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From: david.kaye@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (david kaye)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: re: A Modest Proposal: An EFF Hotline
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Date: 15 Feb 91 04:50:23 GMT
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Well, the mechanics of the lawyer hotline are easy.  I used to manage a voicemail company with nationwide 800 numbers.  The system can be set to dial out to any pager or notification system in the US or Canada for 9 a call, and the voicemail cost is $20 a month plus 29 a minute (calculated in .1 second increments).  So, all the MECHANICS of it are available and at a cheap price, in an easy form.
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But the question is, will people pay enough for such a service to make it worthwhile?  I have no problem with volunteer efforts, but something like a lawyer referral hotline would get no feedback from users, unlike a BBS where sysops can feel the strokes as they read messages.


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