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vidarh • yesterday at 2:02 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Local calls were typically unlimited for a fixed monthly rate.

Mostly in the US. Today it is more widespread, but it used to be highly unusual.


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lapcat • yesterday at 2:20 PM

> Mostly in the US.

Yes, I'm referring to the US.

> Today it is more widespread, but it used to be highly unusual.

I can't even speak about today, because I haven't had a landline in years. But at least in the US, unlimited local calls were definitely not unusual in the pre-smartphone era.

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