[9248] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet

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Re: an Internet buying coop?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Sun Dec 26 14:51:46 1993

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 93 14:48:08 EST
From: stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: karl@mcs.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>


> Yep, it does.  Yet they don't dislike it <that> much -- at least not to
> the point where they will all convert to a flat-rate charge.

> MCSNet, as an example, offers both <unmetered> and <metered> services.  We
> have plenty of people who like both ...

> ... I send out bills regularly for time in excess of
> that which would be charged for an un-metered account.

Hmmm ... well, nothing can screw up a good argument like real data :-}
I guess I go back to the drawing boards ...

--
Dick St.Peters
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY   stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com

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