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Article #16541Re: ATTENTION ALL MICRO USERS!!! FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD!!
From: Brian Diehm
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1987 17:20
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1987 17:20
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>I can't help but wonder if baud rates should figure into this. It just seems
>a little warped that some guy downloading a file at 1200 should pay 4 times
>the tax of somebody obtaining the *exact* same information at 9600. The answer
>depends on exactly what it is that's being taxed.
Access is access. If you choose to use your access in an inefficient manner,
then that's your business, but tying up resources and/or buying a service is
unaffected by content. If you make a long distance call, you're charged the
same whether you actually talk or if you sleep.
--
-Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.
briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig!tekig4!briand From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc,talk.rumors Subject: Re: ATTENTION ALL MICRO USERS!!! FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD!! Message-ID: <1606@tekig4.TEK.COM> Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 13:20:50 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig4.1606 Posted: Wed Jun 24 13:20:50 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Jun-87 06:47:26 EDT References: <2288@husc6.UUCP> <1593@cadovax.UUCP> Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) Distribution: world Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 14