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From: nessus@nsc.nsc.com (Kchula-Rrit)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Houston bbs's vs SW Bell - more
Message-ID: <7441@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 31 Oct 88 17:24:51 GMT
References: <4252@moray.UUCP> <1933@uokmax.UUCP> <3940@homxc.UUCP> <7360@nsc.nsc.com> <3964@homxc.UUCP>
Reply-To: nessus@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit)
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In article <3964@homxc.UUCP> halle@homxc.UUCP (J.HALLE) writes:
=>In article <7360@nsc.nsc.com>, nessus@nsc.nsc.com (Kchula-Rrit) writes:
=>> are relatively idle.  Most residential lines that I know of get more use in
=>> the "off-peak" times when business lines tend to be idle.  I'm sure that
=>> "ability to pay" enters into the equation somewhere, as well.

=>The residential peak time is indeed different from the business peak, but
=>the peak level of usage is still significantly smaller for residential.
=>Ability to pay only enters into it in that the PUCs will not yet allow the
=>telcos to charge residences what they ought to.  They are still being
=>subsidized by business users.

=>>					My impression is that "business use"
=>> implies an intention to make a profit from a particular activity; non-profit
=>> organizations by their nature [in theory] have other reasons for their
=>> existence.  I do not operate my USENET node to make a profit, it is one
=>> of my "windows on the world"; as such it is very valuable to me.

=>Not at all.  "Business use" is non-residential.  Period.  Profit never enters
=>the picture.

     But I am not a business or, if you prefer, not "non-residential".  My
feed operates out of my house; therefore I see no reason I should not get
the residential rate.  If I operated a business out of my house, I
would expect to pay the business rate.

=>Not quite.  You pay only for calls you originate.  But the line is in use
=>even on calls you receive.  If you receive substantially more calls than you
=>originate, you don't pay your "fair share."  (Granted those at the other end
=>do if they are in the same LATA with the same rate structure.)  Your billed
=>usage is not indicative of your actual usage.

     Actually, it is; I originate ALL of my calls, partly because I do not
have my modem set up for dial-in access.

     I should have seen this whole thing for what it is, a religious
discussion(sigh).

-- 
						Kchula-Rrit

"In challenging a kzin, a scream of rage is sufficient.
 You scream and you leap."