Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Business Rates Message-ID: <10252@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 30 Jul 90 17:53:36 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 28 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 530, Message 8 of 11 In article <10193@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon writes: > Not long ago this matter came up and it was necessary to obtain a copy > of the tariff that applies to determining whether business or > residence rates apply to an account. None of them involve: > 1. Number of lines associated with the account. > 2. How the telephone is answered. Unless you answer the telephone with a modem carrier and have more than three lines, in Houston. Southwestern Bell has, with the willing connivance of the PUC and a local BBS sysops group, decided that BBS systems with more than three lines are "businesses". Basically, SWBell intimidated COSUARD into going along with this definition rather than a more logical one (like, you charge for the service) by threatening to treat uploads as payments. For a while they were trying to treat *all* BBSes as businesses. I guess there are things that even Pac*Bell won't stoop to, John. Aren't you amazed? Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U`