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From: covert@castor.DEC (John Covert)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Some real figures for Telenet
Message-ID: <6563@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 17:14:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 17:14:43 1984
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Account charge:	$140.00 per month
4800 access:   $1000.00 per month
 
Kilopacket charge: $1.70
Time charge:
CAT A cities:	   $0.12 prime-time/minute, $0.06 non-prime/minute
CAT B cities:	   $0.19 /minute
 
 
With rates like this, the break even point on dial-up is pretty hard
to reach.  That $1000/month 4800 bps access line is really a killer.