AOL Math: 1.7 + .3 = 4   AOL has taken a page from Ma Bell in terms of creative mathematics. With each call, AOL first rounds UP the time of the call to the next minute and then rounds UP the total price to the next penny. Here’s the way their Terms of Service describe it:

“For point of clarity, the rounded up minutes are multiplied against the current rate effective at the end of the call (generally based on the location the call is placed) and then rounded up to whole cents (USD).” So a 70-second call in the U.S. (which should cost under 2¢ at 1.7¢ per minute using Plain Old Math) actually is billed to you at 4¢. Charitably speaking,

it’s creative to advertise the cost of a call in the U.S. as 1.7¢ per minute with all the rounding that is taking place. For short calls, it can be more than double that rate once you factor in AOL’s double rounding. In our example, the 70-second call is first rounded up to 2 minutes. And then the cost of the call is computed at 3.4¢ for the already rounded up call. Then the 3.4¢ computation is rounded up to 4¢. So you see 1.7 + .3 really does equal 4 in the bowels of AOL.

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