24683: Leiderman (comment) phone card correction, 8 cents/minute

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Stuart M Leiderman <leidermn@cisunix.unh.edu>


dear Readers:

yep, I read my scribble sheet wrong.  "Explorer" to wired phones in Haiti 
is 8 cents/minute.  I accidentally read the rate to Israel that's several 
more thousands of miles away.  calls to Haiti must take the Polar route.
which reminds me of the story of the dentist who used to extract teeth 
the long 'way...

you'd think somebody like Western Union who makes millions of dollar/year 
on remittances to Haiti would organize their own phone connections there 
for a flat nickel a minute.  I'd say there's an opening for an 
enterprising communications group.

thanks to John Black.

Stuart Leiderman