My employer, with its thousands of employees, obviously pays more than
> $50/month for business long distance service. The effective per
> minute rate is pretty low. However, the point remains that there's
> still a cost to it.
One of my employer's U.S. offices recently relocated and our friendly CLEC offered us a nice bundle which included flat rate lines -- where flat rate meant nationwide calling, not just local. These days the price difference between local & long distance calls (or flat rate service) is fading.
Geoffrey Welsh Ambidextrous? No, I said I'm ambinonscattous - I don't give a crap either way!