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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:16322 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8245 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9390 comp.unix.misc:16297 comp.os.linux.development:23884 comp.os.linux.misc:36224 comp.os.386bsd.development:3277 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5565 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!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!info!iialan From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: <D5140L.GpJ@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> <3ig1dn$6l5@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3igeoj$rf6@newshost.lanl.gov> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 17:17:09 GMT Lines: 17 In article <3igeoj$rf6@newshost.lanl.gov> crs@beta.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby) writes: >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. Pricing is starting to shift towards cost for guaranteed bandwidth, which is a much more sensible reflection for packet switching. So you as a home user might buy 28,800 guaranteed (over the local company). If you crawl downstairs at 4am you may well get 2Mb/second if nobody else is on but thats purely because nobody else is using it. Alan -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`--[Anti Kibozing Signature]-'`----------------------------'' One two three: Kibo, Lawyer, Refugee :: Green card, Compaq come read me...