eli@pws.bull.com (Steve Elias) (09/16/90)
John Higdon wrote: > Unfortunately, within California, while the quality of Sprint calls is > nearly as good as AT&T, the rates are not really competitive. There > seems to be a ~10% discrepancy in AT&T's favor that gets progressively > greater as the length of the call progresses. ($0.11/min AT&T vs $0.14 > min Sprint) Interstate rates are normally regulated by the PUC or DPU, aren't they? So much for "Equal Access" in California. > But, as we have discussed before, all the outfits seemed focused on out > of state traffic. There is NO accomodation for intrastate callers. This > is more of a problem in the west, since for a given radius one crosses > fewer state boundaries. For instance, I spend at least an hour a day on > the phone talking to people >400 miles away--all within California. And > the per minute rate is higher than the longest distance > interstate call. Are these people always at the same phone number, or one that doesn't change that often? Have you tried getting *them* to install a ATT or US Sprint 800 number? You could pay the bill for em if they're your customers and it might save you $ overall on your own total bill. 800 rates have a different tariff schedule from the state, don't they? > > A sincere long distance fiend, > Same here. Thank heaven for 800... You've tried 800 to that site, already?! Are those in state rates a legislated ripoff, too? eli