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In article <19950915.060052.73@swmiller.demon.co.uk> , Simon Miller
<mailto:simon@swmiller.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In message <19950914.194957.93@findon.demon.co.uk> Mark Smith wrote:
> 
> > > > True.  And free local calls won't help from what I hear.
> > > 
> > > What? Do go on...
> > 
> > You can't possibly have a situation where you have free phone calls and the
> > ISP providing a fixed rate service without a ridiculous subscriber:modem
> > ratio as people will probably remain connected all the time they are sitting
> > at their computer.
> 
> True, not on Demon's current service because as it stands, that ratio is too
> high even for our expensive phone calls...however, local phone calls are free
> in many parts the USA and still many providers simply charge a flat rate.
> Some of them get around the problem by imposing a time limit on calls, but
> others seem to manage without. Perhaps Demon might consider imposing a time
> limit on standard dial-up but not on network-reserved dial-up? Alternatively
> they could impose a small fee per unit time (hopefully not as much as BT's
> though!) and there are countless other possibilities.
> 
> Can anybody who actually knows something about this, suggest which option
> British service providers are likely to take?
> 

I'd have thought the best sollution (for the user) would be to install a few
more modems at finchley (given access will go up anyhow) then start charging
by the minute after a period of around half an hour, at around 2p/minute.

It might be noted that even if we do get free local calls (november, some
think) there will still be a charge of at least 4.4p to connect.  The calls
will be flat rate rather than free, meaning that some charge will probably
have to be imposed.  I'd rather the cash was going to demon than BT as at
least Demon may use it to improve thier services, not make long adverts
about video-phones and the interent...

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