3 ms·Wow. Wouldn't talking on the phone for hours in the pre-skype days become extremely expensive?by ido 12y agoWow. Wouldn't talking on the phone for hours in the pre-skype days become extremely expensive?Semaphor 12y agoAt least here in Germany we had affordable phone flatrates over ISDN way before Skype.MichaelGG 12y agoIt was a local call, or cheap enough my parents never made a fuss about it. Outside of major cities, the US is so terribly spread-out that transit for kids is not very accessible.