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Re: Merc: PacBell predicts imminent death of the net; film at 11
>>>>> Rich Graves <[email protected]> writes:
> Pac Bell says Net use may collapse phone system
> [...]
> Wiping out the subsidy would force Internet companies to find new,
> more efficient ways of pricing that better reflect actual usage,
> Parker said.
I caught an interview on the BBC last night with a representative from
PacBell, who claimed that this subsidy resulted in ISPs actively
discouraging customers from using data service (ISDN) instead of POTS.
Bwahahaha...
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