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From: sandy@turnkey.TCC.COM (Sanford 'Sandy' Zelkovitz)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Houston bbs's vs SW Bell - more
Summary: I completely disagree
Message-ID: <2377@turnkey.TCC.COM>
Date: 27 Oct 88 23:05:01 GMT
References: <4252@moray.UUCP> <1514@ssc.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Costa Mesa, Ca.
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In article <1514@ssc.UUCP>, markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:
> 

> Thats their choice.  But don't expect the rest of the rate payers to be
> happy that someone has decided that their hobby will be tieing up the phone 
> lines and that they should be subsidized by everyone else.
> 

BBS systems do not tie up the phone lines but bring EXTRA revenue to the
phone companies. This is a proven fact! A good example is my bbs, the majority
of the callers are calling long distance. Not only are they long distance
but MANY are calling from other countries. This certainly is NOT being
subsidized by everyone else but by the callers themselves. Instead of
increasing the rates, the telephone companies should decrease the rates!

> 
> To be cynical about The Phone Company, the next step will be measured billing.
> 
You are correct, we should not be cynical about the phone companies, we should 
be outright disgusted!

> Mark Zenier	uunet!pilchuck!ssc!markz		

Sanford <sandy> Zelkovitz   XBBS   714-898-8634