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From: hlh@linus.UUCP (Henry L. Hall)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Modem Users Beware: BELL $$$
Message-ID: <387@linus.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Oct-83 02:09:24 EDT
Article-I.D.: linus.387
Posted: Sat Oct 15 02:09:24 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Oct-83 08:55:46 EDT
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	Still another possibilty to "get out of this entanglement" would
be to continue the current rate structure for modem users during low usage
hours.  If you wanted to use your modem during peak hours then you would 
have to pay for it.  During off-peak hours, however, I don't see the 
justification for higher prices except to keep the billing algorithm
simpler.  Lines used for peak hours could then be utilised more fully
during off-peak hours without requiring the installation of more lines
or a different routing pattern.  After all, since most connections are
routed automatically, (how much did your phone service actually degrade 
during the telephone workers strike anyway, other than queues for the 
operator and directory assistance) the only costs involved for Bell with
the use of modems should be the energy used to carry the signal, and didn't
Bell figure out what that cost was going to be to handle the current number
of telephone lines.
		Trying to be fair (But still a midnight hacker) 
			And I even pay my phone bill on time,

	Henry Hall

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