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From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake)
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Subject: Re: Modem Users Beware: BELL $$$
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Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 15:27:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 15:27:33 1983
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I don't understand what the big deal is on this.  Anyone who
wants to know what the official rate structure of the phone
company is can read the traffis that are normally required by law
to be on file in every phone company business office.  The
present structure tends to charge more for business service and
more for data service.  It always has.  How the rates are skewed
is more or less a political decision which, up to now has always
favored the small/poor non-data residence user.  If enough
political pressure were applied, perhaps the rates could get
skewed to favor data user who tend to have very much longer
holding times and want cleaner lines that the residence users.
If you want to aply such pressure, to your PUC and/or
legislature, feel free to do so.  But I don't see why you make
out the present situation as some big conspiracy by the Phone
Company.
	+	Donald E. Eastlake, III
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