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From: mwwheatl@uokmax.UUCP (Mark W Wheatley)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Houston bbs's vs SW Bell - more
Summary: Give them an inch...
Message-ID: <1951@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 88 19:33:31 GMT
References: <4252@moray.UUCP> <1933@uokmax.UUCP> <3940@homxc.UUCP> <1947@uokmax.UUCP>
Reply-To: mwwheatl@uokmax.UUCP (Mark W Wheatley)
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Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <1947@uokmax.UUCP> russ@uokmax.UUCP (Russ "Random" Smith) writes:
>[In <3940@homxc.UUCP>, halle@homxc.UUCP said:]
>->                   SWBell is really only doing what it must.  Why do you
>->think they charge more for "commercial" lines than residential?  Not because
>->of ability to pay, but because those lines cost more to provide than
>->residential lines.  The cost of providing a line is significantly affected by
>->the amount of use the line gets, both incoming and outgoing.
>
>However, I think you should realize -- that's NOT how they claim to do it!  A
>business line is to charge people that make MONEY by using those phone lines.
>I assure you, my BBS doesn't make a dime for me -- indeed, I lose the bucks
>for the phone line.
   
  I agree completely with Russ. The business line is charged more because
  it is used to make money. And as for a home phone not being used as much 
  as a business phone - HA! Do not teenagers tie up the phone for hours? If
  you want to charge based on use (other than local measured service which 
  charge all homes with residents ages 13 - 19 business rates because of
  the increased usage on the network from those locations. :-)  The phone
  system could care less what I transmit through it be it 2400 baud ASCII 
  or voice, or where I transmit it to. Like Russ said, I am NOT a business
  and WILL NOT pay more for a phone line just because a modem is connected
  to it. It is none of the phone company's business what I have hooked up
  to the lne unless it is causing problems with the network, in which case
  I'll disconnect it. Just my $ 0.02 worth.

                                           Mark Wheatley
                                           mwwheatl@uokmax.UUCP
                                           mwwheatl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu