Cub Driver wrote: It was expensive during and immediately after the war, too. I recall making a 75-cent toll call from Bookline to Concord MA in the summer of 1946, to set up a visit. It is not often that I make 75-cent long distance calls today, even internationally (most European countries cost me 8 cents a minute). In today's earning power, that 75 cents would be the equivalent
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop- EA141D.06103010052008@nntp9.usenetserver.com: You pay for long distance calls (AT&T customers don't), plus you pay for roaming (AT&T customers don't). You've got that all wrong, Elmo. From INSIDE my region, I can call any phone in the country, including AK and HI without LD charges. As I rarely, if ever, go
Maybe only Steven Scharf (and I) will give a rat's hindquarters about this, because he and I used this service in the past, but anyone who calls internationally or roams internationally might find it interesting. First the background- Voicestick is a VoIP service provider that has been trying to get a foothold for a long time trying a bunch a different ideas. First was a goofy USB memory
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Newsweek - Sep 29, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21049481/site/newsweek/?from=rss In Burma, Activists Call for Nationwide Strike A pro-democracy veteran in Rangoon, Burma, says activists arenbt giving up their protestsbin spite of the governmentbs brutal crackdown. By Christian Caryl Sept. 29, 2007 - It's not easy
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Burma: Calls for Nationwide General Strike Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Newsweek - Sep 29, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21049481/site/newsweek/?from=rss In Burma, Activists Call for Nationwide Strike A pro-democracy veteran in Rangoon, Burma, says activists arent giving up their protests"in spite
