[11150] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: What is an "Internet reseller"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn S. Tenney)
Tue Mar 22 23:10:08 1994
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 13:22:16 -0800
To: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>, com-priv@psi.com
From: tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney)
At 8:16 AM 3/22/94 -0500, Miles R Fidelman wrote:
>Ahhh, but the price to me as a customer includes the per minute charges
>of my local telco - no flat rate for business customers.
My point was that the ISP's costs are all flat rate, so the ISP could
charge a flat rate -- not that the telco cost to you would be flat rate.
I should note, however, that all telcos that I know of DO offer a flat rate
service -- it's called a leased line. So, if you find yourself paying too
much per month in per minute charges to call your ISP, then switch to a
leased line. Yes, the telco's charges are steep (too steep) but you can
flat rate it.
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Glenn Tenney
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