THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Sunday, December 11, 1994 TAG: 9412090016 SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL TYPE: Letter LENGTH: Short : 19 lines
In 1920, long-distance phone calls from New York to San Francisco cost $20. For the same amount, a person could mail 1,000 letters.
Now a phone call from New York to San Francisco is 26 cents per minute. How many letters can you mail for 26 cents?
KEN COCHRAN
Suffolk, Dec. 6, 1994 by CNB