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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34628 comp.sys.intel:32174 comp.unix.bsd:16237 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8195 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9318 comp.unix.misc:16154 comp.os.linux.development:23612 comp.os.linux.misc:35694 comp.os.386bsd.development:3238 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5485 comp.os.misc:3826 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!magma.Mines.Colorado.EDU!teton.Mines.Colorado.EDU!mbarkah From: mbarkah@teton.Mines.Colorado.EDU (Ade Barkah) 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 Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) Followup-To: 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 Date: 23 Feb 1995 21:45:26 GMT Organization: Colorado School of Mines - Test News Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3iivlm$ejt@magma.Mines.Colorado.EDU> References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <hastyD4BEzu.Jx0@netcom.com> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> <phrD4G1np.MoG@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: teton.mines.colorado.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Paul Rubin (phr@netcom.com) wrote: : >No, your current phone bill is based on the fact that you use it only : >3% of the month. When you would use it all the time, your bill would : >go up. : > : >Boy, are all Americans so naive? : Most parts of the US have flat rate monthly local service. : Lots of people use their phones all the time (such as for : 24 hour a day SLIP connections) and their bills don't go up. : It really doesn't cost TPC any more to keep the connection up. This is incorrect. The flat rate phone bill is based on the fact that _most_ people will only use their phone for 3% of the time (or whatever the real value is). It accounts that some people will use it 100% of the time (say, for SLIP), but it also accounts that other people will use it almost 0% of the time. So he was correct, if people would use their phones all the time (thereby increasing the usage average), then your bills *would* go up, because it will cost the telephone company more. -Ade Barkah -- Head of Development Renaissance Knowledge Systems Englewood, Colorado