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From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon)
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Subject: Re: *Long* Phone Calls -- What Does Ma Think?
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Date: 14 Nov 90 18:48:44 GMT
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cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Fubar's Carbonated Hormones) writes:

> While I don't carry a full feed, the
> calls HAVE been known to go up to 30 hours a shot.  At one point, I
> can recall a transfer that went for three days (had been down for a
> while, and news was queueing up as fast as I could get it). This was
> all GTE, and I have since moved to San Luis Obispo, where we have
> Pac*Bell.  Longest call here has been on the order of eight hours. But
> I can forsee such long calls again.

My news/mail system DOES carry a full USENET feed, and exchanges news
with no less than eight other sites. It has five modems, three of
which are Telebits. Back before Telebits, eight hours was not uncommon
for a news delivery. Now, the longest connection I have seen is about
three hours, but that happens only when there has been constipation in
the feed and backed-up news is flushing out. IMHO, any site that does
any amount of news should be using high speed modems. In any event,
telco has never given any flack about long local calls (on residence
service).

> On another aspect, my feed has told me that if I buy a pair of
> telebits, he'll run SLIP for me ... so I *WOULD* be on the phone 99%
> of the time ... but remember, this is all a hobby. I take no money
> for my BBS ... so what do you think the phone*co would say?

My experience is that telco will not give you any trouble. It might be
questionable if you are trying to create a "leased line" out of an
unmeasured dialup. But just "long" calls are not a problem. As far as
defining what type of service you qualify for, the tarrifs are quite
clear. For non-business related hobby use, you get residence.


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