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From: stiber@zeus.cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber)
Newsgroups: net.sources
Subject: Re: Re: Pending FCC ruling threat to modem users
Message-ID: <3454@curly.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU>
Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 16:35:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 17 16:35:22 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 04:08:02 EST
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Reply-To: stiber@zeus (Michael D Stiber)
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In article <1572@brl-adm.ARPA> OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa (OCONNOR DENNIS MICHAEL) writes:
>First: MODEM calls DO NOT cost the phone company the same amount as
>other calls. They tend to be longer, and don't tolerate noise as well.
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1) You've obviously never had a sister (or daughter).  Do families with
teenage girls pay more for phone service?  Unlimited local calling
is just that _unlimited_.

2) Modems use the same lines as voice.  The assertion that they tolerate
noise less well is irrelevant, since they do not get special
priveledges.

                     Michael Stiber
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