On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 9:56:41 PM UTC-5, Phil Kane wrote:   
      
   > >Nowadays a live operator is very hard to find, and probably will   
   > >cost you.  Lots of inquiries that used to be free are now a charge   
   > >and some support services have been discontinued.   
   >   
   > Can you sat "deregulation"?  I know that you can...  :)   
      
   Deregulation of the telephone system cost customers far more   
   than the alleged savings.  What advocates fail to understand is   
   that technological advances--happening through Bell Labs research--   
   was responsible for many of the rate decreases, such as cheap   
   long distance or customers owning their own telephone sets.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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