JAJZ801@calstate.bitnet (10/24/90)
Is there a regulatory reason why the local companies couldn't provide a 'least cost' routing service for long-distance calls, where they select the company with the cheapest rates for a given call from rate information they have in a database ? Couldn't they charge for such as service ? Expecting consumers to keep up with rate complexity and changes seems to me to somewhat discourage *real* competition (except for knowledgeable high volume accounts) on price and instead encourage the silly and often misleading commercials and slamming activity. Or is there some self-interest reason why the local companies wouldn't want to do this ? Jeff Sicherman jajz801@calstate.bitnet