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- From: marc@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Marc Samson)
- Subject: Re: Legal aspects of Dialup as a Semi-Permanent Circuit
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.030250.1412@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au>
- Organization: AOTC - CSSC
- References: <patrick.722212934@kgi.uts.EDU.AU> <chris.722227610@suite.sw.oz.au>
- Distribution: aus
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:02:50 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- chris@suite.sw.oz.au (Chris Maltby) writes:
-
-
- >I'm certain that there is no legal reason why you can't do this. Telecom
- >are lobbying to be allowed to have timed local calls for this reason
- >(among others). They wouldn't be taking this approach if it were illegal
- >already. Then there's the question of determining how long a phone call
- >has to be before it becomes "illegal", and how they could detect SPVC
- >behaviour.
-
- It is rather interesting that you are so very familiar with the AUSTEL
- regulations. And that you so freely quote your advise to others to act
- on. Am am sure that you will have no problem answering to the authorities
- then should you be in error, which of course acording to yourself you are
- not.
-
- For people that do want to find out about such matters you can contact
- AUSTEL, the regulatory body.
-
-
- >Telecom hate it because it screws up their ancient capacity planning
- >formulae which are based on short/finite call times to evenly distributed
- >destinations. It doesn't take too many SPVCs to look like the aggregate
- >use of thousands of regular subscribers. When they then have to spend
- >$$$ upgrading exhanges and trunks for a few such they whinge, but they
- >can't adopt the market solution (timed calls) because their shareholders
- >have different political objectives. Take advantage of it while you can.
-
-
- Instead of going around Telecom bashing, why not look at where the trafic
- model came from. Typical trafic modeling is based on phone calls of the
- voice nature. A lot of work has gone into this model to take into accont
- time of day, region in the city/country. By and large the model works.
- This is attested to by the fact you pick up the phone and get dialtone.
- On the note of share holders, we the public are the share holders. So
- next time an individual is unhappy wih Telecoms pricing, maybe they should
- think that incorporated into that is the loss Telecom has to support for
- people abusing the service.
-
- The views I express are my own as a citezen, not Telecoms
-
- Marc Samson
- Telecom Australia
- marc@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au
- >Chris
- >--
- >Chris Maltby - Softway Pty Ltd Internet: chris@softway.sw.oz.au
-
- >PHONE: +61-2-698-2322 "I'm waiting for X-Windows to become just that;
- >FAX: +61-2-699-9174 Ex-Windows" - A McGrath.
-