Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!netsys!vector!nobody From: idis!formtek!eklektik!prapc2!paulr@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Paul Raulerson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Houston vs SW Bell Message-ID: Date: 29 Oct 88 15:33:58 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 37 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu (TELECOM Digest Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 167, message 5 Possibly I should get a pair of fitted abestos underware for this but here goes: As I understand it, SWB is going to charge on the order of $40 per month for BBS lines instead of $16. This rate increase does seem excessive, but instead of trying to keep BBS lines as residential, which they truely are not, why not try for a compromise? Most folks could afford a $10 per month increase, and for that increase you could get the phone company to give you business class service on the lines. Commercial systems, like pay-for-play BBS's, can and should pay the full commercial rate. After all, the owner is going to use the phone line as a business expense on his taxes .... You might find several advantages to this: Business class service can help you deal with noisy lines: THe phone company(s) maintain special operators to help business class customers. If you decide to go commercial, most regional operating companies will provide you with free (or nearly so) advice, which is a BIG help sometimes. This is just a suggestion, as they haven't hit up here yet, why should they? Noral residential phone service up here costs over $40 per month to have unlimited dialing area. (*sigh*). Take care, and remember, that those folks at the phone company are people too, and would probaly like to come to a reasonable conclusion without hard feelings or other such stuff. Good Luck! -- Paul Raulerson & Paul Raulerson & Associates +---------------------------+ Data/Voice: 1+215-275-2429 / 1+215-275-5983 | Always Aim To Please ... | Cis: 71560,2016 Bix: paulr | Always Aim High ... | UUCP: ...!rutgers!lgnp1!prapc2!paulr +---------------------------+