriers will move away from per minute charges and charge for services. The result will be what appears to be free calls. That doesn't mean carriers will go out of business - they'll charge for calling indirectly through services based billing. Telecomguy, if I were you I'd begin softening my position on this. The direction is pretty clear.