Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uhnix1!moray!urchin!p6.f889.n106.z1.fidonet.org!WALTER.SCOTT From: WALTER.SCOTT@p6.f889.n106.z1.fidonet.org (WALTER SCOTT) Newsgroups: alt.cosuard Subject: LMS.. & Advantage? Message-ID: <10049.25B280CC@urchin.fidonet.org> Date: 13 Jan 90 18:45:00 GMT Sender: ufgate@urchin.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:106/889.6 - Bayou Beastie, Houston TX Lines: 15 Peter: This relates to Local Measured Service (LMS) and Dan's position that LMS is a viable means toward the end of providing phone service equitably. I was curious to know if he would be in favor of a subsidy to those who are elderly, invalid, and indigent. I would tie those 3 qualifiers to each other, by the way, in asking if people possessing all 3 qualifiers should expect some form of subsidy for customers on LMS. Walter PCRelay:WHHCL -> WESTNET + msgs Copyright 1990 by author. 4.10.9 Writers Happy Hours - Seattle - 206-364-2139