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From: emjej@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Modem Users Beware: BELL 26423$ - (nf)
Message-ID: <3399@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Oct-83 21:15:17 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 23 21:15:17 1983
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uokvax!emjej    Oct 20 10:40:00 1983

Well, yes, but--first, after an initial burst of enthusiasm, the
outrageous phone bills will drive a user away from long distance
modem use (save for *extremely* short calls on weekends)--if one
uses MCI/Sprint, then this reduces (from the operating company's
point of view) to a local call anyway. Second, how many local switches
have TASI (the acronym, I think, for the stuff that multiplexes
during pauses in conversation)?

Let the operating companies bill on a usage-sensitive basis; this
will be fair all around.

						James Jones