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In message <9509150837.aa10889@post.demon.co.uk> Iain wrote:

> > This article converted by News2Mail 1.01 (c) Iain Price for the Archimedes
> > In this article, <simon@swmiller.demon.co.uk> said:
> > 
> > In message <19950911.203949.15@juniperf.demon.co.uk> Adam J Juniper wrote:
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > My annual subscription to Demon PALES into insignificance
> > > > against the <sfx: Thunder and Lightning> *PHONE BILL*, which
> > > > costs about 20 times more (NO joking) :-(
> > > 
> > > True.  And free local calls won't help from what I hear.
> > > 
> > 
> > What? Do go on...
> 
> If I must.
> 1)IF free local calls THEN how the hell are people going to get on line.
>   People will have an extra phone line put in (or ignore voice calls :)
>   and the first xxx (where xxx=demons WORKING modem count) users to
>   login after free calls on will stay online for ever (over exadgeration)
>   (sp?). Can you say 'engaged'. Can you say "Termite. Increase retries to
>   9999". <Sigh>
>   OR...
> 
>   Demon limit each account to 1 hour online per day. Demon's POV would
>   be appreciated. Anyone on demon.local and want to ask?
> 
> Sigh. Whats that '1)' there for?
> 

Yes yes yes yes! That is just ever so slightly obvious!

BUT how do you think Netcom etc manage over in the States!?!?!?!

They must either have a heck of a lot of modems, or they must have some
other means of discouraging people from staying on-line permanently.
And I know that some small businesses in America /do/ remain connected
permanently via a modem. So, what I'd like to know is, which of the many
alternatives (there are many more than the two you mentioned) are Demon
likely to take?

-- 
Simon Miller
simon@swmiller.demon.co.uk