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What does this relate to? Only had limited dial-up back then (it's probably some US stuff?).
I think now pretty much every plan has free domestic phone calls. International calls, you still pay per minute?
Anyway, back then even domestic calls on a cell phone you paid by minute. Even for local calls. Unlike landline where the local call would be free.
Then some plans started introducing unlimited free calls after some time of day, 9pm as this suggests.
Which made sense probably since people using their cell phone for business were no longer putting load on the network after business hours. And young broke people like myself at the time, who were not using their phone for business, could then use the network without the extra fees. The carrier can offer this additional perk, they can get more customer sign ups, and it’s not hurting them since the network load was lower long after business hours.
We had unlimited night data plans here in India for some time. Might still be available in some places.