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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34091 comp.sys.intel:31521 comp.unix.bsd:16138 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8153 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9231 comp.unix.misc:16012 comp.os.linux.development:23380 comp.os.linux.misc:35140 comp.os.386bsd.development:3185 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5347 comp.os.misc:3798 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!news.nevada.edu!homesick.cs.unlv.edu!ftlofaro From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro) 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 Subject: Re: X on dial-in Date: 9 Feb 1995 06:15:45 GMT Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lines: 39 Message-ID: <3hcbuh$mm5@homesick.cs.unlv.edu> References: <3h5scs$a2t@park.uvsc.edu> <3h8vmf$43l@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3h973l$o79@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: big-twist.cs.unlv.edu In article <3h973l$o79@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes: >olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen) wrote: >] >Using DOVBS to get around what they want to charge you will not >] >prevent them from charging you what they want to charge you for >] >very long. >] >] Hmm, I don't know about that. >] >] >In effect, all you are doing is Phreaking. >] >] Never heard the term. Why are you so uptight on this issue? > >You are effectively making it impossible for the telco to *not* up >the cost for VBS when you use DOVBS, since they *will* charge what >they want for *D*, and all the better for them if it means they >can charge more for *V* as well. > Since when could the telco just set its own rates?! It is not a normal business. It is a monoploy and a public utility. It is regulated by the Public Utility Commission. And they can't get just anything they ask for, they really have to provide justification in the form of cost statements, they have profit maximums placed on them, etc. They can NOT just say, "I want more money since they are using it for data" if data does not cost more to handle. There is some accountability there.