An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial

James R. Cutler james.cutler at consultant.com
Fri Jan 18 23:39:21 UTC 2008


As many universities found out long ago after installing Centrex  
lines in dormitory rooms, the quote below is not correct.  Only, in  
telco-land, extended call duration was what used up the available  
connection paths.  No, I don't know how many Erlangs.

On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> On phone networks, flat rate kinda works because a single phone  
> call is a very tiny fraction of the shared resource.

James R. Cutler
james.cutler at consultant.com






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