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Old Mar 30, 2001, 8:26 am
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ozstamps
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A buck a minute for local calls .. what a BARGAIN!

I stayed 5 nights til Tuesday this week at the (Hilton) Waldorf Astroria in NYC.

Phone costs .. $US1.75 plus tax per each local call, PLUS they were time capped. That is darn close to TWO BUCKS A CALL, and I sadly needed to made dozens to catch up with other FT'ers etc, leave messages etc.

Business Center .. 80c a MINUTE plus tax for internet use. No discount for length of time. $5 minimum.

That runs over $50 an hour to check or send emails, so little wonder I was "quiet" on FT for a few days!

Anyone have an email address for someone at NY TIMES, as I will pass these charges on to them in case they do a follow up - have a bill loaded with them.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum94/HTML/004365.html

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