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Comment by ternaryoperator

2 years ago

> The telephone companies make money based on minutes of usage.

I don't see how that could be correct. Once you pay your monthly fee, the fewer minutes you tie up the company's resources the better for them. That's true too for pay-ahead plans.

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wasmitnetzen  2 years ago

Your provider get paid by the caller's provider for taking the call, and the marginal costs of a phone call are close to zero.

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