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Re: JetCafe - Flat Rate 24/7 Internet Access in the Los Angeles Area

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From: Dave Hayes
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00
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matts@lainet.com (Matt Silberstein) writes:
>As a result, they don't pay the tax on the income and others get the 
>operating deductions for the expense.  They should have significantly 
>lower costs than a for profit.

We do. Problem is, ISPs oversell their connections in order to reduce
the cost of their service. If JetCafe did this, we could get the costs
down to what you presume the costs should be, but we couldn't guarantee
24 hours a day/7 days a week connectivity.
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From: dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes)
Subject: Re: JetCafe - Flat Rate 24/7 Internet Access in the Los Angeles Area
Date: 1995/07/18
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