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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Path: sparky!uunet!hfsi!ata
- From: ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata FSO)
- Subject: Re: FCC considering "modem fees" again
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.203304.13755@hfsi.uucp>
- Reply-To: ata@hfsi.UUCP (John Ata FSO)
- Organization: HFSI, McLean VA.
- References: <rlcarr.04qa@animato.network23.com> <1T9FoB6w164w@zswamp.UUCP> <62802@cup.portal.com> <3417@faatcrl.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:33:04 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <3417@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
- >TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
- >
- >>concerning CI$'s fees, how does anyone afford it? $12/hour for
- >>(yawn) 1200/2400 access. A whopping $22/hour for normal (v32)
- >>access.
- >
- >>Assuming you do little else but get email, that's probably
- >>4 hours a month.
- >
- > Update your database, CIS has had a montly flat rate for basic services
- >for quite awhile now.
-
- You're joking. Surely you don't call "flat fee" that which
- doesn't include any useful services such as conferences. I guess
- if one uses CIS for shopping, then the flat fee is useful. For
- Amiga conferences and downloads/uploads, it is useless.
-
-
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