I can't see most people paying much more than $2 an hour for this kind
of service, and even that will weed some out. Isn't that what Warbirds
costs, $2 an hour? And I even see a lot of people complaining about
that.
Joe
> Okay, we all know LD stinks so I will not dwell on it nor will I post
> yet another question to Ed Martin "When will we have local numbers"
> Enough has been discussed on the matter, when it happens it happens.
> However, given that I would like to post my own scenrio...having checked
> my LD rates, it appears I am close to .10/minute, which translates to
> $6/hr. In my "burst mode" which I am certain you read about earlier,
> this expense is only moderately acceptable. Calling once or twice for
> 20minute or 40minutes is about all I will do in this beta phase.
> Here is my concern, I have heard from a source that I can't confirm nor
> dispute, the intention of an 800 number to accomplish the connection
> dilema, BUT and this is a HUGE BUT....charging $8/hr.
> Again, I am unable to confirm this, but I thought it was important
> enough to bring to the SIMCAR, IVL, NASSCAR, ex-IWCC'ers etc. If this
> is even under the remotest consideration, I want it to be known that I
> WILL NOT call.
> I would consider this gouging on a product that we all already own. I
> already pay $20/month for unlimited PPP/Slip access it would seem
> unreasonalble for me to pay on the order of $240/mo additionally to play
> 1 hour/day. Considering I am on the internet 3-4 hours/day this
> estimation on cost would be correct and if I wanted to run enough races
> to get my rating high enough a low ball estimate would be $80-$160/mo.
> Again, totally unreasonable.
> I am not expecting Ed Martin to comment on this, most of the plans have
> been items he can't comment on, which is fine. This is is more for the
> current racing series people that area doing some testing.
> If the Papyrus Network charges $8/hr would you continue to call?
OK, here is some behind the scenes Papyrus info. Yes, we did look into 800
#'s as an option to bring costs down a long while ago. However, even with
ridiculously high volumes, 800 #'s do not come cheap. AOL, CompuServe & any
other online service that has 800 #'s charges at least $5/hour just for the
line PLUS whatever they charge for online time.
I can not get into any specifics on what we determined the price point could
have been for 800 #'s, but I will say that we determined that it was too
expensive for where we want to be.
As for the $8/hour that you heard, that kinda sounds like what AOL charges
for 800 #'s ($5 for the 800 # plus $3/hour for AOL itself).
Again, the goal is to deliver this as inexpensively as possible.
--
Ed Martin
Papyrus Design Group
Steve
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