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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34759 comp.sys.intel:32304 comp.unix.bsd:16257 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8210 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9349 comp.unix.misc:16193 comp.os.linux.development:23659 comp.os.linux.misc:35789 comp.os.386bsd.development:3252 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5507 comp.os.misc:3839 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!simtel!col.hp.com!sony!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!compass-da.com!canopus.columbia.compass-da.com!daniel From: daniel@compass-da.com (Daniel S. Barclay) 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: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) Date: 24 Feb 1995 22:22:44 GMT Organization: Compass Design Automation Lines: 42 Message-ID: <DANIEL.95Feb24172244@arcturus.compass-da.com> References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <hastyD4BEzu.Jx0@netcom.com> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org> <phrD4G1np.MoG@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: arcturus.columbia.compass-da.com In-reply-to: phr@netcom.com's message of Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:16:36 GMT From: phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) In article <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org>, Rob Janssen <pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl> wrote: >In <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu> camattin@eos.ncsu.edu (Chris A. Mattingly) writes: > >>By that philosophy, since I only use the phone about 3% of the month, I should >>only have to pay 3% of my current phone bill. Will this ever happen? No. > >No, your current phone bill is based on the fact that you use it only >3% of the month. When you would use it all the time, your bill would >go up. > >Boy, are all Americans so naive? Most parts of the US have flat rate monthly local service. Lots of people use their phones all the time (such as for 24 hour a day SLIP connections) and their bills don't go up. It really doesn't cost TPC any more to keep the connection up. Boy, is everyone so naive? :-) It does cost the phone company something - they can't used the resources (i.e., bandwidth) used to transmit your call to transmit someone else's call. If everyone with flat-rate service tried to stay on the line 100% of the time, they probably couldn't work until the phone company installed more capacity, and (assuming their profit margins aren't excessive currently) the phone company would have to charge more to pay for it. ... Daniel Hmm... I just noticed all the cross-posted newsgroups. Where did this belong? DSB -- Daniel S. Barclay Compass Design Automation, Inc. daniel@compass-da.com Suite 101, 5457 Twin Knolls Rd. Columbia, MD 21045 USA "They listen hard, and act like they care. How can they be so completely unaware Of the truth? The answer is always denied me So I introduce 'em to the killer inside me." - MC 900 Ft. Jesus