> On Apr 20, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei > <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > On 2016-04-20 10:52, Owen DeLong wrote: > >> For the most part, “long distance” calls within the US are a thing of the >> past and at least one mobile carrier now treats US/CA/MX as a single >> local calling area > > > Is this a case of telcos having switched to IP trunks and can reach > other carriers for "free" > > Or are wholesale long distance still billed between carriers but at > prices so low that they can afford to offer "free" long distance at > retail level ?
I think it boiled down to a recognition that the costs of billing were beginning to account for something like $0.99 of every $1 billed. Owen
