Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!elisem From: elisem@nuchat.sccsi.com (elise mahaffey) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: JSC phone ripoff followup article Message-ID: <1990Dec14.202728.941@nuchat.sccsi.com> Date: 14 Dec 90 20:27:28 GMT References: <1990Dec12.171227.3428@craycos.com> Distribution: na Organization: Houston Public Access UNIX Lines: 24 From elisem Fri Dec 14 14:27:13 1990 To: /users/elisem/.article Subject: Joe Abernathys Work.. Just to mention here, I have been on conferences w/ Abernathy before, he does do his best to research data, but people say "5000.00/month THAT just can't be true", how WOULD YOU know its not true? Where you the one abusing the pbx's or the codes?? I think not. I know for a fact that the Nasa PBX was passed around the country on many different BBS's and many different people used it, just b/c YOU NEVER ran up a phone bill over 50.00$ does NOT mean that over 100 people COULD not do the exact same thing. Just remember that when a pbx is passed around it is used like tissue paper, and passed around like baseball cards, remember, that people will use it maybe once maybe not, and remember that the majority of the people are still using 2400bps modems and if your d/ling games, files and/or utilties this takes TIME. The more people using it the better. Also remember that the NASA PBX was used LONG BEFORE Joe or NASA even new it was being ABUSED. they are making a rough estimate, and I find it quite logical that the bill could HAVE BEEN that high.