On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 at 20:24, Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> They had a lot of local numbers so you didn’t have to pay Toll charges. Only in the USA, or maybe N America. Most of the world, AFAIK, we all paid for all calls, local and long-distance. Local was cheaper but it was by the minute which really killed off BBS type activity. I had to explain this to Netscape Inc on a transatlantic call in 1996. They had no idea. It persisted until the very late 1990s in the UK and Ireland. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
