[689] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Cost Of TCP/IP Dialup Connections
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (francis%zaphod@gargoyle.uchicago.e)
Tue May 14 21:32:09 1991
Date: Tue, 14 May 91 20:30:57 CDT
From: francis%zaphod@gargoyle.uchicago.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Rick Adams's message of Tue, 14 May 91 19:58:08 -0400 <9105142358.AA05788@uunet.uu.net>
rick@uunet.uu.net (Rick Adams) writes:
As to why someone would lose money, they're called "loss leaders".
Give the guy a cheap connection, get him hooked, then make your money
on the "upgrades"
(TCP/IP the newest form of "drug" addiction...)
Well, I know *I'm* addicted to the Net. :-)
Of course, I'm not paying anything for it...
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