stevem@fai.fai.com (Steven A. Minneman) (04/11/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0124m05@vector.UUCP> Leslie Mikesell <les@chinet.chi. il.us> writes: >[...] >>I don't think the answer is to allow any one company to monopolize >>long distance service. >The services should be required to connect through the lowest priced LD >service unless otherwise directed (by dialing the access code) by the caller. >Any machine capable of billing a call can easily find the cheapest >rate. Then they could only gouge you for local services. Not at all true -- its a lot easier to bill for a call than to find the cheapest route available. Billing only involves deciding what you want to charge -- its my understanding that many of the AOSs including some of the largest, bill all long distance calls at one rate. Finding the cheapest route would involve having V&H coordinates (to determine the call distance) and also tarriff information from every telephone company in the country. Each call would then have to be costed using all the different carriers.