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But 1-800 numbers are not cheaper, they just get charged to a different person

The "call" part of an 1-900 costs the same, but it's an added value charge

Yes, that was the point.

100 MB of DirectTV data costs AT&T the same as 100 MB of Netflix data; the difference is that it's being charged to a different person. Hence why I chose 1-800 numbers as an analogy. :)

Ah now I see

> 100 MB of DirectTV data costs AT&T the same as 100 MB of Netflix data

Considering colocation with ISPs of service "black boxes", is this really true? Thinking of Netflix Open Connect and similar programs.

1-800 was a bad example, but what about mobile-to-mobile calls on the same carrier, that some carriers have offered unlimited for free?

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