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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:35271 comp.sys.intel:32833 comp.unix.bsd:16332 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8249 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9397 comp.unix.misc:16315 comp.os.linux.development:23914 comp.os.linux.misc:36296 comp.os.386bsd.development:3283 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5576 comp.os.misc:3877 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: nicholas@binary9.com (Nicholas J. Leon) 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: 8 Mar 1995 17:28:04 GMT Organization: Binary 9 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3jkpf4$28t@lucy.infi.net> References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <phrD4JrEA.2ss@netcom.com> <3iqs6r$j5g@vanbc.wimsey.com> <D4oJtF.43L@pe1chl.ampr.org> <3jaca9$pj@zeus.achilles.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tao.binary9.com X-Newsreader: suck 2.0 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 941216BETA PL0] Paul JY Lahaie (pjlahaie@achilles.net) wrote: : In article <D4oJtF.43L@pe1chl.ampr.org>, : Rob Janssen <pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl> wrote: : >>"melt-down" due to overloading and basically want to charge someone more : >>money to build up the infrastructure to support this new use of their lines. : > : >Ah! So the scenario I mentioned was not so unrealistic after all! : Great. Does that mean I get to pay more for a computer that will be on : for more than 8 hours a day? (the average work day of corporate America) Just for comparison, here in Greensboro, NC, I have basic service on my computer line, which costs *EXACTLY* $20 per month and stay slipped up 24hours a day, 7 days a week (minus an occasional reboot). Its obvious that our local bell does indeed have a "true" flat rate service. I remember, tho, a long time ago when I lived in Connecticut, that if you made over X number of local calls a month, they charged a few pennies for each one (found that out when I wrote a program to call all the local numbers and find modems ....). <sigh> *Big* phone bill. N! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nicholas@binary9.com - < signature under construction > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -