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From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PC Pursuit, is it worth it with a TB+?
Summary: another kicker to consider (summary summary: no)
Message-ID: <7122@ki4pv.uucp>
Date: 5 Oct 89 03:13:10 GMT
References: <9713@chinet.chi.il.us> <1056@kimbal.UUCP>
Organization: Society to Save the Sand Gnat
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The normal cost shown for PC-P is $1/hour.  This is rather
optimistic, assuming that
	(a) monthly usage is exactly the number of 30-hour
	blocks pre-purchased
	(b) there is no charge to reach the telenet in-dial.

If your usage is both constant and an integral multiple of
thirty hours, I'd be amused to hear from you.  (If you know
just when you top the 30 hours and can break connections,
re-dial using the "next" PC-P user ID, and continue without
lossage, let us all hear about it.)

In this area, the nearest telenet in-dial is long-distance,
though discounts can reduce it to 4.2 cents/minute at night
with a special calling plan.  Since it's a 1200-baud dial-in,
and we could manage to get 80 CPS through it, a pair of `blazers
managed a rather fast pay-back.  [No, I'm not a company hero.
Even if I invited them to watch the next time I walked across the
pool I wouldn't be a hero.  There's gratitude for you.]
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