> No.. He said it *MAY*... And when I said Tech Savvy, well with Telecom
> CSR's this is relative... They have some very clueless people working
> there..
>
> Personally I think it was just Telecom propaganda that the CSR's have
> been instructed to use to scare ADSL people away from homeline
> economy...
>
> Think about it... They have what 47,000 (residental) customers on adsl
> of some form... If they dropped $15/month off their monthly account...
> That adds up pretty quick... $705,000/month if my maths isnt too far
> off.... And over a year, that's almost $8.5 million.... granted when you
> make yearly profits of ~700 million, that's not much, but it all adds
> up...

And when you consider that old saying "look after the pennies [cents]
and the pounds [dollars] will look after themselves.

They only make the ~700 million cos they make sure they get the ~8.5
million where ever they can.

... and I agree - he was not being sarcastic - he was serious about the
possibility of being charged for a local call every time the ADSL line
connected.

Chrissy.

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