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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:35212 comp.sys.intel:32768 comp.unix.bsd:16323 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8246 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9391 comp.unix.misc:16298 comp.os.linux.development:23885 comp.os.linux.misc:36225 comp.os.386bsd.development:3278 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5566 comp.os.misc:3871 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!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: <D5147G.Gsq@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: <hastyD4BEzu.Jx0@netcom.com> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 17:21:16 GMT Lines: 22 In article <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl writes: >In <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> camattin@eos.ncsu.edu (Chris A. Mattingly) writes: > >>By that philosophy, since I only use the phone about 3% of the month, I should >>only have to pay 3% of my current phone bill. Will this ever happen? No. > >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? But dont forget 80% of a typical local phone call cost outside of the US is the cost of billing it. So our teleco's are just as stoopid 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...