🚀 go-pugleaf

David Shepherd (des@bristol.st.com) wrote:
: Alastair B Roberts <abr@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
: 
: : On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Kate Galloway wrote:
: 
: : > On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, The Nit Nurse wrote:
: : > 
: : > > I'd have thought that it was 'calls to an ISP's PoP', in which case Embra
: : > > Yooni is your ISP and their dial-up service is the PoP. The modem speed,
: : > > type or protocol is irrelevant, you're making a call to an ISP's PoP.
: : > > 
: : > > 
: : > Telewest are unaware what is and what isn't a PoP.  Their records are out
: : > of date / inaccurate.  The know it is the Uni, they count it as a free
: : > call though.
: : > 
: 
: : For a *telecommunications* company, who are trying to move into the
: : so-called information age by introducing cable networks, internet access,
: : cable-modems, etc, etc, etc, it is quite ironic that these people fail to
: : understand the technology involved. If anybody should understand these
: : things, it should be Telewest!
: 
: The problem is not the technology (i,e. whether its ISP with internet
: router at the other end or just a humble modem) the problem remains is
: that modem connections do remain open for much longer than normal calls
: *especially* if the call is free. In fact as it requires no action on

Actually it's especially if the call is FIXED rate, or there is a 
minimum cost.

: your part to keep a line open there is even probably an incentive not
: to drop the line. Telcos in the US are having to spend millions of
: dollars at the moment to increase their switching capacity because of
: this.