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  1. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ibmpcug!gtoal
  3. From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
  4. Subject: Re: Charging for uncomplete calls
  5. Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
  6. Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 13:49:17 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <Bt2x26.3G0@ibmpcug.co.uk>
  8. References: <1992Aug6.224921.14809@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Aug08.221706.19296@ssc.wa.com> <1992Aug13.011020.10138@sdf.lonestar.org>
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  11. In article <1992Aug13.011020.10138@sdf.lonestar.org> rlosey@sdf.lonestar.org (Richard Losey) writes:
  12. >Don't know about SRPINT, but I *know* that MCI charges according to this
  13. >formula; I've had charges show up on my bill that I never had a connection to;
  14. >they informed me that they started charging after 30 seconds.
  15.  
  16. So that restricts the number of pre-determined messages you can conveniently
  17. send just by transmitting rings to about 10, right?  (since it's difficult
  18. to hit the number bang on, you need a +/- 1 latitude...) :-)
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