Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!cs.odu.edu!tadguy From: tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: PC-Pursuit BIG Price Increase Message-ID: Date: 31 Dec 88 16:20:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 36 Does this sound familiar: "Write a letter to your congressman and each member on the FCC..." How soon we forget. It was because of our letter writing that the FCC decided to not lay tariffs on enhanced service providers, such as PC Pursuit. If the FCC had gone through with their plans, it would have almost certainly spelled an end to PC Pursuit as we know it. Now PC Pursuit is raising their rates. My PC Pursuit account is used to allow us UUCP contact to several "well-known" sites on a daily basis. Until we got on the Internet, our newsfeeds were over PC Pursuit as well. I can now wire our calling time to keep it below 30 hours a month, but how long will it remain at 30 hours? What's next? Do I sound a little bitter? This strikes me as a case of PC Pursuit biting the hand that feeds them. I realize that no business can afford to show appreciation for something like the FCC letter writing campaign, but perhaps they could have been a little more subtle, or had waited a little longer. To me, this is a slap in the face. If it were $30 a month flat, I'd have no complaint and would be happy to pay it. PC Pursuit is well worth $30 a month. However, making the billing no longer flat after 30 hours goes against what I found most attractive in PC Pursuit. The loss of flat billing and higher rates (although it would have been much more severe) would have occurred had the FCC had their way. Either way... ...tad -- Tad Guy Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA -------- PC Pursuit Mailing List is info-pursuit@uunet.uu.net Administrivia to info-pursuit-request@uunet.uu.net