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From: gajit@owlnet.rice.edu (Ajit Kurian George)
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Subject: Re: X on dial-in
Date: 27 Jan 1995 18:15:54 GMT
Organization: owlnet.rice.edu
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In-reply-to: peter@bonkers.taronga.com's message of Fri, 27 Jan 1995 01:39:49 GMT
>>>>> "p" == Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> writes:
p> In article <3g3fs2$pib@hedunx.hedland.edu.au>, Robert Hart
p> <hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au> wrote:
>> Hmm - it's very interesting following this thread that most US
>> people seem to think that ISDN is not worth much or is
>> generally not available.
p> That's because in the US it's generally not available
p> and... despite the fact that it uses no more resources than a
p> voice grade line... is priced way out there compared to voice
p> lines.
That's because voice lines are subsidized as a universal service.
--
Ajit George
gajit@rice.edu