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To: ahhaha who wrote (2947)	10/25/1998 12:22:00 PM
From: drmorgan	of 29970

Cable Modems Frustrate Some Customers: Cox is also considering charging frequent users who spend longer hours on the Internet, and who end up clogging the system by sending reams of documents, additional fees. What that increase might be still hasn't been determined, but it's expected to be implemented next year, McElroy said. I thought that transmitting at those high bandwidth rates was a good thing for the heavy net user and the Cable Co, for one thing downloading large file takes so much less time than 56k or ISDN or whatever. Sounds to me as their systems become clogged with users the reaction is not to spend more money upgrading system capability but to crack down on those heavy users. This is starting to sound like Hughes Direct PC satellite and the industry is just starting to take off. I'm not hearing any of this kind of talk from my local phone co. Who offers DSL and I've been a "heavy" internet user for two years using ISDN and have never had a complaint from my ISP. Count me out if cable is going to charge me extra, I'll stay with ISDN and/or DSL. I for one hope they reconsider this and provide users with full unlimited access for their money. sltrib.com

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