• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In the late 90s, a roomate ran up our $12 phone bill to over $300 by calling his girlfriend who lived 60 miles away because he didn’t know it cost more per minute than him calling someone outside the state.

    The current pricing is so much better than ut was back then.

    • Wiz
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      1 month ago

      I’m not your roommate, but back in the late 80s I racked up quite a few bills - at 10 cents per minute - to talk to my long-distance girlfriend.

      She and I just had our 30th anniversary yesterday, so I guess it was worth it.