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From: earlw@Apple.COM (Earl Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: FCC doing it again...
Message-ID: <5464@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 89 21:58:13 GMT
References: <1989Nov28.011514.4193@virtech.uucp> <246@cfa.HARVARD.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <246@cfa.HARVARD.EDU> wyatt@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Bill Wyatt) writes:
>...
>I don't want extra charges either, but in addition to the above 
>consideration, modem calls are not the same simply because they
>usually last much longer than a voice call. Somewhere I read an
>estimate that if only 20% of household had modems in regular use,
>the phone system would be hoplessly bogged down.
>...

Why do we have to pay more bucks to operate our modems over the phone
lines than a voice user?  If companies charged $$ based on how much of
a service you used, the Post Office should charge MORE for bulk mail
rather than less :-)