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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:33667 comp.sys.intel:31136 comp.unix.bsd:16056 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8100 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9167 comp.unix.misc:15899 comp.os.linux.development:23221 comp.os.linux.misc:34726 comp.os.386bsd.development:3128 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5226 comp.os.misc:3758 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.ysu.edu!malgudi.oar.net!cedarnet.cedarville.edu!calvin!gumby!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D3IDK1.B73@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <D3C4Bp.I46@park.uvsc.edu> <fgoldstein.135.00237A26@bbn.com> <D3Fp3y.1EI@park.uvsc.edu> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:55:13 GMT Lines: 15 In article <D3Fp3y.1EI@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> wrote: >And the only thing you'll have succeeded in doing is once again >making video phones uneconomical before they can become common, >on the basis of a very short term gain. Videophones? Oh gee, Terry... that's *such* a bloody important service. NOT. Look, the bottom line is that for the phone company I'm using *less* of their resources leaving a computer hooked to my ISDN line 24 hours a day than making a few video calls. Whether I'm "connected" or not, their resources are only tied up when I send packets, and video chews up a shitload more packets than my newsfeed, Mosaic, and telnet sessions.