posted 13 September 2002 01:18 AM
Check it. (It's a PDF, so have your Acrobat Reader ready to roll)
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prince
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posted 29 September 2002 01:26 AM
Interesting paper on telecom pricing. DrConaway What did you find the most interesting? Least interesting? Why did you recommend this to Rabble?
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posted 29 September 2002 03:20 AM
Because telecommunications cost structures are an interesting exercise, especially when one realizes that the trend towards flat-rate pricing is not, strictly speaking, what you would expect from a microeconomic analysis of the supply-demand relationship.
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posted 01 October 2002 12:28 AM
I found it interesting to note that the majority prefer to have flat rate billing. Even though they would save money if they were on a pay for use billing program; thus in effect subsidising the heavy users.
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posted 01 October 2002 12:29 AM
It's easy enough if you know psychology. People like having fixed expenses rather than variable expenses because they don't want things to change too much.
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posted 01 October 2002 09:35 AM
I always like flat billing for long distance because I always win out on it. I do a LOT of long distance calling.
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