Long Distance

Skype is a wonderful invention - spent a very enjoyable couple of hours talking to a friend.

Earlier today I remarked on the fact that back in 1996 I gave a talk that included a prediction that long distance would cost $0.01/minute or less in the not too distant future. I got &hit for that prediction as I was talking to investors and customers of a long distance company at the time. 

Today you can talk "free" (fixed monthly fee for connection to the service at a rate less than in 1996 for similar service) to anyone else on the same service (Shaw here in Canada in this case) even if it is long distance.

A couple of years ago a friend who is in the long distance reseller market remarked that their cost for long distance was so low that it really didn't make sense to bill their customers for it no matter what they used.

Seems I was right. I Love technology!

:)