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by _carbyau_
53 days ago
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How much did a phone call cost per minute from UK to Australia in the 70's and 80's ? The modern experience is not perfect but audio is usually far better than the 70's and 80's, video is often an option, and in general the experience is orders of magnitude cheaper. |
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I think around £5 per minute or more. A quick search found this: https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/576_image.html#Table%... so my memory is not too far off and that is the other way. Bear in mind that a squid (£1) was worth rather more in the '70s, than now.
A circuit switched call in the '70s - '90s (at least) within the UK was nigh on perfect. There was no noticeable latency. Call quality was way better than a modern Teams or Zoom call (with no video). Your £500 laptop has shit microphones and speakers but you do insist on not using them like a "dog and bone" but instead as a "comms solution".