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From: rick@kimbal.UUCP (Rick Kimball)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PC Pursuit, is it worth it with a TB+?
Message-ID: <1056@kimbal.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 89 12:49:09 GMT
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From article <9713@chinet.chi.il.us>, by patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson):
> They have 2400 baud outdials in almost every city they serve. The rest
> are 1200 baud. Most cities have incoming 2400 baud lines as well.
> 

I used to subscribe to PC Pursuit when it was $30 per month of
unlimited off peak time.  The reason I stopped using it was the fact
that even though they have 2400 baud modems, when using UUCP, 1300
baud was the best I could achieve.  During the grace period when they
switched over to 30 a month, I monitored my time and found I was on
the phone 75 hours for just a limited USENET feed.  I decided it
would be cheaper to move my house. :-)

Also, when I used Ma Bell to call a long distance number, if I got a
busy signal I didn't get charged for the call.  Unless things have
changed since May, PC Pursuit cannot tell if you get a busy signal
after you successfully connect with a remote PCP modem.  All it knows
is the clock starts running one minute after you connect with that
remote modem.  Sometimes it takes longer than a minute to go through
a UUCP chat script only to find out that the number was busy.


Rick Kimball