J-Mobile provides cellular phone and Internet services with a plan that provides up to 1,000 minutes of airtime usage for a flat rate of $99.99 per month plus a charge for any minutes used over this amount at the rate of $0.10 per minute in excess of the minimum 1,000 airtime minutes. Which of the following describes the cost of the J-Mobile service?
1. semi-fixed cost.
2. fixed cost, only.
3. mixed cost.
4. variable cost, only.