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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:35108 comp.sys.intel:32686 comp.unix.bsd:16306 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8237 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9376 comp.unix.misc:16276 comp.os.linux.development:23842 comp.os.linux.misc:36122 comp.os.386bsd.development:3269 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5551 comp.os.misc:3865 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!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!mvb.saic.com!eskimo!NewsWatcher!user From: lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel) Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: tia1.eskimo.com Message-ID: <lurch-0203952352070001@192.0.2.1> Sender: usenet@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Sequential Systems References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D3sMnw.8vE@proteon.com> <SHIRONO.95Feb22171003@jade.ssd.csd.harris.com> <3j2f95$e6g@dawn.mmm.com> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 07:52:07 GMT Lines: 20 In article <3j2f95$e6g@dawn.mmm.com>, rhealey@mmm.com wrote: > US West has limits on hours per month before they slap on extra > charges for "excessive" use. It's pretty generous but it is > definitely NOT unlimited. Other baby bells may do differently. > And as I mentioned before, business phone users subsidize the > residential users. > it must be pretty high.. My partner is US-West, pays the basic $16.25 or so a month, and uses the phone for 6 to 7 hours a day. That's off hook, online. I use GTE, and go the same number of hours a day. I have yet to pay more than my basic monthly fee. Figure 6 hours a day. 42 hours a week. 128 hours a month. any way you slice it, that looks like 25% of the time is off hook dialed out. some 8 times that 3% suggested average.. interesting.