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Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time?

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From: detalia
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:00
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"Michelle" <michelle@southland.net> wrote:

>much as they NEED to be.   Is it really necessary though to leave a dialup
>connection active while away from home while you're not really *doing
>anything* ?   I always thought that is what people needed "dedicated
>connections" for.   

Well, you know, if certain ISP's had more modems so that one COULD
connect when you needed to, then people wouldn't have to keep their
connection active in fear of not being able to get back on.  It's a
two-way street.
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From: detalia@juno.com
Subject: Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time?
Date: 1996/08/28
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