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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
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Subject: Re: X on dial-in
Date: 9 Feb 1995 16:17:10 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <3hdf66$qfn@park.uvsc.edu>
References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <3h4363$jqv@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> <D3LFnr.KJG@bonkers.taronga.com> <D3ME6C.14t@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D3ns6F.2w9@bonkers.taronga.com> <D3pF0z.1rq@pe1chl.ampr.org>
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rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) wrote:
] Of course that can be done. But what would be more interesting is to
] send IP packets across ISDN and only pay when you send one, not when the
] line is idle. That is not simply a matter of putting ISDN bits in IP
] packets at the CO, because you don't know which bits are IP packets and
] which bits are just unused.
Why is this more interesting?
This would be *terrible*!
Consider: Are you charging per packet sent, OR per packet sent
or recieved?
If the latter, you pay for junk email.
If the former or the latter, your email gate will want to charge
you for packets attributable to your machine.
You must be a service provider or a telco.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.