Showerthought: Realized my old dial-up ISP charged me for 5 hours of busy signals a month

I was digging through a shoebox of old AOL floppy disks and found a bill from 1997 that showed $12.99 for 15 hours of usage, but there was a $4 surcharge for "failed connection attempts." I did the math and that means I paid for over 5 hours of just busy signals that month because everyone in my town was trying to get online after 6 PM. Did anyone else's ISP sneak in fees for crap they couldn't control like that?

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anderson.spencer18d ago

Four bucks seems mildly annoying but not worth digging up 20 year old receipts over.

sanchez.robin18d ago

Tried chasing a charge that small once and wasted way more time than the money was worth, @anderson.spencer. Just let it go and move on.