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From: plocher@uport.UUCP (John Plocher)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Can someone explain the relationship between domains and uucp?
Message-ID: <379@uport.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 88 01:20:44 GMT
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Reply-To: @uport.UUCP (John Plocher)
Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA
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| | | It costs me $4.00 every time their modem answers (3 minute minimum
| | | charge per call). That's four dollars for every LOGIN FAILED, etc.,
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| | How does uunet determine its billing?
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| Uunet does not bill like this.
| Rick has ESP mabye?
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Not uunet, dammit, Ma Bell.  Long distance on certain carriers with
their own calling plans.  Ma Bell charges starting whenever the other
end of the line answers.  She don't care if the modems ever *do* anything,
she gets her $ out of you.

  -John Plocher