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  6. Date:    Sat, 11 Dec 1993 02:57:33 -0500
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  13. From:    " (Chip Sharp 6424)" <hhs@teleoscom.com>
  14. Message-ID: <9312102019.AA04595@teleoscom.com>
  15. To:    dj@its.bldrdoc.gov
  16. Cc:    isdn@teknologi.agderforskning.no
  17. In-Reply-To: <"aun.uninet.157:09.11.93.20.15.47"@uninett.no>
  18. Subject: ISDN at home (not)
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  20.  
  21. An explanation given me is as follows:
  22. The RBOCs engineer their switches to support a busy call hour.  Their
  23. experience has been that voice calls are on average must shorter than
  24. data calls.  Therefore, the resources in their switches are engineered
  25. for voice calls. Data calls on average last longer.  Therefore, to
  26. engineer their network to support data, they have to install more
  27. capacity in the switching gear.  Therefore, they have to charge more
  28. for data since they can't subsidize the data portion with voice rates.
  29.