Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!patth From: patth@dasys1.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: The phone company Message-ID: <1827@dasys1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 03:37:44 EST Article-I.D.: dasys1.1827 Posted: Wed Oct 28 03:37:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Oct-87 10:56:00 EST References: <8710191436.AA10720@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <7443@dartvax.UUCP> <738@swlabs.UUCP> Organization: The Big Electric Cat Lines: 27 Summary: FCC Proposal = Threat additional charges tacked on In article <738@swlabs.UUCP>, jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn) writes: > In article <1768@dasys1.UUCP>, patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring) writes: > > Interstate calls to BBS will have to be paid for with the > > $4.47/hr charge; I hope everyone has sent a letter of protest > > to his/her Congressperson as well as to the FCC. > > I trust that you are indicating that the $4.47/hr charge will only be > tacked on to PC Pursuit and other packet networks. If I call interstate > via the DDD network, the DDD charges would remain the same, wouldn't they? > Jack Bonn, <> Software Labs, Ltd, Box 451, Easton CT 06612 Jack, The way the Boston Computer Society and others are reading the craftily worded FCC Proposal is this: not *only* would the $4.77 charge be tacked on to PC PURSUIT (if you're using it) but would also be tacked on to your call to an out of state BBS - that means twice that you get hit with the $4.77 charge! For example, if I dial in to PC PURSUIT and use it to call the Boston Computer Society's Telecom BBS (617-786-9788) then I'm hit twice with the $4.77 charge - once because I called the Packet Switching Network and the second time becuse I used it to call an out of state BBS. *arrrgghhhh* -- Patt Haring UUCP: ..cmcl2!phri!dasys1!patth Big Electric Cat Compu$erve: 76566,2510 New York, NY, USA MCI Mail: 306-1255; GEnie: PHaring (212) 879-9031 FidoNet Mail: 1:107/132 or 107/222