Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> writes

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The bookkeeping costs $2000 per month for *BOTH* providers to monitor this, collect data, collect bills, etc....

Source of data, please?

Same source as the other guy's data. I pulled it out of thin air. Actually, I figured $2,000 per month would be an appropriate salary for one clerk to handle this job.

And the point was that managing settlements costs money. We know that in the POTS system the costs of usage based billing are at least 50% of the total.

OK, do you have a source for the POTs number?

Of course not! I have an axe to grind here. I want to see global flat-rate telephone service for everybody. No per-minute charges, period!

Your argument changes from an economic one to a political one. If you want to run for office, there are better forums. If you want to convince people who are building commercial networks, get some facts. -scott