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Article #621879Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Dave Garland
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 04:05
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 04:05
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On 4/17/2018 2:32 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9:18:48 PM UTC-4, Dave Garland wrote: >> But note that email probably incurs a monthly charge for Inet access. > > There are several free email services. > There are, but do they provide access if you don't have Internet access already? > >> Maybe that can be rolled into the cost of your phone (which will >> probably be far higher than it was in 1967). > > Basic telephone service (if it is still available) has remained > the same, adjusted for inflation. But not many people get it. > > Most telephone services today include free national long distance. > Obviously long distance usage varies by individual, but generally, > most people are saving money. (Note that "long distance" include > regional calling, or "short haul toll"; that costs can add up if > one is a suburban subscriber.) That "most people are saving money" is the argument my telco used when they stopped charging extra for tone (vs. pulse) dialing and raised my rates. Most people were paying extra for tone. I wasn't (my phones all had tone/pulse switches, and my modems could swing either way). > However, if one gets telephone service with their cable TV, > I believe the price is fairly reasonable, and it includes some > special features (which used to cost extra) as well as national > long distance. If you've got a decent (meaning reliable, rather than fast) always-on Internet conection, that's very inexpensive (I use voip.ms). My service has more bells and whistles than the telco can provide (including national long distance and voicemail via email). Living in a metro area, I can get TV over the air pretty well without cable.
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