Re: [asterisk-biz] New US DID Special

Haha, agreed. Now that I look at it, it all makes sense. The mysteries of
math.

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From: "Peter Beckman" <beckman@angryox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:09 PM
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
<asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] New US DID Special

> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Sean McMaster wrote:
>
>> I'm a little confused by your pricing. The metered inbound DID per minute
>> you said is 0.4 cents, which is basically 4 cents or 4 pennies and
>> defined numerically by $0.4.
>
> Um, your math is as bad as Verizon's:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ3Oz5JVKs
>
> 0.4 cents == $0.004
>
> 0.4 cents is 4 tenths of a cent which is 4/10ths of a cent.
>
>> Then in brackets you said $0.004, which is not the same as $0.4. $0.004
>> is about 4 tenths of a cent.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> I think I am too -- I disregarded Jai's DIDs because I read it in the
> past
> as 4 cents ($0.04) per minute, not 4 tenths of a cent ($0.004) per
> minute.
> $0.004 makes his metered inbound sexier (assuming "unlimited"
> channels).
>
> So Jai --
>
> USD$1.00 per month + $0.04/minute
> OR
> USD$1.00 per month + $0.004/minute
>
> Can we please all just use US dollars to say how much things are? If you
> watch the video, it's clear people are stupid, and don't understand
> converting between units (cents to dollars). I hate it when people quote
> in cents. I hate rate sheets in cents. Please, use dollars with a lot
> of
> zeros. If you charge $0.004 per minute, say $0.004, not 0.4 cents.
> There
> is a reason the cents character is hard to type.
>
> I'm guessing it's because I want it in dollars.
>
> Beckman
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