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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:33984 comp.sys.intel:31410 comp.unix.bsd:16106 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8137 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9215 comp.unix.misc:15972 comp.os.linux.development:23325 comp.os.linux.misc:35027 comp.os.386bsd.development:3164 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5307 comp.os.misc:3787 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D3sEA4.8EK@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <3hb0tp$er9@park.uvsc.edu> <D3puu7.2rC@bonkers.taronga.com> <3hdgr4$qfn@park.uvsc.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:46:52 GMT Lines: 25 In article <3hdgr4$qfn@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> wrote: >peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: >] What makes you think they can charge more money based on the kind of data? >] They tried VERY hard to get modems charged at business rates in Texas, >] and got pretty heavily shot down. Hobby data connections are quickly getting >] the same backing as voice withthe PUC and the like. >Modem usage is different from ISDN (or Frame Relay or other >digital data carrier service). It's different because modem >usage is cost prohibitive to meter. Huh? NOT at all. The cheap solution is to require all BBSes to have business lines, which is what they tried, and they got slapped down. I see no reason to expect that they'll have any better luck with ISDN once you have people actually using it. And the only *significant* market for ISDN is data. I think your real problem is that your state's PUC sucks rocks. >Once you and the recipient of your voice call have sufficiently >large pipes, how are they going to dictate backbone usage? They're not. Communications is fast becoming a commodity market. Why do you think the phone companies are trying so hard to get into programming?