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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Packet-switching alternative for net communications
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 11:16:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 27 11:16:37 1986
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In article <1530@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>, benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Thomas Cox) writes:
> Compuserve Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) has incorporated 2.4-kbit/s
> service over its network.  

Yes, and these jerks had the balls to claim (in a recent infoworld)
that they were doing customers a favor by charging more for it!

Sure you can get more done at 2400, but for general interactive
sessions, you'll end up paying more for about the same amount
of work.


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