Cost of UUCP

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3 total messages Started by Martin Buechi Tue, 01 Nov 1994 10:19

Author: Martin Buechi
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 10:19

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I was just wondering how much that UUCP providers charge in the US? I pay 
something like 7 cents per KB of mail sent or received plus 7 cents per minute
on-line charges which I feel is way too much.


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Re: Cost of UUCP

Author: Robert Mah
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 13:44

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mbuechi@iiic.ethz.ch (Martin Buechi) wrote:

) I was just wondering how much that UUCP providers charge in the US? I pay
) something like 7 cents per KB of mail sent or received plus 7 cents per
) minute on-line charges which I feel is way too much.

While prices vary dramatically, it ranges from highs of what you pay
(time-wise) to very cheap at $20 (or less) flat per month irregardless of
data or time.  Almost no one has data charges here anymore.

While one would hope that the more expensive vendors provide better tech
support and reliability, I wouldn't count on it in all, or even the majority
of, cases.

Cheers,
Rob
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Re: Cost of UUCP

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Author: Laurence Chiu
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 04:55

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In article <3954n8$gjk@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>,
Martin Buechi <mbuechi@iiic.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
>I was just wondering how much that UUCP providers charge in the US? I pay 
>something like 7 cents per KB of mail sent or received plus 7 cents per minute
>on-line charges which I feel is way too much.
>
>
This is probably not representative but one of the providers I use 
charges about $20/month for mail and $40 if you want a news feed also. 
There are no volume or time charges on top of that and as a bonus, their 
POPs are local calls for me.

But I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where there are more Internet 
providers than supermarkets and the market is very competitive.
If you have a monopoly you can charge what the market will bear knowing 
that your customer cannot go anywhere else.

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