levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (07/13/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0232m11@vector.dallas.tx.us> John Wheeler <techwood! johnw@gatech.edu> writes: |We do not, and never have had metered service here in Atlanta, |discussably (which we have done on here) the largest local |calling area. How many other major cities still are unmetered? Nashua, the second largest city in New Hampshire, and its surrounding towns do not have metered service. I believe the same is true of Manchester, the largest city, though I don't recall having read the relevant parts of the Manchester white pages. This means that (probably) the entire state of New Hampshire is free of measured service (for residents-- I'm not sure about business service). Of course, I don't know if any of the above (or all of it) qualifies as a "major city". :-) /JBL = UUCP: levin@bbn.com (new) or {backbone}!bbn!levin (old) INTERNET: levin@bbn.com POTS: (617) 873-3463 "Earn more sessions by sleeving."
r4@cbnews.att.com (richard.r.grady..jr) (07/19/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0238m06@vector.dallas.tx.us> Joel B Levin <levin@bbn. com> writes: > [...] >Nashua, the second largest city in New Hampshire, and its surrounding >towns do not have metered service. I believe the same is true of >Manchester, the largest city, though I don't recall having read the >relevant parts of the Manchester white pages. This means that >(probably) the entire state of New Hampshire is free of measured >service (for residents-- I'm not sure about business service). > [...] I live in Salem, NH, which is next-door, exchange-wise, from Nashua (There are two intervening towns, but Nashua serves Hudson, and Salem serves Windham), and with-in the local dialing area of Nashua. For the last 15 years in Salem (ever since they replaced the SXS switch with ESS), residential phones have a choice of unlimited or metered local service. I don't have the numbers in front of me, so the following may by slightly inaccurate, but the dollar values are approximately right. Unlimited costs ~$12/month. Metered costs ~$5/month, and includes 50 message units (increments of 5-minutes). I chose metered, because I make very few local calls [ but you should see my long-distance bills :-) ]; I have never gone over the initial 50 units. A few years (and a couple of rate changes) ago, the break-even point was about 125 message units. Business local service is metered only. Dick Grady r4@mvuxd.att.com ...!att!mvuxd!r4
levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (07/21/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0238m06@vector.dallas.tx.us> I wrote: |Nashua, the second largest city in New Hampshire, and its surrounding |towns do not have metered service. . . . Aaargh! I was looking through the phone book (to see how to get up-to-date neighboring area phone books), and found I had lied! We do indeed have metered service: $5.04/month plus $.161/per msg unit after 30; $5.04/month plus usage charges below (includes $1.50 usage allowance); $6.75/month plus usage charges below (includes $4.00 usage allowance). Usage charges for last two plans are: $.04/call plus $.03/minute (own and adjacent exchanges) $.05/call plus $.04/minute (other local calls) 50% discount evenings nights and weekends. Message unit for first plan above is for 5 minutes. Unlimited local service: ~$15/month. I screwed that one up. Sorry. /JBL = UUCP: levin@bbn.com (new) or {backbone}!bbn!levin (old) INTERNET: levin@bbn.com POTS: (617) 873-3463 "The night was"