Xref: utzoo comp.misc:7933 alt.bbs:1329 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.bbs Subject: Re: Phone Book Finally Wakes Up Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 90 20:52:03 GMT References: <90013.040751NETOPRWA@NCSUVM.BITNET> Organization: Rutgers - The Police State of New Jersey Lines: 14 One reason BBS's don't end up in phone books is that the phone company is often wont to slap modem users with a "data-quality line" surcharge or charge them business rates. In NJ, BBS owners have often found that their monthly rates go up from ~$9/month to ~$50/month when the phone company finds out they use a modem on that line. See alt.cosuard for more info. Mark -- Mark Smith, KNJ2LH All Rights Reserved RPO 1604 You may redistribute this article only if those who P.O. Box 5063 receive it may do so freely. New Brunswick, NJ 08903-5063 msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu