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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:16240 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8197 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9322 comp.unix.misc:16159 comp.os.linux.development:23616 comp.os.linux.misc:35711 comp.os.386bsd.development:3240 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5487 Newsgroups: 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 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!rnzll3!sys3.pe1chl!rob From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl Organization: PE1CHL Message-ID: <D4Hy7A.GnE@pe1chl.ampr.org> References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> <3ig1dn$6l5@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3igeoj$rf6@newshost.lanl.gov> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 08:57:09 GMT Lines: 30 In <3igeoj$rf6@newshost.lanl.gov> crs@beta.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby) writes: >In article <3ig1dn$6l5@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, >= >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. >= >= I can use my phone service as long as I please and the billing does not >= change. >I think the point was that if you and your phone company's other >customers were to significantly increase use of the service, rates >would go up--for everyone. Indeed, that is what I meant. Sorry that this was not so clear from my post. (it seems that this aspect of billing is much more government-regulated in the USA than it is in Europe. over here, the telephone company offers service at pricing it decides, which only have to be "approved" by the government. when a good motivation of the cost increase is included, it will always be accepted (as recent history shows, unfortunately...) the flat rate went away with the advent of computers and modems, some 10 years ago) Rob -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Rob Janssen rob@knoware.nl | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | | e-mail: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+