Subj : Re: Dialup line for my BBS
To   : Adept
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 09:17:47

  Re: Re: Dialup line for my BBS
  By: Adept to Avon on Tue Apr 25 2023 12:52 pm

 Av>> Sorry but it's a bit of a toll call for me to test...

 Ad> That does seem so odd, these days.

 Ad> Especially since my BBS is on hardware in the US while I'm in Germany, I
 Ad> call my mom using Google Voice (for free) to her phone line, over the
 Ad> internet, and then all the other internet things where I'm constantly
 Ad> traversing countries. 

 Ad> And yet, somehow, phone calling long distances still cost more, despite it
 Ad> doing less than the internet, and being able to do _video_ calls for free.

Yeah, it is a bit odd.  I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that it's a phone line using a phone number - Maybe someone along the line charges a fee for infrastructure for a phone number to work the way it does.

Nightfox
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