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In article <BOAZ.93Jan6203838@concerto.lcs.mit.edu> boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi) writes:
>  Another common item is the "touch-tone" service - $.98/month....
>  I'd love to find out that technically the current system can't block .....

Even if they don't block, I'm pretty sure they can detect.  I'm not sure
what they can do to you if they catch you, though.

>  Unlimited service costs more than 6-8 bucks above the measured one,
>and gives unlimited service to your local area (your town plus the towns
>surrounding it), which would otherwise cost $.016/minute (plus 1 cent
>per call). I.e., it'll take more than (approx.) 6-8 hours of monthly
>phone use (in the local area!) to make Unlimited service a good choice.
>(Well, some modem-owners use that much in a single day :-)

The unfortunate thing about this is that if you have two phone lines you
can't have measured service on one and unlimited service on the other.  I
make very few local calls on my voice phone (maybe 1 hour/month), but use
my modem an average of about 3 hours per day ($90/month at the rate you
quoted).  I'm forced to pay an extra $8/month for the unlimited service
that I never use on the voice phone.

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Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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