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From: lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Can someone explain the relationship between domains and uucp?
Message-ID: <850@vsi1.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 88 18:28:06 GMT
References: <1830@stpstn.UUCP> <2254@epimass.EPI.COM> <568@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <71@jetson.UUCP> <1111@ficc.UUCP> <10348@ncc.Nexus.CA> <838@vsi1.UUCP> <31240@philabs.Philips.Com> <379@uport.UUCP>
Reply-To: lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair)
Organization: VICOM Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
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In article <379@uport.UUCP> @uport.UUCP (John Plocher) writes:
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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.

In that case, wouldn't it be more reasonable to use uunet's 800 number?
I can't imagine how any calling plan that cost $4 for a one or two minute
call could make up the difference between calling in on the local line
instead of the 800 number.