Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!ptownson From: ptownson@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Townson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: FYI -- PC-P Price "Increase" Message-ID: <7342@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 1 Jan 89 06:05:43 GMT References: <261@lakesys.UUCP> Reply-To: ptownson@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Townson) Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 25 Like most others, I am not thrilled with the price increase at PCP effective February 1. Why they choose to charge more for customers who buy more of their service is beyond me. Usually the price gets cheaper when the purchases grow larger. Regretfully, it was the Diversi-Dial and Usenet people who probably abused the service the most by keeping lines tied up for hours on end, all for the $25 per month. From the beginning, it was never intended for quite as much use as some people gave it. Still, even with the price increase -- even a 100 percent increase caused by running a few hours over the allotment -- PCP is the best bargain in town for long distance data connections. The cheapest rates you can get on direct dial via the phone network is $7.55 per hour late at night on Reach Out America. 12.5 cents per minute, compared to less than a cent per minute on PCP within the thirty hour time frame. I will keep it and try hard to stay within the 30 hour allowance, and in no case run more than one or two hours per month over the allotment. -- Patrick A. Townson ptownson@chinet.chi.il.us < > ptownson@bu-cs.bu.edu US MAIL: 60690-1570 Online terminal: 312-743-3333