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>>Breaking up the bells quickly resulted in dramatic price drops. I can't remember how different my bills were, but I do remember all the jokes about how break
by mech422 5y ago
>>Breaking up the bells quickly resulted in dramatic price drops.
I can't remember how different my bills were, but I do remember all the jokes about how breaking Bell up made things worse.
- Retric 5y agoLocal rates went up before stabilizing, long distance rates quickly tanked. In May 1984, AT&T implemented its first rate reduction in 14 years, knocking an average 6.1 percent off interstate long-distance prices. Long distance prices fell 38% by 1988 ignoring inflation. And continued to drop in the years afterwards. Now how much this was a net benefit at the time really depended on how much you used long distance calling. Longer term it paved the way for people to call long distance ISP’s which made a real difference in early internet adoption.
- mech422 5y agoHeh..I actually did the long distance thing for BBSs with my lil C64 and a 300 baud modem. QuickMail with BlueWave offline reader, and TradeWarz2000! Heaven! :-) I don't remember having to call long distance for an ISP though - dial up/shell ISP's sprang up in every lil nook and cranny :-)