Anyone that can put out $350,000,000 to upgrade their system(AOL) must be
making a bundle. Companies who have profited millions over the last 3 to
4 yrs should be paying, not people like us who are already
paying to use our services.
Herb
66 BadMobile
On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:15:55 -0600 Bill Cartus
<Bill.Cartus@bridge.bst.bls.com> writes:
>To Bonnie & Tiger Club Owners:
>
>I hate to respond to non-Tiger mail,,,, BUT, As usual, there will be 2
>sides to an issue and charging for phone line usage should come as no
>surprise. I work for BellSouth, but have not heard that we were in on
>this. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if we were. BellSouth is
>fortunate (so far) that the outages experienced by some other local
>Bell
>Companies have been limited. The drain on the system has been much
>more
>than anyone ever dreamed. The cost for providing phone service (ie:
>switches & lines) is based on an assumption that only a certain
>percentage
>would be on the phone at the same time.
>
>No lectures, but SOMEONE will need to pay for additional lines &
>switching
>equipment. Add to that mixture the Long Distance boys being able to
>put
>their machines in our buildings so THEY can provide local service too,
>in
>the name of competition... which we like, because we are ready to get
>into
>THEIR business!
>
>All that being said in support of "something", I would NOT want to see
>a
>"per minute charge" either... but it needs to be addressed. So WHO
>SHOULD
>PAY FOR MORE EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE THE VOLUME?
>
>Bill Cartus
>1965 Tiger
>
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