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From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in)
Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
Organization: PE1CHL
Message-ID: <D4DH09.BAo@pe1chl.ampr.org>
References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D3sMnw.8vE@proteon.com> <TMB.95Feb20042733@netcom6.netcom.com> <hastyD4BEzu.Jx0@netcom.com> <root.793371940@c00037-5pa.eos.ncsu.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 22:55:21 GMT
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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?

Rob
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